AACSB Pulse explores current topics impacting global business education—three questions at a time—with business school deans, industry leaders, and other big thinkers of today.
3 big questions. Bold answers. Better business schools.
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How is AI changing what it means for young people to learn? Explore the implications for critical thinking, student engagement, and educational access.
26 Aug 2026
14. Rising to the Challenge of a Polycrisis World
Business and society face mounting global challenges. Hear how responsible management education can prepare leaders—and business schools—to respond.
Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB’s executive vice president of EMEA and chief thought leadership officer, talks with David Steingard, head of Principles for Responsible Management Education and former business ethics professor. They discuss the heightened need for responsible leadership today and how business schools can meaningfully contribute to the many challenges facing the world. They center their conversation on three big questions:
Why do you think responsible business education has become more important in today’s environment?
How should business schools think differently about preparing responsible leaders?
Many of today’s biggest challenges—from climate change to AI governance—depend on thoughtful public policy. What responsibility do business schools have to contribute research that informs those conversations?
To view a full transcript of the episode, visit https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/podcasts/2026/aacsb-pulse-rising-to-the-challenge-of-a-polycrisis-world.
28 Jul 2026
13. What Business Schools Can Learn From Medicine
The medical field has long integrated research, education, and practice. How might business schools strengthen those connections?
Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB’s executive vice president of EMEA and chief thought leadership officer, has a conversation with David Henshall, director of FutureNeuro at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, about the systems and culture that enable the medical field to translate knowledge into meaningful societal impact—and what business schools can take from that experience. They explore three big questions:
Can you tell us about FutureNeuro—how it operates within RCSI, the kinds of initiatives it leads, and how it has shaped your understanding of research impact?
What can business schools learn from the way medicine develops practitioners—not just experts?
What lessons does your field offer for bringing different disciplines together to solve complex problems?
To view a full transcript of the episode, visit https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/podcasts/2026/aacsb-pulse-what-business-schools-can-learn-from-medicine.
17 Jun 2026
12. Should Media Shape the Business School Agenda?
Andrew Jack of the Financial Times on rankings, research impact, and measuring what matters.
26 May 2026
11. Business Education's Era of Rapid Change
As AACSB marks 110 years, its leaders reflect on a decade of transformation, examine current relevance, and predict what’s ahead for the industry.
14 May 2026
10. Why We’re Bad at Disagreement—and How to Do It Better
From naive realism to receptiveness: How to disagree more constructively when everyone thinks they’re right.
30 Apr 2026
9. Beyond Accreditation: Creating the Global Standards
From strategic vision to community input to broader impact: shaping AACSB’s Global Standards for quality business education everywhere.
25 Mar 2026
Why Finance Leaders Must Lean Into AI
Inside AI’s impact on finance and accounting: Meta’s Jason Pikoos discusses shifting roles, smarter strategy, and new expectations for graduates.
4 Feb 2026
Building Business Education in China
Hear how Fudan University’s business school gained global prominence amid China’s rise—through internationalization, innovation, and industry ties.
8 Jan 2026
Business Schools, Rankings, and the Media
A discussion on the power and limits of rankings, and how business schools can redefine excellence around mission, impact, and relevance.
Host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, sits down with Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer at Times Higher Education, while at the World Academic Summit in Saudi Arabia. The two discuss Times Higher Education’s rankings and their influence, and how to best convey an institution’s purpose and impact to the public. They examine the following three big questions:
The World University Rankings were first launched over 20 years ago. Can you talk a bit about the origins of those rankings and how they grew to be what they are today?
Rankings can be a contentious issue among higher ed institutions—particularly those that aren’t often represented in the top numbers. How well do you think rankings reflect the excellence of a university?
Since much of the media narrative around higher education is about cost and return on investment, how can business schools leverage their expertise in measuring value to reshape this conversation in the public sphere?
To view a full transcript of the episode, visit https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/podcasts/2026/aacsb-pulse-business-schools-rankings-and-the-media.
23 Dec 2025
Leading With Knowledge, Caring, and Courage
This episode explores how identities shape the leadership experience and the role of business schools in fostering inclusive, forward-looking institutions.
Recorded at the Deans Conference in Toronto, host Eileen McAuliffe, AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, sits down with Minna Martikainen, rector at the University of Vaasa, to discuss how a leader’s identity influences their actions. As two women leaders, they explore the role of gender in leadership and whether it is—or should be—a factor in leading today’s business schools and beyond. They examine the following three big questions:
How much of your leadership journey has been influenced by your identity as a woman, and how has that identity influenced the way you lead?
How do you make sense of the uneven progress women have experienced in leadership opportunities in recent years, and what responsibility do business schools have to sustain forward momentum globally?
What actions can institutions take to ensure that more women have access to—and support in—top leadership roles worldwide?
To view a full transcript of the episode, visit https://www.aacsb.edu/insights/podcasts/2025/aacsb-pulse-leading-with-knowledge-caring-and-courage.
7 Nov 2025
A New Vision for Business Schools
How can business education evolve to reflect new societal expectations and redefine its true purpose? Host Eileen McAuliffe and Andrew J. Hoffman discuss how today’s business schools have strayed from their original purpose and explore ways they might find their way back to greater meaning and relevance for a changed world.
15 Oct 2025
Financing the Future of Business Schools
As funding models shift, how can business schools stay resilient? Wharton’s Serguei Netessine shares what works.
28 Aug 2025
Positive Business School Impact
What if business schools were evaluated not by rankings but by how students and faculty perceived their impact on society?
30 Jun 2025
Business Schools as Leaders
In this inaugural episode of AACSB Pulse, host Eileen McAuliffe, who is AACSB's executive vice president, chief thought leadership officer, and managing director of EMEA, talks with Sherif Kamel, dean of the Onsi Sawiris School of Business at the American University in Cairo, as well as chair of AACSB's 2024-25 board of directors. Eileen and Sherif discuss three pressing questions related to business schools as leaders today:
How have geopolitical shifts impacted the strategic priorities of business schools?
What role does collaboration play in ensuring a culture of continuous innovation in business schools today, and how is AACSB supporting such collaboration?
How effectively are business schools today leveraging emerging technologies—from data analytics, to AI, to immersive learning—in their curricula, research, and operations, and where do they have opportunities for improvement?
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