Browsing: By Invitation

Do you really need to go to a fancy B-School and spend big bucks to get an MBA? What if you reframed the problem and decided to get the education needed (without the degree and the fat fee paid to a B-school)? Here’s a person who has done just that.

Laurie Pickard, of NoPayMBA fame, completed her MBA-level education using only MOOCs —Massive Open Online Courses. She is the facilitator of the No-Pay MBA Network, a learning community dedicated to help its members get the benefits of business school, at a fraction of the cost —less than $ 1,000! She now lives in Kigali, Rwanda and has documented her studies to serve as a resource to other learners.

Abhijit Bhaduri, chief learning officer, Wipro, chats with Pickard to know more about the NoPayMBA and MOOCs. Excerpts!

The Second Machine Age says that the future belongs to those who can keep learning and reinventing themselves. But learning what? To find the answer to this question, you need to read Humans are Underrated.

The book begins with a distinction between imagination, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. 

The book – Hidden Strengths – Unleashing the crucial leadership skills you already have – by authors Thuy (pronounced Twee) and Milo Sindell aims to highlight as the untapped opportunity.

Written by Laszlo Bock, senior VP, people operations, Google Inc, this book decodes the ‘touch and feel’ element called organisational culture.