“Education That Moves With You”: Adapting Education to Every Student’s Journey
This blog was co-authored by the following MBA'26
Master Strategist Day 2025: How Our Team Built a Bold, Credible Path for BGA in the United States
This blog was contributed by MBA'26J students Alex Byun, Farah Behkaazi, Giovanni Leone, James Campin and Yuexiao Li.Master Strategist Day (MSD) has a very particular energy at INSEAD. Part strategy sprint, part pressure test, it is the moment where weeks of classroom discussions suddenly turn into a real consulting engagement with a real organisation, real ambiguity, and limited time. It is also the moment you see how your study group works under pressure.
From Farmland to Future: Crafting a Carbon Strategy in Fiji
This blog was co-authored by the following MBA'25D students: Alexandra Boretou, Aditya Katyayan, Javier Planas Borrallo, Ives Oliveira Reis, Siqi Ren.
Scaling Impact One Step at a Time: INSEAD and MiracleFeet in Nepal
This blog is authored by Erica Wallace, Florence Coghlan, Isadora Rial and Monica Song.In February 2025, about 25 INSEAD MBA students representing 15 nationalities swapped the lecture halls of Fontainebleau, Singapore and Abu Dhabi for the snow-capped peaks and vibrant streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. We arrived excited (not just for momos) and with a shared goal: to extend our learning to a real-world, impactful context while helping to improve access to care for children born with clubfoot.
Master Strategist Day 2024: Crafting Sankara’s Vision for 2030
At INSEAD, the mission of advancing business as a force for good begins in the classroom. A key example is the Master Strategist Day (MSD), a full-day event integrated into the core strategy class.
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We are all at INSEAD because we share a common ideal: that of a truly global world.
Afya on Wheels: Delivering High-Quality, Affordable Healthcare in Underserved Areas in Kenya
Embarking on the journey to Master Strategist Day (MSD) was like stepping into a whirlwind of exhilaration and purpose. While clinching victory was undoubtedly a moment of triumph, it was the prospect of weaving innovative solutions with meaningful impact that truly fueled our spirits.
Empowering Change: My Journey with Unjani Clinics in South Africa
South Africa is an awe-inspiring place, often read about but less frequently explored. Through this blog I aim to share my experiences as an MBA participant in the Business For Good (BFG) course at INSEAD in February 2023. BFG is a field-based course during which we had the opportunity to engage directly with an organisation to help successfully execute its strategy. This involved a series of sessions on campus followed by a week of onsite collaboration with the organisation.
Wearing the MBA Hat: Propelling Access to Clubfoot Treatment Across Africa
MiracleFeet’s partnership with INSEAD started in 2021 when MBA students gathered for the 10th Master Strategy Day - a competition to create a strategy for MiracleFeet to expand clubfoot treatment in middle-income countries. Since then, the partnership has continued through a follow-on field-based course in INSEAD’s MBA programme called Business as a Force for Good Practicum or BFG. This year, course culminated in a trip to The Gambia.
Master Strategy Day 2023: Reimagining the Henri IV Building
We were all very surprised to learn that the cultural heritage site we would be focused on for Master Strategist Day (MSD) was right in our backyard – the Château de Fontainebleau! While many students walk past it every day, there was much to be learned about the buildings, the gardens, and its history to create an effective strategy for the 21st century.
