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- The challenges we face locally

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and globally requires
creativity, creative thinking.

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- The world is so dynamic and volatile,

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and there's a lot of uncertainty.

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It's also why I chose to
come to Saïd Business School,

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'cause I know that the challenges

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that we're currently facing

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in the corporate world
require cutting-edge research.

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And that is exactly what I'm getting

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from the MBA at the moment.

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- One thing that I realised,

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that Saïd is really big
on impactful business

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and the core specialisation of
the school, the core programme,

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and also, the network.

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So these are the three
things that I was looking at.

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- For me, the big word is
confidence around this degree,

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and it really gives you some street cred

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in the world of business.

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- So when I think about
the monumental challenges

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that we're facing, we need leaders

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who are able to navigate these challenges

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with confidence and creativity.

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And in order to do that,

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you need to be surrounded by
diverse cohorts of people.

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- This is what makes
this programme stand out

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from other programmes.

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- The value of the diversity

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is this awareness that
things can be different.

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- The Oxford Executive MBA is
broken into three key themes,

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global complexity, strategic leadership,

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and entrepreneurial thinking.

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- The real beauty of the Executive MBA

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is that you can provide the
MBA teaching and learning

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to people who can apply it straight away

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in their day to day.

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- This idea of dipping in

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for these week-long, intensive modules,

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but then going back and
implementing things in real time.

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- A lot of these assignments
and assessments really get us

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to reflect on how we're
going to apply this stuff

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to our everyday workplace.

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- We are here for a week,

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which means that we
can get this extra time

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of getting to know each
other and socialising

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after the class.

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- It may be stating the very obvious,

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but what makes the Oxford
MBA special is Oxford.

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- I was lucky enough to get
the Hasmukh Patel Scholar,

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which is a single scholarship

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that is given to an
African student every year.

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So it was great to have that opportunity.

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And so, Oxford became the place for me,

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and I've fallen in love with it.

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- For me, it's really a symbolic place

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where you have a heritage,

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and then the innovation that is happening,

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and it has become a place of inspiration.

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- In Oxford, it feels like it's authentic.

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- Because of that association,
because of that brand,

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we are able to pull in
some of the best thinkers

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across the world, academically
and professionally,

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and we see that through
the quality of our faculty

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and the quality of our teaching.

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- The faculty and the guest
speakers have been amazing.

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I mean, the fact that you have access

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to such brilliant brains.

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- This programme, given its
diversity of people coming

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from 30 different industry
sectors, 39 different countries.

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I've been able to meet leaders,
fantastic bright minds,

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and it's really exceeded my expectations,

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expanded my network.

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- We have that common understanding

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that if we really want to make an impact,

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we are as strong as our networks are.

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- We're all here at Oxford,
because we're value-driven.

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We want to make an impact in the world,

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we want to make the world a better place,

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and we're looking for impact and purpose.

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