We are apolitical at the MBA School Of MBA Credentials. Our challenge is to view the world through the lens of curiosity and apply MBA Thinking whenever problems need solutions. And such a problem has arisen in some LinkedIn discussions I have been involved with in the wake of some US institutions like Middlebury College […]
MBA Thought Of The Day
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Reshaping John Dillermand: The book is mightier than the penis
Denmark’s equivalent of the ABC, DR, has launched a TV show for children aged 4-8 about a man with a penis that can grow very, very, very long and often gets him into trouble. His name is John Dillermand, with Diller being Danish slang for penis. And my argument is that focussing on well-endowed genetalia […]
You can’t polish a turd but you can harness its pulling power on social media
A student who has enrolled for A Lunchtime MBA during the Adelaide Fringe Semester next month, has posed an interesting question. Why do posts about poop in our community Facebook Group get 10 times the discussion and engagement compared to posts about generous sales and promotions? I was busy at the time so my number […]
Universities and mansplaining: Why we started the Mantraining Elective
Many South Australians will remember how an image that hit the media (and social media) in 2018 that brought a lot of heat onto the University of Adelaide because it looked like the august institution was embracing “mansplaining” in its visual communication. This was because the image that did the rounds showed a seated male […]
Thank Goodness It’s Monday: Reclaiming TGIF with MBA Thinking
Another day, another week, means another chance to apply MBA Thinking to your life and the lives of those around you. I saw a delightful post from a rather smart, Adelaide GP and business owner, Dr Nick Tellis, on LinkedIn this morning entitled, Happy Mindset Monday. He asked, “how many of you think TGI Monday?” […]
Do not study your MBA online: The universities’ new clothes
My Google searches are filled with ads for MBA courses at this time of year and it worries me greatly that almost all institutions are boasting about MBA degrees that can be earned “100% online”. Dear students to be, as someone who has held the gaze of his students over many lunches, I believe the […]
Why we should stop free riding on Adelaide trams
I was in the city of Adelaide yesterday, preparing to catch the free tram service from the MBA School Of MBA Credentials (13th floor of 144 King William Street, just above Treasury 1860), when I had an MBA insight: I should not be a free-rider. Of course, if you haven’t earned your MBA you might […]
How to use your MBA to write more convincing spam
Ms Paige Turner received an email yesterday from a Daniel Roos who claimed to be representing Best Professional SEO and Web Design Services Company. The dilemma for Daniel is that one of our students received an identical email from Daniel, even though it was meant to be a tailored email for the MBA School Of […]
We are one and free: HR lessons from the Australian National Anthem lyric change
Many of us were satisfyingly surprised when Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a one-word change to the Australian national anthem, especially those of us who teach HR topics as part of an MBA. The change from “we are young and free” to “we are one and free”, is of great significance to First Nations people […]
Shorten meetings with waggle dancing instead of words: Hive mind management lessons from bees
In the book Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley, we learn many insights into the collective ways bees work together, and which might help us liven up staff meetings and make them worth attending. Seeley has undertaken decades of research and really gotten into what a “hive mind” really means and I think they’ve delivered […]
