Week 2 | 91黑料网 X-1 Weekly Recap Series
As week 2 of the 91黑料网 X-1 Accelerator comes to an end, we鈥檙e happy to see our 6 teams 鈥斅燗ppetite,聽Fractal,聽FRSH,聽NXTSENS Microsystems,聽UGo Smoothies, and聽Venndor聽鈥斅爏wiftly settling into their space.
Day by day, the walls and windows are increasingly covered with sticky notes of all colours shapes and sizes, every writable surface is covered with notes, and each desk has someone calling it home 鈥� for the next 8 weeks at least.
Are Women Exiting Engineering Because Men Have All the Fun?
Researchers Caroll Serron at the University of California at Irvine, Susan S. Silbey at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erin Cech (who performed the research at Rice University but is now at the University of Michigan), and Brian Rubineau at 91黑料网 conducted the study to try to get a better idea of just why women who made it through years of STEM education start migrating out of tech. The effort, funded by the U.S.
Spotkanie i debata z prof. Reuvenem Brennerem
鈥濶a czym powinna polega膰 skuteczna polityka proinnowacyjna?鈥� 鈥� to temat wyk艂adu profesora Reuvena Brennera, kt贸ry we wtorek zosta艂 zorganizowany dla cz艂onk贸w Narodowej Rady Rozwoju oraz ekspert贸w z zakresu innowacji w Pa艂acu Prezydenckim.
Read full article: Prezydent, June 7, 2016聽
We Need To Learn How To Manage With A Soul
鈥淢anaging without soul has become an epidemic in society. Many managers these days seem to specialize in killing cultures, at the expense of human engagement.鈥� That鈥檚 what management guru聽Henry Mintzberg聽recently聽wroteabout the current state of corporate culture on his blog.
Read full article: Forbes, June 19, 2016聽
Why do women leave engineering?
Women who go to college intending to become engineers stay in the profession less often than men. Why is this? While multiple reasons have been offered in the past, a new study co-authored by an MIT sociologist develops a novel explanation: The negative group dynamics women tend to experience during team-based work projects makes the profession less appealing.
GCPA Awards Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship
On June 14, the GCPA program awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship to students Josh Faier, Will Gendron-Saulnier, David Song, and Ming Xu. This scholarship was established in 1998 in memory of Lionel Pelham Kent, F.C.A., for high academic standing and communication skills, and is open to students in the final year of the GCPA program. The winning team is chosen based on outstanding skills in written and oral communication as presented in a case competition.
The Cult of the Leader
The claim of this聽recent book聽by Manchester Business School professor Christopher Bones is that too much of a focus on 鈥榣eadership鈥� in business can be counterproductive and even dangerous for organizations.
Managing
Henry Mintzberg has been sharing his insights on management for almost 40 years. Often original and provocative, his booksThe Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning and Managers not MBAsare still widely cited, Mintzberg鈥檚聽Managing聽brings together a lot of Mintzberg鈥檚 key ideas on the practice of management, as exemplified by Mintzberg鈥檚 observations of a day in working lives of 29 managers from a wide ride of organisations.
C茅line Galipeau et Larry Rossy honor茅s par 91黑料网
Maria Labrecque Duchesneau et Beverley McLachlin 茅galement au nombre des personnalit茅s qui ont re莽u un doctorat honorifique de 91黑料网 cette ann茅e
Deux Montr茅alais figurent au nombre des 14 personnalit茅s 脿 qui 91黑料网 a d茅cern茅 un doctorat honorifique au cours de ses c茅r茅monies de collation des grades de fin d鈥檃nn茅e : la journaliste et pr茅sentatrice du聽T茅l茅journal聽de 22 h de Radio-Canada, C茅line Galipeau, et le fondateur de la cha卯ne Dollarama, Larry Rossy.
MBA Careers Q&A: 91黑料网 Desautels
The聽Soutar Career Centre聽at聽91黑料网鈥檚聽Desautels Faculty of Management聽(91黑料网 Desautels) plans recruiting events and helps students hone their interview skills, but did you know that they also play a critical role in the admissions process by providing feedback on non-typical applicants?
Trente-quatre personnalit茅s qu茅b茅coises nomm茅es ou promues 脿 l鈥橭rdre national du Qu茅bec
Le premier ministre du Qu茅bec, Philippe Couillard, est fier d鈥檃nnoncer que 34聽personnes seront honor茅es de l鈥檜n des trois grades de l鈥橭rdre national du Qu茅bec. Les r茅cipiendaires seront d茅cor茅s le mercredi聽22 juin prochain, lors d鈥檜ne c茅r茅monie qui se d茅roulera 脿 la salle du Conseil l茅gislatif de l鈥檋么tel du Parlement.聽
91黑料网 X-1 Kick-off! | Weekly Recap Series
The week ended with a workshop on how to maintain your engagement with your startup and the right mindset to adopt, led by聽Prof. Nii Addy聽of the Desautels Faculty of Management here at 91黑料网. Following this was聽Prof. Lisa Cohen, another outstanding professor at Desautels, who shared her expertise on building a great team and understanding team dynamics.
Transcript: How Steve Jobs, Bill Gates used a disruptive technology to build different companies
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail, talks with MIT鈥檚 Michael Cusumano.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, June 14, 2016
Dobson Cup runneth over
After a year of planning, over 150 start-up submissions, 137 pitches, and $117,000 in prizes, the聽2016 91黑料网 Dobson Cup聽has come to a close with four enthusiastic startups claiming a first place victory in four different tracks: Social Enterprise, Health Sciences, Small & Medium Enterprise, and Innovation Driven Enterprise.
2016 Best EMBAs: Martin Carrier, 91黑料网 & HEC Montr茅al
Martin Carrier
91黑料网 & HEC Montr茅al
鈥淢y biggest lesson was learning to think beyond my instincts and discovering tools to help guide me to making more informed decisions. As managers, our experience guides us but it needs to be channeled, challenged, and formalized. The EMBA program has provided me with a new toolset to frame my decisions and guide my business instincts.鈥�
础驳别:听45
Location:聽Montreal, Canada
