46 The European Business Review July - August 2019
Sinceits establishmentin1990,Cambridge
Judge Business School has always been a
leader in innovation and new knowledge
creation.ExecutiveEducationat Cambridge
Judge Business School continues to hone
executives and organisations to be instru-
mentsof changeandcontributetosociety
through its rigorouscurriculum andworld
classlearningenvironment.
Wehadthepleasureofsittingdownwith
Dr. Kishore Sengupta, Cambridge Judge
Business School’s Director of Executive
Education,andhesharedwithushisviews
on the state of Executive Education and
how Cambridge Judge combines research
excellence and practice expertise to meet
thedemandsof businessinthefaceof the
rapidlychangingworld.Good day, Dr. Sengupta! Thank you for
sharingyourvaluabletimebydoingthisinter-
viewwithus.Tostart,fora topacademicleaderWhere Thought Leadership and
Subject Expertise Meet
Interview with Dr. Kishore Sengupta
Cambridge’s
excellence in research
is internationally
recognised, and our
programmes are all
based on original
thought leadership
and subject
expertise to harness
that research base.CAMBRIDGE JUDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL
DIRECTOR OF EXECUTIVE EDUCATIONlike you, what are the best morning routines
to jumpstart a busy day and your quick tips to
improveproductivityfora day’swork?
One of the key elements to starting the day
properly is to eat a healthy breakfast, which
helps to create and channel positive energy. A
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day. It’s also a good idea to tackle writing chores
early in the day – before phones ring, emails
arrive and people request meetings. A diary
scan in the morning helps to prepare the day- but it’s also important to scan a day ahead in
order to prepare for upcoming issues.
Nowadays, business practices are being
transformed dramatically by globalisation
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changes or new trends in the executive educa-
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One major challenge for executive educa-
tion in today’s era is to align online delivery
with rapidly changing business models around
the world. There is a lot of noise associated
with these changes, but there’s also evidence
of the landscape settling into more predict-
able models with more stable partnerships
and alliances. It’s also important to remember
that while digital delivery is transformational,
it will never replace the quality of a face-
to-face learning relationship in such an
intellectually vibrant hub like we have
here in Cambridge.TOP
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