Orientation Day 1 (SMU Cox EMBA, Class of 2024)

Orientation?Day 1 [8/11/2022]

[Fun fact: My son Gaurik's Kindergarten and my First day of back to school was the same day]

Morning breakfast reminded me of my IIM Bangalore days with a lot of coffee :-). After the pictures, we got to the introduction part. The 60 seconds introduction to talk about yourself was exciting, but I felt sad that I did not pay attention because I was too focused on what I should say in my introduction. My cohort has thirty-six talented students from different domains (social entrepreneurs, business owners, Oil & Gas, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Engineering, Technology, and supply chain, to name a few).

We learned about career management services and executive coaching and got introduced to market tools such as FactSet and S&P Capital IQ. After visiting the library, I wish I had stayed close to the campus.

What to expect in the case-study-based learning, we got an opportunity to have a sample Organizational Behavior case study discussion with Professor Don Vandewalle. The class discussion affirmed my decision, and I was delighted to learn that I will spend the next 21 months with some much more intelligent people than me.

And by the end of the day, we were told which Study group we would be part of for our group assignments and group studies.?

The entire day I got introduced to all the advances made in EduTech.?