1. Stairway to INSEAD

    If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. - Jim Rohn I'll let you in on a secret. INSEAD has been on my "to-do list" for a long time. I was drawn to INSEAD because of the cultural diversity it offers and the chance it would give to get back to the classroom. A year-long journey breaking away from the everyday routine, while shifting gears and changing career, is more than the quintessential icing on the cake. An alluring to-do for almost half a decade!

  4. "Getting by on My Own Invention" By INSEAD Insider

    Below is an interview with Sid Ram, a 17J from South Africa It’s the end of P1 and exam season is in full swing. A cloud of nervous energy and puffs of cigarette smoke engulf the tropical Singapore campus. Most students wouldn’t stop for more than a panicked smile, but Sid has kindly volunteered to sit down for a long and probing interview. He is calm and composed, and even puts me at ease as I fumble with my phone to find the record button.

  5. Should You Invest in Leveraged Buyout? Or in a Private Island?

    Return on Invested Capital, Return on Equity, Cost Opportunity. Here are some of the terms that we somewhat became familiar with, and that are used on a daily basis after two months in the INSEAD MBA. Actually, looking back, it’s quite incredible to think about the amount of material we’ve covered so far, and this is because the program is intensive. So intensive that you don’t ask for more.

  6. Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur

    Entering INSEAD as a 16J Partner, I viewed the coming year as an endless stream of potential paths, but one avenue I didn’t expect to go down was towards the start-up world. However, one can say that at INSEAD there are a growing number of Entrepreneur-spirited individuals. Personally, this journey started during the first few weeks when my B-schooler and I received an invitation to the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, hosted by the INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship. Why not, we said, lets have a go at this.

  7. Diversity at INSEAD and the People You Meet

    When I was researching about MBA schools last year, I asked alumni what made INSEAD so special from others. Diversity, they said. You will not find more nationalities in a single location anywhere else than INSEAD. The international outlook it provides you is unrivalled. After listening to their stories and seeing the diversity statistics on the INSEAD website, I thought I understood what diversity meant. Or so I thought until I lived through it myself in the past two months.

  9. Why INSEAD?

    In October 2016, on a Saturday morning, I was standing in front of 500+ alumni; ready to deliver my speech during the Alumni Reunion. I have always dreaded public speaking. Yet there I was, completely out of my comfort zone, preparing to speak to batches of INSEAD alumni who had graduated at least 25 years ago.