Matt is chief editor of Bluesky-thinking.com, a website dedicated to the insights and research of business schools, universities and outstanding management thinkers.
He is an internationally recognised business and graduate school expert, consulting to the world's top business schools, and has written for many of the world's leading publications including Forbes, The Economist, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, BBC, Newsweek, CNBC, America Economia, Washington Post, The Independent, Boston Globe, Handelsblatt, South China Morning Post, San Francisco Chronicle and more.
Matt was Co-Founder of the QS World MBA Tour
Matt is co-author of Getting the M.B.A. Admissions Edge, a B-school admissions bestseller sponsored by Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. His new individual school guides will be available in the fall.
MIT Sloan has achieved MBA gold in the FT Global MBA Ranking 2026, securing the #1 spot for the first time with a massive five place jump. Sloan replaces Wharton, which drops to #3, while INSEAD climbs to take second place and another year among the medals.
Beyond the overall position of schools in the league table, but the FT MBA ranking has a wealth of data that provides great insight about salary, career progress, diversity, research and ESG. Dive into the detailed metrics that make up the overall results,
We want our children to flourish in a world that feels more competitive, more precarious, and more unforgiving than the one we grew up in. And yet, if we ask ourselves what we most deeply want for our sons and daughters, the answers are rarely about outcomes.
Where does influential business and economics research actually live today? Bluesky Thinking is partnering with measuresHE to showcase the Journals 100 Ranking 2026 for Business & Economics.
A one-kilogram bar of gold is now worth roughly $155,000 - almost exactly the tuition fees for an MBA at Harvard Business School. That coincidence invites a deliciously uncomfortable question for anyone thinking about capital allocation. Is it smarter to buy gold at today’s record prices, or to invest in yourself by going to business school?
Gratitude can motivate, bond, and uplift. But it can also be weaponised, hollowed out, and turned into a form of control. Research shows that gratitude works best when it is freely expressed and modelled from the top. When it is demanded, prescribed, or used to shut down dissent, it often backfires.
Applause is rarely a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Research shows that it is a structured social act, shaped as much by context and coordination as by conviction. From approval to belonging, when to start and when to stop, we look at the science of applause.
There is something delightful about watching a room full of senior executives fall silent as they begin to build with LEGO bricks. We’re not in a board room but in the Harvard Business School classroom. We look at why LEGO works for developing leadership skills.
Reading remains one of the most reliable ways to develop insight. Not because it feels efficient, but because it improves the one thing leadership depends on most, how people think. Here are seven reasons why reading retains such power for business professionals, and 3 tips how to make it work in your busy schedule.
