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Is your business school still playing board games?
· BATTLESHIPS: the hunt for an imminent meeting date in 15 senior executives’ diaries · RISK: the late circulation of board papers...
Nov 20, 2023


Well I've often seen a cat without a grin...
Parts of the conversations yesterday at the Chartered Association of Business Schools Annual Conference were about exploring the...
Nov 14, 2023


GBC Roundtable – Minneapolis
Well, that's a wrap! What an incredible experience and deeply informative few days. Great content, lots of shared successes and honesty...
Oct 15, 2023


Our Fifth Anniversary
Five years ago, I posted: “Somewhat unexpectedly but with no small degree of excitement, I find myself looking for new opportunities…” ...
Oct 9, 2023


Who are you?
We will be running a Discovery Session tomorrow morning with a business school that is growing and evolving. Will we discuss strategies...
Sep 21, 2023


Is your MBA more of a jazz band than an orchestra?
An interviewee recently posed this thought to us in a discovery conversation about better aligning an MBA to business school strengths...
Sep 12, 2023


Is September too early to send a wish list to Santa?
Perhaps. But if you wish for an advisory board that stimulates fresh opportunities, brings new thinking and extends connections, then...
Sep 10, 2023


It's no use going back to yesterday
With the arrival of the new academic year, like Alice, we know that many universities are looking forwards. There is a focus on new...
Aug 31, 2023


Business School Dean Challenges the Red Queen!
In his closing remarks to this week’s EFMD Annual Conference the Chair, Dean of GIBS Business School, was brave enough to challenge the...
Jun 15, 2023


EFMD Annual Conference
As I pack up to exhibit at EFMD's Annual Conference, I think back to the first time I was there as Hardcastle & Associates in 2019....
Jun 8, 2023


Am I being listened to? Am I valued?
Business school senior leadership teams tell us that they really appreciate the time their advisors give to serve on their advisory...
May 19, 2023


Continuing to share the experience
My thanks to Prof Tim Vorley OBE for an invitation to speak at the British Academy of Management’s new Development Programme for...
Mar 22, 2023


EFMD MBA Conference
Excited to be sharing the stage this morning at the EFMD MBA Conference with Jacqueline Bagnall Education Lead from University of Exeter...
Mar 18, 2023


Is your business school advisory board bored?
- Repeatedly, board members tell us they want to be asked to do more and have a deeper dive into discussions - Repeatedly board members...
Nov 4, 2022


QED and Hardcastle & Associates announce strategic alliance
QED and Hardcastle & Associates are delighted to announce a strategic alliance, marking the growing relationship between these two higher...
Nov 4, 2022
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