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Project, reflections and some videos

Now that the 2012 Saltire Fellowship has almost made it to the 1 month mark it seems that we all have settled into a groove (of some sorts!). The timetable sees us now firmly ensconced in the blended learning phase of the taught and experiential learning via the externship projects. As I mentioned in...

Posted to Fellow by Charles Grant on 20-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, externship, energy, saltire fellowship, Oil and Gas, 2012 cohort, Project, Video, Wood Group

Entrepreneurial thinking is a state of mind.

Many believe entrepreneurial thinking primarily thrives within an environment built to nurture its very nature. In fact, in the second week of my externship, when introduced to senior management within my unit, one of the managers’ responded with, ‘Why would an entrepreneur want to work for...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 02-Mar-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Boston, Liberty Mutual, entrepreneur, externship, babson college

Raison d'être vs. personal creativity, and then there is balancing both!

It happened again today… some would refer to it as ‘day dreaming’ as my p1 teacher put it, and some would refer to it as ‘you’re on another planet’! However I like to refer to it as being in ‘the realm of creativity - the unknown matrix of our minds eye’...

Posted to Fellow by Amina Nabi (2010) on 23-Feb-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Boston, Liberty Mutual, externship, Creativity, Babson, insurance

A new dawn full of Energy

Progressing into the new phase of the fellowship was always with a bit of excitement and trepidation, perhaps in equal measure. The Babson experience was a great learning experience, changing attitudes and mindset on every turn. However, moving on to the next phase, the Externship in a large multinational...

Posted to Fellow by Mirza Fahd Arshed Baig (2010) on 20-Feb-2011
Filed under: Filed under: externship, Veolia, Babson

Boston! Refreshingly Entrepreneurial ...

Just back from a Life Sciences event organized by MassBio – the oldest Life Science organization in the US. The organization is well represented by companies in this space especially in the New England area – renowned for being the life sciences hub in the East Coast. Today’s topic...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 10-Feb-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Biotech, Boston, Business, innovation, entrepreneur, Biotechnology, entrepreneurship, externship, Fundraising, ideas, Achievements, business ecosystems

Gallus Part 1

My global executive MBA internship literally took off the ground, on a flight to St Louis from Boston with Mark Bamforth, President & CEO of Gallus Biopharmaceuticals. Couldn’t have asked for a more exciting start than that! Gallus is a biologics contract manufacturing start-up which will be...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 31-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Biotech, Boston, Business, externship, Key learning from Babson, babson college, Scotland, GlobalScot

Serendipity

I never thought I’d say this… but I think I’m falling for insurance. I remember the day I first came across insurance. It was a cold Monday morning when I arrived the doorsteps of Liberty Mutual. I was slightly jetlagged and I needed my morning coffee. The people I met when I walked...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 26-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Boston, Liberty Mutual, externship, Babson, insurance

I am an IBMer

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I am now an IBMer, well at least for the next few months. My first day was a little daunting. IBM has a huge campus here in the ‘Triangle’ so the first challenge was finding where to park, the correct building then locating the designated...

Posted to Fellow by Rebecca Ewing (2010) on 16-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: externship, IBM

Slowing down is secretly gathering strength

Yawn. It's difficult being an intern. I suspect that most of the fellows are having a similar externship A experience (tick all that apply) : sink or swim in an alien work environment, left to your own devices, responsible for developing your scope of work, and then making it happen. These factors...

Posted to Fellow by David Toy on 13-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: externship, Learning, Global, modeling

Action vs Inaction

It's been a busy few weeks since my last blog. We have been having 'last classes' with most of our professors which has been both sad and exciting. I have gained so much perspective on business issues since I have been at Babson. I am sad to be leaving such a supportive and sharing environment...

Posted to Fellow by Rebecca Ewing (2010) on 15-Dec-2010
Filed under: Filed under: externship, babson college, Supply Chain, IBM

The wait is over.

As our time on Babson college campus draw to a close, the recent announcement regarding our placement opportunities for externship A signals the next step on this fantastic programme. For many of us, our endless curiosity was finally appeased over lunch last Friday when we learnt of the placement opportunities...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 08-Nov-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, externship, saltire fellowship, babson college

In anticipation of our return to Scotland

Whilst flying home from a Veolia Business Development conference in Atlanta, I had a sudden recollection of why I became a Saltire Fellow. I had intended on using the flight to catch up on sleep. I had been “networking” into the wee hours the night before (and maybe enjoyed a drink or two...

Posted to Fellow by James Murray on 19-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Business, entrepreneur, externship, magazine

Life with Liberty

Now in my fifth week with Liberty Mutual, I’m ashamed to say I find the Insurance Business quite interesting. Paul and Ian could tell you, I have amassed quite a collection of Surveys & Annual Reports on my desk, as I try and figure out this business called Insurance. Most of us think of Insurance...

Posted to Fellow by David.Miller on 10-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Liberty Mutual, Business, David Miller, customer experience, organization, externship

Energy..... The final frontier!

Martyn and I are now in our fourth week of work in Veolia Energy! Time just seems to be passing us by at warp speed! Last Friday we visited a Biomass Power Plant in Portsmouth (see photo) and it certainly surprised me how logistical it is. For example: The site receives 75 truckloads of wood-chip a day...

Posted to Fellow by James Murray on 02-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, Boston, externship, James Murray, Veolia