Lecture and Reception with Professor Nancy J. Adler in Hamilton
Join business leadership guru Professor Nancy Adler for a special lecture: "Leading Beautifully: The Creative Economy and Beyond." How have creativity and the commitment to beauty become essential to business leadership today? Professor Adler will address this creative approach and how increasingly critical is has become to the success of individual companies and economies around the world.
Lecture and Reception with Professor Nancy J. Adler in Toronto (Toronto alumni branch)
Join business leadership guru Professor Nancy Adler for a special lecture: "Leading Beautifully: The Creative Economy and Beyond." How have creativity and the commitment to beauty become essential to business leadership today? Professor Adler will address this creative approach and how increasingly critical is has become to the success of individual companies and economies around the world.
Homecoming 2013
Save the Date: October 17 – 19, 2013
Desautels Homecoming 2013
Reconnect and reminisce, make new connections, share accomplishments, and celebrate achievements at Homecoming 2013. Activities will honor alumni from the classes of 2008, 2003, 1998, 1993, 1988, 1983, 1978, 1973, 1968, 1963, 1958, and 1953.
People, Places and Players Making News on the Canadian Media Scene
Martin Longchamps (BCom’96) is the new Vice President, Business Development, Digital Solutions for TC Media. He will remain in his current position of Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions for TC Transcontinental. The appointment is effective immediately.
Stimulus marathon good for gold price: Eric Winmill
Eric Winmill (BCom’97), mining equities research analyst with Casimir Capital, sees great potential for small-cap metals producers and developers in the Americas—home to good infrastructure, skilled workers and great geology.
In this Gold Report interview, Winmill also explains how "all-in" cash costs are making it easier for companies and investors to understand—and predict—cash-flow generation and identifies companies that he expects to take off.
The importance of research
The chances of a small business surviving passed its teething period are never good, with half of all startups falling to the wayside after five years. Here are four data collection methods that can help you beat the odds, even before starting your business.
… Gathering information through research is exactly what co-founders Zaina (BCom’05) and Rania Kana'an (BCom’08) did before they launched Ananasa, an online marketplace that enables artisans, artists and designers in the Middle East to sell their work worldwide.
Westmounter Dick Pound has dedicated his life to clean sport
The McGill Institute for the Study of Canada’s upcoming conference “Lifting off and Flying High” focuses on cultivating talent and success in this country in the fields of culture, high-tech, and athletics.
But one of the panelists, Westmount resident and former Olympian Dick Pound (BCom’62), knows that in sports where milliseconds separate first and second place, the drive for success at all costs can be a destructive force.
A peek inside the marketing process
MONTREAL - The ad agency brief was clear: Get more people shopping at a Montreal bicycle store. The creative talent came cheap: 30 marketing students working free-of-charge for two weeks. And after an evening of pitches to a panel of judges and the selection of winners, the end game now approaches: A $10,000 publicity campaign to be launched in April.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Have you taken a look at your career math? It might shock you
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, speaks with Brian Fetherstonhaugh (BCom’79), Chairman & CEO, OgilvyOne Worldwide.
Watch interview: The Globe and Mail, January 24, 2013
The Three Phases of Careers - Where Are You and Where Should You Be?
Careers are a lot longer than people think. Most of my undergrad and MBA students are in a great rush to get on with it. And they should but they need to take the long view. I recently interviewed OgilvyOne’s CEO Brian Fetherstonhaugh (BCom’79) who is one of the smartest people I know. Brian separates a career into three sections, allowing for some perspective and an eye on the future.
-Article by Karl Moore
