Charlie Baker ’86 MBA | Leadership as a Team Sport
Charlie Baker, a 1986 Kellogg MBA, has been honored with Northwestern’s Schaffner Award as he moves from Massachusetts governor to president of the NCAA, illustrating how the school’s emphasis on teamwork translates into high‑profile public‑service roles. Baker credits Kellogg’s mandatory group projects for teaching him to collaborate with strangers, a skill he applied to bipartisan initiatives such as the state’s first affordable‑homeownership program and to navigating the seismic changes reshaping collegiate athletics. “You don’t get to pick who you work with,” a professor told him, a lesson he echoed while forging common ground among partisan legislators and today’s NCAA stakeholders. His focus on student‑athlete opportunities reflects the “leadership as a team sport” mantra. The story underscores that business schools that prioritize collective problem‑solving can produce leaders capable of bridging divides, driving community impact, and steering complex institutions through transformation.
Founders in Focus: TrueFiktion
The video profiles the founder of True Fiction, a startup that transforms comic books into a history‑learning curriculum. A former army officer and triple‑M alum, he recounts how he applied to $3.5 million in grant and accelerator opportunities in 2021, received...
Family Business, IPOs and Retail Strategy in Brazil | Kellogg Leader Series
In a Kellogg Leader Series webinar, alumnus Pedro Gerasati, chairman of Iguatemi, discussed how his family‑owned mall operator navigated Brazil’s retail landscape, pursued an IPO, and built a long‑term growth strategy. Gerasati recalled playing in the family mall as a child,...
Can Your Grocery Shopping Predict Your Credit Score? | This Is Kellogg
The Kellogg webinar features Professor Eric Anderson discussing how alternative data—specifically grocery loyalty information—can be used to build credit scores for people who lack traditional banking histories. Anderson frames the issue as a global credit‑access problem affecting over a...
Board Governance, Life Balance and Leading with Values | Pete Henderson Society
Professor Harry Kramer, former Baxter CEO and Kellogg professor, led a Pete Henderson Society webinar on board governance, life balance and values‑based leadership. He challenged the conventional “work‑life balance” mantra, urging executives to think in terms of overall life balance...
Founders in Focus: Small Wonder
The video introduces Small Wonder, a powder‑to‑lather hair‑care brand that aims to reinvent the shower routine. After partnering with a leading global salon manufacturer, the founders built a prototype and sent it to a hundred consumers, only to hear unanimous...
Ann Drake ’84 MBA on Making Change Happen | Kellogg Full Circle Campaign
Ann Drake, a 1984 MBA graduate, appears in Kellogg’s Full Circle Campaign to argue that the school’s hallmark is leadership that serves both the team and the greater good. She frames this ethos as essential for navigating today’s fast‑moving, globalized...
Why Understanding the Whole Healthcare System Matters
Speakers argue that professionals advising or working in healthcare must understand the entire ecosystem—not just one segment—to properly gauge how value flows and where opportunities lie. They warn that focusing narrowly, even with good intentions like patient welfare, misses the...
Strengthen Your Healthcare Skill Set
Kellogg’s healthcare program differentiates itself through an interdisciplinary curriculum that blends healthcare economics, finance, strategy, non-market dynamics and negotiation to build practical, cross-functional skills. The deep-dive format mixes students from full-time, part-time and executive MBA cohorts, creating diverse classroom perspectives...
The Collaborative Community That Defines the Kellogg Healthcare Experience
Kellogg’s healthcare program is defined by a collaborative, tight-knit community that students and alumni cite as the most valuable component of the experience. Participants emphasize that peer networks, supportive relationships with current students, alumni and industry professionals, and a welcoming...
Training Business‑Minded Leaders for a Future in Healthcare
Kellogg’s Healthcare program trains business leaders to work in healthcare by combining the school’s core management curriculum with sector-specific coursework. The aim is not to produce clinicians but to develop mission-driven decision makers who understand complex US healthcare financial models....
The Reality Check Every Healthcare Leader Needs
A speaker argues that healthcare leaders often err on optimism and must pair mission-driven goals with pragmatic business models. Successful system redesign requires aligning financing, policy levers, and business controls to build a compelling case for change. True innovation that...
Solving Complex Healthcare Problems Through Teamwork
Healthcare leaders in the video argue that complex health-system challenges—improving quality, access and reducing total costs—are solvable only through collaborative, cross-organizational teams. They emphasize the growing pool of talented, mission-driven leaders eager to reform care delivery for underserved populations. Effective...
The $4 Trillion Healthcare Economy: What Leaders Need to Know
The US healthcare sector represents a more-than-$4 trillion economy—comparable to Germany’s GDP—creating a lucrative target that is drawing big tech, venture-backed startups, private equity and retail entrants alongside incumbent players. This influx intensifies competition and challenges traditional providers and payers...