Seven INSEAD Faculty members among finalists for Thinkers50 Awards 2013
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SEVEN INSEAD FACULTY MEMBERS AMONG FINALISTS FOR THINKERS50 AWARDS 2013
Prestigious biennial honour recognises world's best thought leadership in
management and innovation
Fontainebleau (France), Singapore and Abu Dhabi - November 6, 2013: Seven
faculty members from INSEAD, the leading international business school, have
been shortlisted for the 2013 Thinkers50 Awards. The biennial competition
honours the world's best minds in management, leadership and innovation, global
solutions and future thinking and also includes an award for best book. INSEAD's
professors have been shortlisted for six of the seven distinguished achievement
awards on offer.
Dubbed the 'Oscars' of the management world and launched in 2001, the Thinkers50
rankings shortlist for 2013 features INSEAD professors spanning three continents
who, together, represent the largest collection of nominees from any one
business school, exemplifying INSEAD's diverse global offering. Overall, the
school's faculty members come from approximately 34 countries, mirroring a
diverse student cohort composed of more than 80 nationalities in any given year.
Recently-appointed Dean of INSEAD, Ilian Mihov, said: "To be recognised by this
prestigious management and leadership ranking is a huge accolade for our
nominated faculty members, each outstanding in their own right. Beyond the
individual achievement, to have so many of our faculty nominated and for so many
individual distinguished achievement awards is testament to INSEAD's global
reputation."
The shortlist includes some 70 thinkers, from which the final Thinkers50
rankings and award winners will be selected and announced during a Gala Dinner
and summit in London on November 11, 2013. The INSEAD Faculty named as
Thinkers50 finalists are:
* Laurence Capron - Professor of Strategy, The Paul Desmarais Chaired
Professor of Partnership and Active Ownership and founder and director of
INSEAD Executive Education's M&As and Corporate Strategy programme;
* Hal Gregersen - Senior Affiliate Professor of Innovation and Leadership and
former director of INSEAD Executive Education's Learning to Lead programme
* Morten Hansen - Professor of Entrepreneurship;
* Herminia Ibarra - The Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning,
Professor of Organisational Behaviour and founder and director of INSEAD
Executive Education's Leadership Transition programme;
* W Chan Kim - The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chaired
Professor of International Management and key contributor to the launch of
INSEAD Executive Education's Blue Ocean Strategy programme;
* Renee Mauborgne - The INSEAD Distinguished Fellow of Strategy and
International Management and key contributor to the launch of INSEAD
Executive Education's Blue Ocean Strategy programme; and
* Gianpiero Petriglieri - Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and
director of INSEAD Executive Education's Management Acceleration Programme
Professor Capron, the author of Build, Borrow or Buy: Solving the Growth
Dilemma, earned a nomination for the 2013 Strategy Award for her research into
corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions and alliances.
Professor Gregersen, a leadership and innovation expert, is the author or co-
author of several books, including The Innovator's DNA and is a 2013 nominee for
the Innovation Award.
Professor Hansen, co-author of Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck -
Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, which draws on his expertise in
entrepreneurship, is nominated for the 2013 Thinkers50 Best Book Award.
Professor Ibarra, whose research and teaching focuses on professional and
leadership development, as well as women's careers and career transition, also
appeared on the 2011 shortlist. This year, she is nominated for the Leadership
Award.
Professors Kim and Mauborgne, who earned the No. 2 spot in the 2011 Thinkers50
rankings, have been nominated over repeated years for their joint work on Blue
Ocean Strategy and the formation of the Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, which
reinvented models of innovation and markets. This year, they are nominated for
the Global Solutions Award.
Professor Petriglieri is nominated for this year's Future Thinker Award. He is
academic director for INSEAD's Initiative for Learning Innovation and Teaching
Excellence, and chairs the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council focused on
new leadership models. His research explores leadership, identity, development
and experiential learning.
Candidates are identified and scrutinised through a combination of open polling
on the Thinkers50 Website and input from an international team of advisers based
on 10 criteria, including originality and practicality of ideas, international
outlook, ability to inspire and presentation style.
About the professors
More information about the professors and their work can be found at:
http://knowledge.insead.edu/strategy/inseads-global-thought-leaders-2907
About INSEAD, The Business School for the World
As one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD
brings together people, cultures and ideas to change lives and to transform
organisations. A global perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all
aspects of our research and teaching.
With campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and Abu Dhabi, INSEAD's
business education and research spans three continents. Our 146 renowned Faculty
members from 34 countries inspire more than 1,300 degree participants annually
in our MBA, Executive MBA, specialised master's degrees (Master in Finance,
Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change) and PhD programmes. In
addition, more than 12,000 executives participate in INSEAD's executive
education programmes each year.
In addition to INSEAD's programmes on our three campuses, INSEAD participates
in academic partnerships with the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia & San Francisco); the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University near Chicago, and Johns Hopkins University/SAIS in
Washington DC. In Asia, INSEAD partners with Tsinghua University in Beijing and
with CEIBS. INSEAD is a founding member in the multidisciplinary Sorbonne
University created in 2012, and also partners with Fundação Dom Cabral in
Brazil.
INSEAD became a pioneer of international business education with the graduation
of the first MBA class on the Fontainebleau campus in Europe in 1960. In 2000,
INSEAD opened its Asia campus in Singapore. And in 2007 the school began an
association in the Middle East, officially opening the Abu Dhabi campus in 2010.
Around the world and over the decades, INSEAD continues to conduct cutting edge
research and to innovate across all our programmes to provide business leaders
with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere. These core values have
enabled us to become truly "The Business School for the World."
More information about INSEAD can be found at: www.insead.edu
About INSEAD Executive Education
INSEAD is one of the largest and most prominent providers of Executive Education
in the world, attracting over 12,000 executives each year. Executive Education
at INSEAD is the springboard to the next level of effective performance in
business with programmes created and taught by full-time, world-class faculty,
based on cutting edge, business focused research and the unique multi-cultural
learning environment across three campuses. The programmes address the needs of
high potential individuals and senior executives seeking further career
development. This is offered through both 'Open Enrolment' which focuses on
individual development, or through 'Customised Programmes' tailored specifically
to meet an organisation's business objectives. To facilitate growth and meet
demand, INSEAD is expanding its Singapore campus with a Leadership Development
Centre. The $50 million dollar expansion project will dramatically increase
INSEAD's Executive Education capacity with a specific emphasis on the Advanced
Management Programme.
Press contacts at INSEAD
Sophie Badré
Tel +33 (0)1 60 72 45 26, Mobile: +33 (0)6 86 07 33 75
sophie.badre(at)insead.edu
INSEAD Europe campus
Boulevard de Constance
77305 Fontainebleau Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)1 60 72 40 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 60 74 55 13
Julia Irrgang
Tel +33(0)1 60 72 93 34
julia.irrgang(at)insead.edu
INSEAD Asia campus
1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, Singapore 138676
Tel: +65 6799 5388
Fax: +65 6799 5399
Aileen Huang
Tel +65 6799 5552
aileen.huang(at)insead.edu
INSEAD Abu Dhabi campus
Muroor Road - Street No. 4, P.O. Box 48049
Abu Dhabi UAE
Tel: +971 2 651 5200
Fax: +971 2 443 9428
Joe Chedid
Tel +971 2 651 5329
joe.chedid(at)insead.edu
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