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Reflections on the Abu Dhabi module
After an intense week of feasting and partying during the Christmas and New Year season, the first week of January is usually a time to slowly ease into reality. Sleeping in and spending time with...
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Abu Dhabi: A possible move?
The Abu Dhabi module is a great opportunity for participants to find out more about the region and to meet some of the companies based in the region. However, for me, a big part of the trip was to...
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After a Module in Abu Dhabi, on to Singapore
We stepped out of the air conditioned baggage claim area and into the soft blanket of heat that quickly wrapped around us. A classmate from Nigeria said, “We just moved to Asia,” and just like that,...
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P3 in Singapore
So P3 is upon us and there is only one word to sum it up: change. The first big change is the people on campus. As one friend put it: “same school, same campus, different place.” The 12Ds who guided us...
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Lesson 101: Global co-ordination
While a typical B-school admit would proceed to quit his or her job and travel the world prior to school, at INSEAD we were not content with just that. We proceeded to connect on Facebook, get to know...
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Preparing for the Exit Language Requirement
As some of you may know, INSEAD requires students to have a “basic” knowledge in a third language in order to graduate and obtain the MBA degree. Some of the ways to certify the exit language...
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1 month down! (9 to go….)
I can’t believe how quickly this month has FLOWN by. It feels like yesterday I was sitting in O’Hare departures panicking about making friends, clicking with roommates, getting lost, and readjusting to...
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Life Re-Boot @ the Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
The last month has flown by and I am yet to recuperate from the excitement and surrealism of being at INSEAD. Like most people here, I am surviving a dense schedule that enables a cross of social,...
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From médecin to mademoiselle…..
When I first decided to move to France with my husband (Previn) for a year, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. The initial apprehension I felt about temporarily suspending my career and life, was...
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P3 is here! My takeaways from INSEAD so far.
Time has flown by, and I suddenly realized it’s almost the end of P3. After going trough half of the MBA, I think I am ready to share some thoughts on what INSEAD has given to me and how it has changed...
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One month into the INSEAD life
One month into the INSEAD life Yes, it has been one month already! So much has happened it feels like a lifetime. Yet it seems to have gone by in a day. Between classes, group work, club events,...
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Time to pack and move again
The other day, someone asked me where I was living before. I paused before I could answer. It hit me that I have lived in 4 different cities over the past years. I have 4 active phone lines and I...
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Weeks 8-10 @ INSEAD: Run. Run. Run
How many of you say R-Square will go up? How many say it will decrease? How many have absolutely no idea what’s going on? Option 3. Tick INSEAD is a great school because #3 is a clearly stated option...
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Introduction to multitasking
As I’m preparing for the Period 1 exams, I want to take a moment to reflect on what my experience has been so far. The program is fast paced. No… I mean the program is VERY fast paced. One learns not...
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Entrepreneurship Series: Acquisitions Bootcamp
What do you think about acquiring a company during your school year or right after graduation? Impossible? I thought so as well. I joined this bootcamp, one of the few entrepreneurship events offered...
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End of P1
After just seven weeks, P1 is almost over! From day one, we have been warned that the time at INSEAD flies and that the year will be over before we know it, so of course we all jump right in and try to...
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P1: It’s a wrap!
I do NOT believe that 20% of my MBA is done with. But it is! And what a ride it’s been. Key takeaways from P1: 1. Work hard. Party harder. Enough said. Also – Fonty isn’t a village, people! There is...
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Life in Fontainebleau – A Partner’s Perspective
“What do you do with all your spare time?” This is perhaps the one question that I have been asked the most in the past 2 months, by both family and friends back home in Australia as well as by INSEAD...
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..and it’s already P2!
I have just returned from the break between P1 and P2. One period has gone and what is true is that it goes by so fast. But it’s dense, so full of everything. It’s international. Everyone knows that...
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Under Pressure
I left Singapore excited to go back “home.” I had missed the great food, the flawless desserts, the chateau parties, the Fonty-lifers, or more simply put life at Fontainebleau. Fonty had something else...
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