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04 Sep 2015, 10:01
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| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: A tale of two classmates |
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For the past couple of weeks I’ve been winding down my affairs in New York by working on consulting projects, trying every exotic sandwich there is and then intensely hitting the gym. But I also wanted to get to know some of my future classmates at Saïd (Oxford University), so I posted in the MBA Facebook group that I was hosting a meet and greet on the rooftop of Salvation Taco restaurant on August 31 for anyone who was in the region. I had just turned 30 the day before and, after a 24-hour period of unexpected jitters thinking about personal accomplishments and failures, I made my way there. Read more |
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06 Sep 2015, 18:02
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| FROM Yudanashi: A New Adventure |
 Tomorrow morning I hop on a flight to the UK and officially begin the next step in my journey. I’ve spent months getting ready. From pre-class assignments & readings, to packing up my entire life into just 3 bags. As I get finish my preparations I am struck with the question I’ve been asked a lot as I have gone through this process. “What do you want to do with your degree.” As I look at all the options I have following my MBA I am at first struck with choice paralysis. I could continue in consulting but at a higher level, learning a lot about new industries as I go along. I could dive into finance and help a VC fund invest in start-ups that could change the world. I can focus on marketing and help companies use the power of their brand to improve the lives of their customers. I could shift more into tech and work as a product manager developing a tool to make someone’s live just a little bit easier. As I look at my options and even how I describe them to others, there is a common thread. I want my work to have a positive impact on others. And in talking with almost a third of my class, this seems to be a reason why most of us picked Oxford. The school’s focus on Social Entrepreneurship is a key driver of our choice for Oxford; this holds true even for those of us who don’t want to be entrepreneurs ourselves. While I love marketing and will likely end up down that path, if a role opened up in consulting for non-profits, or running finance for a charitable trust, or a product manager role for an AirBnB for homeless youth who have been failed by the foster-care system, I would probably take it in a heart-beat. Why? Because I care more about having a positive impact on the world than on fulfilling a specific job function. To some, this may appear that I lack focus and to an extent they are right. I am open to any function that I am qualified for. However, what they miss is that my industry is very focused. It isn’t Healthcare or Energy; Manufacturing or High Tech. My industry is Social Impact. I hope that over the course of my Oxford MBA I can find the perfect function within that industry to enable me to have a positive impact on the world around me. To that aim, my goals for the year, my MBA resolutions, my OKR’s (to borrow a term from my time at Google) are as follows:
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07 Sep 2015, 11:02
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| FROM Financial Times MBA Blog: A time to celebrate |
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Brenden Sheehan flies to Phoenix as his classmates graduate Read more |
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