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Creative Conflict with HBR’s Bill Sanders
The MBA Association was delighted to invite Bill Sanders, co-author of Creative Conflict: A Practical Guide for Business Negotiators, to host a webinar on negotiation in September. Negotiation is stuck. It’s time for something new. Almost everything is negotiable. Almost every interaction is a negotiation. And in no field is this clearer than in business, […]
Changes in the Pensions Landscape
The MBA Association was once again delighted to invite Ralph Benson and Olive Ryan of pensions adviser Moneycube for a lunchtime webinar on pensions. The event covered the following: Changes in the pensions landscape Legislative, professionalisation of governance...
Wedell-Wedellsborg: ‘What’s Your Problem’
In this insightful interview with Frank Dillon of Decision, made available for MBAAI members, Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg, author of ‘What’s Your Problem’ (HBR Press), looks at how to reframe business and personal problems to achieve better outcomes. Thomas has worked with managers in nearly all parts of the globe, including China, India, Russia, Singapore, Britain, France […]
Why developers are central to your business
We are delighted to bring members an exclusive interview with Jeff Lawson, CEO of software giant Twilio and author of ‘Ask Your Developer’, talking to Decision’s Frank Dillon about why developers should be central to your business. Lawson is a serial inventor with over 15 years of entrepreneurial and product experience. You can view the […]
Out-think the Competition: Kaihan Krippendorff
To coincide with the Association’s National Strategy Competition 2021, we were delighted to have world-renowned strategy expert Kaihan Krippendorff of outthinkers.com address members on the subject of “Outthink the Competition: Excelling in a Digital, Agile, Purpose-Driven Future” . One of the most influential innovation thought leaders in the world, Kaihan was participating as a judge in […]
Pitching when you’re not in the room
With online meetings rather than face-to-face being the new norm, Michael Collins from Toastmaster International shares his insights on how to make successful virtual pitches. Pitching a product or service to a client is traditionally done in a face-to-face meeting....
How project management has changed
The pandemic has changed project management forever and how we plan to move forward in a post-covid landscape says Jackie Glynn Since March 2020, organisations across Ireland have had to cope with and adapt to unprecedented changes. The way we live and work has been...
TU Dublin wins National Strategy Competition
A team of MBA students from TU Dublin has won the prestigious National Strategy Competition for 2021, organised by the MBA Association of Ireland. The competition is open to all MBA programmes across Ireland, past winners having included UCD, NUIG, DCU and WIT. The...
Cybersecurity & Internet Fraud
The MBA Association recently hosted a webinar with Donal Murphy of Intuity Technologies on the pressing topic of Cyber Security and Internet Fraud. In light of the high profile cyber-attack on the HSE IT systems, this webinar was designed to provide businesses and...
Why Brand needs to be on the board agenda
We were delighted to welcome Gillian Horan, CEO and founder of branding consultancy The Pudding, recently to speak on the subject of “Brand – why it needs to be on the board agenda”. Companies dramatically underestimate the value of a strong brand. Now more than ever, executives need to consider how building and developing purposeful […]