“Digital transformation for disruptive leaders” is the central theme of the third edition of the EGADE Business School program exclusively for the EXATEC (Alumni) Community.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Sixty EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey alumni enjoyed a unique and intensive active learning experience during  EGADE U Week 2022, held online from March 24 to 26.

The core theme of the third edition of EGADE Business School’s Lifelong Learning program was “Digital transformation for disruptive leaders.”

“The aim of EGADE U Week is to provide an enriching environment that will allow our alumni to enhance their knowledge and competencies, strengthen their networking, and offer an opportunity to interact with global experts in their specialization areas,” Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School, stated in his welcome message.

Así se vivió el día 2 de #EGADEUWEEK
Al finalizar los paneles, tuvimos un momento de networking con una clase de mixología 🍹 pic.twitter.com/ErLVmKRH3M

— EGADE Business School (@egade) March 26, 2022

EGADE U WEEK is an innovative program designed exclusively to enable EGADE Business School alumni to update their knowledge and participate in impactful interactions with internationally renowned professors and world-class industry leaders:

• Iván Salazar, Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS), explained the best practices for digital transformation.
• Raúl Montalvo, Director of EGADE Business School, Guadalajara, and academic leader of EGADE U Week 2022, addressed challenges and opportunities in the digital transformation era, as well as the transition and adaptation to new business models.
• Alexandra Solano, Director of Centro de Evolución Digital, (Digital Evolution Center) introduced Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Digital Transformation Hub, and moderated a panel with tech industry leaders, in which Huibert Aalbers, IT Architect Manager at IBM México; Juan José Delgado, Country Engineering Lead at Microsoft; and Pilar Mercado, Commercial Director at Industria Financiera, Google Cloud, shared their vision of digital transformation trends.
• Manuel Alonso Coto, Academic Director of the Marketing and Digital Advertising Program at IE Business School, offered the workshops “Digital transformation and enterprise” and “Digital Self Branding.”
• Carolina Piña, Head of Enterprise Enablement for Latin America at AWS; Silvia Hernández, Managing Director at Accenture and Lead at Cloud First México; and Carlos Allende, Advisor to Tec de Monterrey’s Digital Transformation Hub, shared their expertise in Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, in a panel moderated by Juan Arturo Nolazco, Director of the Data Science Hub, Tec de Monterrey.
• Efraín Mendicuti, Head of Global Business Solutions at TikTok, presented his vision of new leadership in the digital era.
• Ignacio de la Vega, Executive Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Faculty and Internationalization at Tec de Monterrey, stressed the importance of exponential learning to advance in conscious leadership.

Through these conferences, workshops, panels and spaces for dialogue, the participants acquired practical tools and techniques for strengthening their leadership in the digital era, and also enjoyed a workshop on mixology.

The alumni and alumnae who completed the program received a certificate and a digital badge.

¡Mañana damos inicio a #EGADEUWEEK! Serán días llenos de información sobre la transformación digital para líderes disruptivos 💾 📀 💻 ¿Ya abriste tu paquete? 😱 pic.twitter.com/EdSFIZkMup

— EGADE Business School (@egade) March 24, 2022

EGADE Business School offers two courses in the latest edition of the Global Network for Advanced Management program.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Eighty students from EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey participated in 16 of the 18 courses that comprised the March 2022 online edition of the Global Network Week.

The courses were offered from March 14 to 18 by various Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) member schools.

The EGADE Business School participants are students from the programs EGADE MBA, EGADE - UNC Charlotte MBA in Global Business & Strategy and Master in Business Management.

For its part, EGADE Business School welcomed 35 international students from schools in Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, USA, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Turkey, in the two courses it offered in this edition of Global Network Week:

• Shape the Future: Enhancing Your Strategic Marketing Management Skills for the New Reality in Latin America
• Strategic Innovation and Management in Emerging Markets - Latin America

COMMENTS ON THE EGADE COURSE EXPERIENCE

“Over several days of learning, I truly appreciated all the knowledge and discussions shared by my professors and classmates on Marketing Strategy. They offered many helpful, insightful ideas and comments. I am enjoying this week’s entire process, enhanced by perfect arrangements. I would love to visit EGADE one day.” Ying Niu, Renmin Business School, University of China.

“Global Network Week at EGADE has allowed me to increase my knowledge and expand my horizons, thereby contributing to my enrichment. It's an amazing opportunity to learn new and different perspectives, grow our experience, and enhance our vision.” Rodrigo Ordóñez, EGADE Business School

“Working with such talented people during Global Network Week made me realize that if the world worked together, we would unleash our greatest potential and witness unparalleled growth.” José Miguel Santa Ana, EGADE Business School.

The Global Network Week program takes place four times a year and is one of the main initiatives of GNAM, a network made up of the top 32 business schools in the world, including EGADE Business School.

An EGADE Future Forum series webinar with Fernanda Guarro, María del Carmen Bernal and María Concepción Del Alto

By COMUNICACIÓN INSTITUCIONAL | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

“Leadership and gender” was the core of the conversation held by women business and academic leaders on March 30 within the EGADE Future Forum series.

Webinar participants were Fernanda Guarro, President and CEO of 3M México; María del Carmen Bernal, Academic Co-leader of Woman for Boards and Mexican Delegate in the W20 - G20; and María Concepción Del Alto, National Director of the Master in Finance at EGADE Business School.

The session was presented by Women for Boards, an EGADE Business School Executive Education program, in collaboration with Dalia Empower, designed for women executives and seeking to foster inclusion and drive female leadership in Boards of Directors.

RELIVE THE WEBINAR

Conversation with Carlos Scheel and Sam Pitroda in the EGADE Future Forum series. 

By VALENTINA FLORES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Hyperconnectivity and the COVID-19 pandemic offer a unique opportunity to redesign the world to take humanity to the next level.

Two experts discussed this in the webinar “Redesign the World – A Global Call to Action,” on January 27 this year, within the EGADE Future Forum series.

Carlos Scheel, Emeritus Professor of EGADE Business School, and Sam Pitroda, thinker, inventor and entrepreneur, participated in the session.

The webinar was presented by the EGADE - W. P. Carey Executive MBA program, an international dual degree for executives seeking to advance towards the C-Level.

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Conversation with Alexandra Solano, Carlos Zozaya and Francisco Jiménez in the EGADE Future Forum series.

By VALENTINA FLORES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Three experts analyzed the principles of Agile Enterprise and reflected on the challenges of organizational transition towards agility, on December 8, 2021, as part of the EGADE Future Forum series.

Session participants were Alexandra Solano, Director of Tecnológico de Monterrey’s Center for Digital Evolution; Carlos Zozaya, Area Director of Administrative Technique at Grupo BAL; and Francisco Jiménez, Digital, Agile and Technology Practices Director in Mexico at Bain & Company.

The session was presented by EGADE Business School’s Executive Education program Strategic Digital Transformation.

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Conversation with Carlos Scheel and William Halal in the EGADE Future Forum series.

By VALENTINA FLORES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

How is technology driving an era of consciousness? This was the topic of conversation between two experts in the webinar “Beyond Knowledge and Technology, Lies the Triumph of Human Spirit,” within the EGADE Future Forum series.

The November 10, 2021, session enjoyed the participation of Carlos Scheel, Professor Emeritus at EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey, and William Halal, Founder of TechCast Project and Professor Emeritus at George Washington University.

The webinar was presented by the EGADE - W. P. Carey Executive MBA program, an international dual degree for executives seeking to advance towards the C-Level.

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Available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts, with a new episode every Tuesday. 

By VALENTINA FLORES CÁCERES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Leadership and challenges for women in business and organizations, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the economy, and human capital development were the topics addressed in Business Territory, the podcast of EGADE Business School and the School of Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey, during March.

In case you missed them, here are the five episodes:

Episode 67: Women intrapreneurs in companies

Linda Elizabeth Ruiz, professor of entrepreneurship at the School of Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, and Cindy Cruz, CEO of ABACROP and founder of AGROPEK, discuss the specific challenges women face to undertake new business ventures successfully in the context of corporate entrepreneurship. 

Episode 68: The era of female leadership

Gender bias continues to hamper women’s access to leadership positions. Lourdes Ocampo, professor at EGADE Business School Guadalajara, and Paty Jacques, project leader at EGADE Business School Querétaro, analyze how to combat such bias in practice across organizations, society and individual spheres. 

Episode 69: The economic effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

In addition to market downturns and shortages of certain products, this conflict directly threatens global economic growth and worsens the inflationary outlook. Jorge Soto, Risk Practice Director at Quantum Risk Management and Derivatives professor at the School of

Business of Tecnológico de Monterrey, examines the economic effects of the escalation of war for Mexico and the world.

Episode 70: Workplace inclusion for disabled women

Maryangel García-Ramos, activist and champion for the rights of persons with disabilities, shares strategies for tackling gender inequality and discrimination in organizations

Episode 71: Human capital development: Where are we going?

Hernán García, Vice-President of Talent and Experience at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Daniel Maranto, Director of EGADE Business School Monterrey, explain why talent experience and growth are key to the accomplishment of strategy in current and future organizational contexts. 

Business Territory forms part of the Tec Sounds, podcast bar, available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts y Google Podcasts.

Tune in to this podcast for a new episode every Tuesday.

In addition to 39 years’ experience in the education sector, he has provided services, as a consultant, for diverse private, public and social organizations in Mexico and Latin America.

By COMUNICACIÓN INSTITUCIONAL | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey announced the institution’s appointment of Pablo Martín Buitrón Morales as the new Associate Dean for Executive Education at EGADE Business School.

“We are sure that with his leadership and experience we will continue to consolidate the Executive Education initiatives and programs that contribute to the strategic goals of EGADE Business School,” commented Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School.

Buitrón Morales has more than 39 years’ experience in the education sector. During the first stage of his career at Tecnológico de Monterrey, between 1983 and 2004, he performed diverse academic and executive functions as Professor of Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management for the business graduate degree programs in Mexico and Latin America, Director of Academic Development and Director of the Administration and Social Sciences Division at Campus Estado de México, and General Director of Campus Cuernavaca, among other responsibilities.

He subsequently served as Executive Director of the Community Foundation and Rector of Universidad Politécnica del Estado de Morelos. From 2012 to 2021, he was a faculty member at IPADE Business School, where he served, during the last four years, as the Deputy Director of CDC. As a consultant, he has provided services for diverse public, private and social organizations in Mexico and Latin America.

This month, he rejoined Tec to take on the role of Associate Dean for Executive Education at EGADE Business School.

Buitrón Morales holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and Tec de Monterrey, an MBA specializing in Human Resources from State University of New York, and a B.A. in Business Administration from Tecnológico de Monterrey.

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

EGADE Business School’s portfolio of Executive Education programs combines practical knowledge of topical issues in the business world with the experience of successful business leaders and the purpose of empowering enterprise, leadership and performance.

Learning in these programs, taught in both face-to-face and online formats, benefits from a method designed specifically to meet the needs and preferences of directors, entrepreneurs and board members.

View the programs here.