ISSUE FOUR • June 2018
/ Diversity & Internationalisation
Professor Kiran Fernandes
Why it’s Better to Work Together The only thing constant in today’s world is change
In our political spheres, issues like Brexit pose significant challenges to how the UK continues to impact upon and work with countries not just in the EU but across the world. In our industries, the rise of Industry 4.0 has made the future of work and the skills necessary to succeed near impossible to predict. In our societies, growing pressures to act in a way that better sustains the world around us has prompted all organisations to seek new ways of conducting business.
In answering these challenges, there is strength to be found in numbers. The mantra is collaborating to succeed. In an ever more interconnected world, it is ‘old hat’ for a business or institution to be contained by its own four walls or geography. Today, even the smallest organisations operate – and indeed thrive – by conducting their business on the international market and engaging with a global network. It therefore stands to reason that business schools – the educators and shapers of the future generation of business leaders – should seek to do the same.
