AACSB Pulse

As AACSB marks 110 years, its leaders reflect on a decade of transformation, examine current relevance, and predict what’s ahead for the industry.

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB’s executive vice president of EMEA and chief thought leadership officer, talks with current AACSB board leaders Joyce Strawser and Ian Williamson about the recent evolution of business education. They explore the forces of the past 10 years that h...

From naive realism to receptiveness: How to disagree more constructively when everyone thinks they’re right.

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president of EMEA and chief thought leadership officer, talks with Harvard expert on disagreement, Julia Minson. They explore the root cause of disagreement and the surprising benefits of opening ourselves to opposing views. Their conversation is shaped by three big qu...

From strategic vision to community input to broader impact: shaping AACSB’s Global Standards for quality business education everywhere.

Join host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB’s executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, in a discussion with two of the people behind the work to shape AACSB’s Global Standards for Business Education™: chief accreditation officer Stephan...

Inside AI’s impact on finance and accounting: Meta’s Jason Pikoos discusses shifting roles, smarter strategy, and new expectations for graduates.

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, has a conversation with Meta’s director of modern finance, Jason Pikoos, on how AI is reshaping the finance industry—and what that means for ho...

AACSB president and CEO, Lily Bi, guest-hosts this episode of AACSB Pulse, featuring Xiongwen Lu, dean of the Fudan University School of Management and an AACSB board member. From the Elevate: Asia Pacific Conference in Hong Kong, Lily and Xiongwen discuss the evolution of business education in China and how Fudan's School of Management built its programs, reputation, and industry connections over 40 years. They center their c...

A discussion on the power and limits of rankings, and how business schools can redefine excellence around mission, impact, and relevance.

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, sits down with Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer at Times Higher Education, while at the World Academic Summit in Saudi Arabia. The two discuss Times Higher Education&rs...

This episode explores how identities shape the leadership experience and the role of business schools in fostering inclusive, forward-looking institutions.

Recorded at the Deans Conference in Toronto, host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, sits down with Minna Martikainen, rector at the University of Vaasa, to discuss how a leader’s identity in...

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, holds a live, thought-provoking session at the AACSB Deans Conference in Toronto with Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Scho...

From executive education to AI innovation, explore the financial models redefining business schools.

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, discusses innovation in business school financing with Serguei Netessine, senior vice dean for innovation and global initiatives and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. She asks ...

What if business schools were evaluated not by rankings but by how students and faculty perceived their impact on society?

Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, asks Katrin Muff, president and co-creator of the Positive Impact Rating, three pressing questions related to the impact of business schools on society:

1. What inspired the creation of th...

In this inaugural episode of AACSB Pulse, host Eileen McAuliffe, who is AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, talks with Sherif Kamel, dean of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at the American University in Cairo, as well as chair of AACSB's 2024-25 board of directors. Eileen and Sherif discuss three pressing questions related to business schools as leaders today: