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More Babson Takeaways

Here are some more bullet-point takeaways from my enlightening time at Babson: · When designing experiences, keep in mind that people love choice, personalization, and rituals · We may think we do a good job of understanding our customers’...

Published 05-Nov-2012 0:41 by Jeff Conley

Filed under: Leadership, Babson, Strategy, marketing, customer, pricing

Leadership - A Military Perspective

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false A major portion of the Fellowship program is Leadership. This is a subject close to my heart given the emphasis the military (full disclosure: I have come from nearly 13 years as an Officer in the British Army...

Published 02-Nov-2012 4:25 by Charles Grant

Filed under: Leadership, inspiration, 2012 cohort

When it all starts to click together...

It's the end of week 5 and I'm starting to feel a little more organised, my computer is finally in order, calendar synched, course notes typed up and my handouts are all filed (alphabetically by professor of course). This might sound ridiculous...

Published 24-Sep-2012 2:00 by Mike Brooke

Filed under: Boston, Leadership, entrepreneur, Babson, saltire fellowship, babson college, Fellows, 2012 cohort, Saltire Foundation, startup weekend

Welcome to my first blog..

Howdy folks, well that’s nearly two weeks that a huntly loon has survived in Boston and more importantly Babson. Apologies a first experience at fit they call "blogging" so will try and not ramble. Following on from an eye opening lecture...

Published 07-Sep-2012 2:18 by Gordon Farmer

Filed under: Leadership, Scottish Entrepreneur, babson college, Social Media, 2012 cohort

The Real Deal....

This week's blog is focussed on what it takes to make it http://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com/@espark-blog/2012/2/24/the-real-deal.aspx Entrepreneurial Spark thanks the Saltire Foundation

Published 24-Feb-2012 17:28 by Jim Duffy

Filed under: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ideas, Creativity, Babson, Scottish Entrepreneur, inbound marketing, saltire fellowship, babson college, Social Media, inspiration, start-up, startups, business development

Execution

Action Trumps Everything.... http://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com/@espark-blog.aspx Entrepreneurial Spark thanks the Saltire Foundation Jim

Published 17-Feb-2012 16:06 by Jim Duffy

Filed under: Leadership, Business, innovation, ideas, success, Economic Development, Competitive Scotland, Social ROI, Lean, opportunity, Scottish Entrepreneur, Achievements, Small Businesses, saltire fellowship, mass challenge, funding, Social Media, inspiration, start-up, startups

Uncomfortable is the new comfortable

It's the start of week 4 and time is flying by. I have met so many people here at IBM since I arrived, my notebook is filling up fast. It has been great to meet leaders who are at different stages of their careers and understand their career paths...

Published 24-Jan-2011 19:16 by Rebecca Ewing (2010)

Filed under: Leadership, IBM, mentor

Golf Balls, Pebbles and Sand – how to fit them all in?

We have had a very hectic last 3 weeks in the run-up to Thanksgiving, and during that time we have had three excellent days working on Leadership Presence, Storytelling and uncovering our own life and leadership journeys. One story from the past few days...

Published 25-Nov-2010 15:04 by Mark Simmers

Filed under: Leadership, Business

Twists, turns and waterproofs

Today I write in an emergent fashion, a recent lecturer suggested that this can often lead to the best ideas. If not, complaints to Babson marketing faculty… The last two weeks have been full of the sort of twists and turns that our Babson experience...

Published 22-Nov-2010 3:39 by Joanne Hagerty (2010)

Filed under: Leadership, GlobalScot

Pioneers of the World?

On Monday we had an amazing and inspiring day. It started with a Yoga class, continued with reading poetry and other prose in the College Chapel at Babson, and concluded with a wonderful Japanese Film – Shall We Dance. One poem I discovered that...

Published 13-Oct-2010 5:34 by Mark Simmers

Filed under: Opportunities, Leadership, entrepreneurship, Learning

Our Playground!

What an eye opener, what an experience so far. It seems like being a fly stuck on the outside of a fast moving bullet train! ‘Intense’ all of a sudden has lost its meaning and needs to be redefined. This is how the first 3 weeks can be summed...

Published 03-Oct-2010 5:55 by Mirza Fahd Arshed Baig (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, Boston, Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, work, ideas, success, teamwork, opportunity, Performance, Babson, Key learning from Babson, meaning of Saltire, Learning, saltire fellowship, monkeys

The entrepreneurial dream team

A few weeks back I got meet one of entrepreneurial hero's - Greg Petsko. Well this week I get to meet another - Dean Kamen. By now a few of you might be saying who..? Well for a bit of fun , allow me to explain by introducing my own "fantasy...

Published 23-Jun-2009 2:46 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, passion

"Never describe yourself as poor....."

Hello Everybuddy, Last week I had a chance of attending two events. The first was at the Microsoft's New England Research & Development centre (they proudly call themselves NERDs) on robotics. It was kind of cool to see military robots used for...

Published 16-Jun-2009 4:14 by Mubbasher Khanzada

Filed under: Leadership, entrepreneurship, Government role, Economic Development, Industry academia government collaboration, Competitive Scotland, IT future

Getting noticed on the Global Stage

With only a couple of weeks to go for the 2010 nominations, I thought it might be interesting to post the World Economic Forum's view of the Technology pioneers of the future. Wouldn't it be fantastic if someday a Scottish company could make the...

Published 15-Jun-2009 16:23 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, persist, improve, Technology

Being at the Centre of everything

Hi In my blog last week I talked about finslising the preperation part of my Porject and getting ready to approve it for funding the following morning. Well I am pleased to say that my Project was approved, I have made some final changes to it and will...

Published 10-Jun-2009 18:09 by Paul Reynolds

Filed under: Leadership, Liberty Mutual

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