Interstate Programme 2010

Each year, IE Business School co-sponsors the Interstate Programme, an annual venture that brings together students enrolled in elite MBA programs in the US and Europe to analyze developments in the European Union (EU) and its relations with the US in a global context.

This year, I was fortunate enough to be 1 of 7 students selected to represent IE Business School for this prestigious event. Interstate 2010 will be held on from 30 May to 2 Jun 10 at Renaissance Hotel in the heart of Brussels. Meanwhile, I will try to research and absorb as much information as possible so as to better prepare myself for the programme.

I'm looking forward towards this event and to share the knowledge and experience gained with my peers subsequently.

Information Systems Session 2 - 290410

Today we learned about industry disruption and the difficulty in keeping up with the speed at which technology is changing. Personally, I believe that key to success in this era is to embrace technological change with an open mind. In this way one will be more willing to learn and improve him/herself to ensure relevancy in the working society.

As mentioned in my last blog entry, there are many applications which I would like to explore. Today, I explored an application called http://delicious.com/ and I posted a tag under imbaa32011. There are a few entries which I'm not sure if they are from A3 but at least I saw Juanccarillo's blog being tag under imbaa32011.

Now, my question for industry disruption would be: What do you think is the next disruptive innovation in the market, and what big names will topple as a result?

Please feel free to air your opinions. Adios amigos!

Information Systems Session 1 - 270410

Yesterday was my first day on INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) and I was very fortunate to have Enrique Dans, one of the most IT savvy person I have ever met, as my professor.

For those who understand Spanish, you can find his blog at http://www.enriquedans.com. He uses his blog to air and exchange academic ideas which I feel is an excellent and innovative way to communicate. More importantly, he keeps up to date with the latest IS development via numerous online newspapers and journals. Do try to goggle his name if you are interested to find out more about him.

As this is the first time I'm blogging, I will keep it short and sweet. Basically, after attending Enrique's lesson, I began to feel the importance of IS especially in this era. I will be exploring Google Reading, Delicious, Manager Email, Twitter and Foursquare in time to come. Meanwhile, I will continue to explore the beauty of Blogger and hopefully Enrique can give me a few tips if he happens to read my post.

Adios amigos!