To build better bridges we need to play more video games
Conventional wisdom: sometimes it’s good stuff and sometimes it falls a bit short. For centuries, popular opinion had it that the Earth was at the center of the solar system….
MBAs winning way with insect farming [The Financial Times]
Written by Wai Kwen Chan for The Financial Times. How do you win a social entrepreneurship competition? What does it take and what gives you the edge? A team of…
Visualize This: Spatial Reasoning Skills Matter More Than Ever
The aircraft in the picture is probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen. In fact, it looks like it’s straight out of Star Wars. Its wings are blue, the main body is…
Changing the Social Conscience of Business Students [The Huffington Post]
Written by Dr. Stephen Hodges, President of Hult International Business School, for The Huffington Post. When you think of business school students, what do you think of? Do you…
The Best Way to Deal With Failure? Fail (Repeatedly)
Imagine you experienced a failure at work. The memory of it plagues you, and you just can’t shake it. You visit a doctor to explain your condition, and she administers a…
Insects for food – Solve the global food crisis, win $1 million [CNNMoney]
Written by Parija Kavilanz for CNNMoney. Aspire is hoping to solve the world’s hunger crisis one bug at a time. And as the winner of the $1 million Hult Prize,…
Use Design & Service Thinking to Make the Most of Your MBA Program
As I went through the MBA program at Hult International Business School, there were times when I would listen to my fellow students discussing our classes and think, “Did you…
Hult Prize Finals to be hosted at the Clinton Global Initiative [Press Release]
NEW YORK – On September 23, 2013, global leaders will converge at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers. Joining them for…
Flour Made from Insects Will Feed Underfed Populations [ABC News]
Written by Joanna Prisco for ABC News, Good Morning America. Chew on this. A team of MBA students were the recipients of the 2013 Hult Prize earlier this week, providing…
Reflections (and Advice) From a Recent Hult Graduate
Allow me to set the scene: My team had just won the Hult Action Project, a capstone project on which we had worked tirelessly. Our client, GE Healthcare, had valued…
Stumped on a Decision? Try an Experiment
We’ve written before about the process of making choices, and why having an abundance of options spread out before us is actually far worse than having just a few to pick…
Philip Hult Talks About the Hult Prize [Dagens Industri]
In a recent interview with Sweden’s largest financial newspaper, Dagens Industri, Philip Hult, board member of Hult International Business School, talks about the Hult Prize and how he got involved…
Two MBAs Share The Most Important Things They Learned at Hult
Now that it’s graduation time at Hult, we asked two of our Hult Labs MBA interns to share with us, and the world, what they learned the most while in…
Hult Prize accelerator preps competitors for $1m [Boston Globe]
CAMBRIDGE — The problem: finding a high-quality source of protein for hundreds of millions of people that can be raised quickly, without consuming a lot of land, water, and other…
Are You Mentally Tough—Enough?
Would you say you’re a tough person? OK, maybe not the extreme cage fighting, put cigarettes out on your arm, swim icy waters in your birthday suit kind of tough—but…
New Curriculum Prepares B-School Students For Digital Economy [Forbes]
This article was originally published by Forbes on August 10th, 2013, ‘New Curriculum Prepares B-School Students For Digital Economy‘. IBM recently announced a new partnership with Hult International Business School…
The Lean Mindset—and What it Takes to Measure Innovation
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Om Yun-chol, of North Korea, won a gold medal for weightlifting in the men’s 56kg event. He did it by lifting three times his…
The Lean Startup Methodology—A Movement Transforming Business
By Anna Svedberg – an intern with Hult Labs. Currently pursuing a Masters in International Business at Hult International Business School. “Lean Startup isn’t about being cheap [but is about]…
Sustainability: Learn while you earn
Sustainability is currently a hot topic in the corporate world. How do we ensure business drives not only profits but also sustainable growth? It’s challenging enough being a young entrepreneur…
Highlights From the #HultTweetUp with Professor Mark Esposito
Miss the #HultTweetUp on complexity with Professor Mark Esposito and thirsting to know more? You’re in luck. Check out the Storify version of the Q&A right here: How complexity is…
Old Dogs & New Tricks: It’s Never Too Late To Learn
It’s said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach an old(er) barn owl new skills by breaking them up into manageable, bite-sized steps. Seriously,…
It’s Time to Unlock Your Potential—By Getting Gritty
By Anna Svedberg – an intern with Hult Labs. Currently pursuing a Masters in International Business at Hult International Business School. “The separation of talent and skill is one of…
For Some CEOs, Company Culture Isn’t Just a Thing—It’s Everything
Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay), the CEO of Zappos, has been ubiquitously quoted as saying that “if employees are bad for our culture, we’ll fire them for that reason alone.” Sound…
What Makes Something Go Viral? It’s All in the Science of Buzz
What is “buzz”? In our humble opinion, it’s the momentum of attention or excitement for something that is just so good that it gains currency as it passes from one…
Good company: Hult students get a glimpse inside Google during campus tour
From the beach volley ball court to the dog shuttle, Hult students saw it all within – and outside – the walls of the Google headquarters this week during a…
Highlights from the #HultTweetUp on Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is a hot topic in the U.S. right now. Newly proposed legislation, which just passed in the Senate, is now in the hands of the House of Representatives….
Beware of Bright Objects: Choosing a Role Model is Harder Than You Think
Although you may not be aware of it, one of the things that we human beings do quite naturally is imitate. We don’t have to think about it; we just…
No Bad Deed Goes Unpunished: Mistakes in the Viral Age
Unless you were completely off the grid in the last week or so, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about southern chef/TV personality Paula Deen and the backlash over her…let’s…
Motivation: The Will and Desire To Perform
By Anna Svedberg – an intern with Hult Labs. Currently pursuing a Masters in International Business at Hult International Business School. “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff….
Yves Béhar To Design the Hult Prize [Press Release]
NEW YORK, June 26, 2013 – The Hult Prize is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration with legendary designer Yves Béhar, who will create a unique award, which the winning…