June is the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. A time of festival and celebration. And after the rains of winter and spring, it was more than welcome.
With the sparks of the fires of midsummer celebrations now turned into full and deeper summer, we thought it time to showcase the superbright streaks of sun that were the successes we secured for our clients in the first month of summer.
With heat in the air, it is natural to think about global warming. Any good news is welcome news when it comes to the earth heating up, and that is why it was so good to see Mariah Levin, Executive Director of beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship, discussing her passion for positive climate impact, supporting tomorrow’s change makers, and reimagining education, in the wonderful and impassioned publication Citizen Zero. In the same month, Mariah went even further in discussing talent, climate, and equitable opportunity in an incredible and wide-ranging profile in Forbes titled "Talent Is Distributed Equally Across The World - Opportunity Should Be”.
2024 is a bumper year for elections, with national elections in 64 countries, and one of the largest international elections in the world, for the EU, was held in June. This was a perfect opportunity for the experts with whom we work to spring into action and write superb op-eds for the edification of millions. Catherine de Vries, Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University, wrote on why “Lurching to the right on migration won’t save Europe’s mainstream parties” for Fortune and also on whether “Ursula von der Leyen manage a more fragmented EU?” for Euronews.
June’s sun also welcomes Pride Month, celebrating LGBTQI+ identities, and our clients were able to provide brilliant insights on LGBTQI+ experiences in business and at business schools. In a piece in Forbes titled “How To Detect Rainbow Washing Versus Genuine LGBTQ+ Support” professors from Aalto University School of Business, Porto Business School, NHH Norwegian School of Economics provided their expertise in diagnosing the pernicious problem. Also for Pride, we heard from a wide range of wonderful and exceptional business school students in a piece exploring how you can use business school to explore your LGBTQ identity in Forbes.
Our very own exceptional Kerry Ruffle wrote on the globalisation of the MBA and how India’s “expanding Biz Ed fuels international partnership demand” in the Times of India, covering the rocketing quality of a business education in India, but also the demand for global opportunity.
Back in Forbes, we got summery news on the “Four Leadership Lessons From The World’s Happiest Countries”, featuring cheering comment from Aalto University School of Business, Nyenrode Business University, and BI Norwegian Business School.
And for an uplifting story from a warm individual we’ve had the pleasure to work with, take a look at this interview with Maximilian Lehmann in Poets & Quants: “The Student-Founder Dilemma: How This Young CEO Balances School & His Growing Startup”.
