1. From Hawker Stalls to Heartfelt Seats: My Ramadan at INSEAD

    There is a question no one tells you to ask before arriving in Singapore. Not "Where will I live?" Not "How will I get around?" But something quieter and more personal: "Will I still be myself here? Will it feel like family?"This Ramadan was my answer. And honestly, I did not see it coming.We had just survived P3 practicals, running on fumes, on group chats, and on the kind of adrenaline that only INSEAD can produce. In the middle of all that, I was fasting. Waking up before sunrise. No food, no coffee, all day under the Singapore sun.

  3. The Abu Dhabi exchange: A defining moment of my INSEAD experience

    Writing this from Fontainebleau, I'm struck by how indecision can rob us of life's greatest moments. I wasn't meant for Abu Dhabi's exchange, telling everyone that I was a ‘good finance person’; there was no financial ROI in campus exchanges. Had that been the end of this story, I would have missed out on what is unequivocally the best part of my INSEAD MBA experience. As bidding for campus exchanges closed, three individual conversations with my colleagues Shahzen, Abhi, and Anusha forced me to reevaluate why I was here and what ROI truly means.

  5. Winter in Fontainebleau – a MIM perspective

    Winter in Europe can be tough, especially if you’ve never experienced real cold before. The days get shorter, the skies turn grey, and suddenly you start wondering if Paris is still that great, romantic, and beautiful city you thought it was. For many of us, this change of light and rhythm can feel a bit heavy. The motivation drops, the evenings feel longer, and a small winter blues slowly sneaks in.

  6. 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.

  7. Culture Week at INSEAD

    Dear MIMs,Congratulations on surviving P2! You may now exhale for the first time in six weeks.If I had to describe P2 in one sentence, I’d say it was a mix of academic pressure, unexpected friendships, cultural celebrations and moments where I wondered if I actually lived anywhere outside the Asia Centre.

  9. Between problem sets and parties: what INSEAD is really about

    Dear MIM'27,You did it. We did it.P1 exams are finally behind us. The coffee machine can rest, our cheat sheets lie crumpled in the corners of our room, and we can finally breathe a little. The relief is real, the celebrations were loud, and the first beer after Data Analysis tasted liked pure heaven.In the middle of the stress and chaos of exams, something special happened. 

  10. Reminiscing about the past: how a failure long ago shapes my mindset today

    My dear MIMs,At first, I couldn’t put two words together for this editorial. My mind kept jumping between my personal story, a philosophical outlook, some study tips, and even a stand-up speech (we’re all lucky I scrapped that one). The white screen stared back at me for two long hours.And then, it hit me. I needed to write about failure.