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GLOBAL AWARENESS AS A CORE BUSINESS SKILL
RYERSON GLOBAL MANAGEMENT STUDENTSJanuary 31, 2012Ted Rogers School of ManagementToronto, CANADA
Jim de Wilde www.jimdewilde.net
BGIE (HBS) and LEGATUM MIT
http://www.hbs.edu/units/bgie/ http://actionlearning.mit.edu/g-lab/ http:
//www.fastcompany.com/magazine/148/how-ted-became-the-new-harvard.html
BEST PRACTICES and DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS (ideas go viral)
THE CANADIAN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Tamil-Somali management teams Understanding the global
environment A collective knowledge of world
politics The cultural DNA of diverse
perspectives WINNIPEG in the early 20th century EUROPE, MALAYSIA, BRAZIL, CANADA
today
Canadian management expertise
Global knowledge of extractive industries (mining and oil and gas)
The creative mix of global talent Quebec’s global strategies for
business (Bombardier, SNC-Lavalin, Cirque).
IAMGOLD in Suriname
IAMGOLD in SURINAME KHAN RESOURCES in Mongolia
Canadian mining finance gives global knowledge .
SURINAME - case study
http://www.iamgold.com/english/operations/operating-mines/rosebel-gold-mine-suriname/overview/default.aspx
KHAN RESOURCES case study
http://www.khanresources.com/
DIGITAL MEDIA
In Tunisia In Kochi In Jamaica
Digital Tunisia
www.wamda.com
http://www.wamda.com/2011/11/tunisian-entrepreneurs-get-a-boost-from-the-diaspora-and-u-s-
Smart City KOCHI
http://smartcitykochi.blogspot.com/search/label/Smartcity%20Malta
Digital Jamaica
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110615/business/business8.html
CORE SKILLS
Knowledge of global history Case studies of A BILLION NEW
ENTREPRENEURS (best practices) Case studies of SECOND WORLD
businesses (understanding the global economy)
Tarun Khanna
http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=tkhanna%40hbs.edu
Is Ghemawat right about B-Schools
http://www.economist.com/blogs/whichmba%3F/2011/09/pankaj-ghemawat
Personal globalization skills test for Toronto B-School students
Can you express a Tamil and Somali interpretation of world events, i.e. think globally?
What ideas have gone viral globally (e.g. mobile banking, microfinance)?
What are the geopolitics of Burmese democratization (why is it happening now)?
How do SECOND WORLD businesses (PETRONAS, CEMEX) differ from Europeans MNCs?
What next?
Digital Arabia Iran and the geopolitics of CENTRAL
ASIA and the INDIAN OCEAN - how the world economy is reshaped