The MBA Association is delighted to welcome Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee, author of the HBR title Better, Simpler Strategy, to speak at a virtual event on Thursday, 17th February 2022 at 6.30pm.

In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In Better, Simpler Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee shows how these companies achieve more by doing less. At a time when rapid technological change and global competition conspire to upend traditional ways of doing business, these companies pursue radically simplified strategies. At a time when many managers struggle not to drown in vast seas of projects and initiatives, these businesses follow simple rules that help them select the few ideas that truly make a difference.

Better, Simpler Strategy provides readers with a simple tool, the value stick, which every organization can use to make its strategy more effective and easier to execute. Based on proven financial mechanics, the value stick helps executives decide where to focus their attention and how to deepen the competitive advantage of their business.

Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. He currently teaches competitive strategy in executive education programs such as the Program for Leadership Development, the Senior Executive Program for China, and in a program for media executives titled Effective Strategies for Media Companies. Professor Oberholzer-Gee won numerous awards for excellence in teaching, including the Harvard Business School Class of 2006 Faculty Teaching Award for best teacher in the core curriculum, and the 2002 Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award for best teacher in the Wharton MBA program. Prior to his academic career, Professor Oberholzer-Gee served as managing director of Symo Electronics, a Swiss-based process control company.

After an absence of two years, the annual MBAAI Golf Outing returns next May on the celebrated West Course at Powerscourt Golf Club in Co. Wicklow.

Rewarding and highly enjoyable, from the opening Par 5 playing from in front of the iconic Powerscourt House, this is a fantastic test. The outstanding feature of the West Course is large and undulating greens, finding the right side and level with your approach shot is key to getting around here well. Find yourself in the wrong spot and fast downhill chips or deep bunkers await.

Taking place on Thursday, 19th May in fourballs from 1.30pm, the competition will include prizes for both individual and team formats, with the impressive MBAAI Perpetual Crystal Trophy up for grabs for the lowest scoring individual member.