Thousands of voices joining one massive global brainstorm may seem overwhelming. Start here by clicking the group you identify with for recommended forums, ideas on how your expertise will contribute to the knowledge of the Jam, and what relevant information you can expect to take away after participating.
Every opinion counts. Share yours.
Share the knowledge and experience you’ve gained to ensure industry is left in the right hands. Your voice will be a major player as we discover how industry and business schools can best tap into the power of millennials, and how those schools’ programs can enhance value for students, employers, and industry.
In these forums, you might even meet your next employee—the one who will add value to your company as it forges ahead in our shifting economy. The partnerships you create as discussions unfold will be irreplaceable.
The Jam is all about people—just like you. HR attracts, develops, and retains talent. The Jam will provide that talent by connecting companies with their next employees. The discussion forums will benefit greatly from your expertise regarding what qualities make a potential candidate valuable so that we can fully prepare our students to enter the workforce. Plus, you might meet those very candidates as you share, learn, and collaborate.
What you learn in the classroom should carry you seamlessly into your office. Help shape management education so that it provides you the tools to thrive anywhere from a corporation to a nonprofit to a socially based organization. Employers from those very companies will be participating, too, cluing you into what they’re seeking in their next hires. The perspective of students is crucial to understanding what values, experiences, and courses business schools should be implementing in their education model in order to stay relevant. Not all training is on-the-job.
You have a fresh take on what skills are most in demand and the ways your recent education prepared you, or didn’t, for the first steps in your career. Hear what employers are looking for and share what you wish you knew, what skills you couldn’t live without, and how you’d do it differently if you could do it all again.
In 3 days you’ll identify major trends and topics that need more thought and walk away with next step recommendations so you can focus your energies on the most relevant areas needing the most work. As someone who asks probing questions and engages a multiplicity of voices your skills are essential to having a robust and productive discussion about these important topics.
Business, and concurrently the education of business leaders, impacts most aspects of life for people across the globe. Policy, accreditation and governance shape the direction and perception of schools and businesses and touch a myriad of areas from ethical leadership to cost/benefit relationships. A thorough understanding of the challenges and triumphs of business education and the partnerships between academia and industry will help you make informed policy decisions that will shape the future leaders in our global economy.
The link between management research and industry best practices is crucial and must be fostered. Defining how business schools should articulate the value of their research, as well as choose proper venues for it, is a major goal of the Jam—one that you have a critical stake in. As the Jam happens, data will be analyzed, trends will emerge, and concepts will be created in real-time for you to collect. You are the drivers of ideas. Your participation is at the heart of the Jam.
As an Academic Administrator you are in a singular position to see the big picture of your school and be on the ground making decisions that will position programs, research, and partnerships for the future. Balancing the realistic with aspiration, you inspire and support your colleagues. The analytics and data about which trends and ideas are likely to gain traction will focus your energies as you move your school forward.
