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Why The Quants Need a Poet in the Business School Classroom

In MBA classrooms, the language of numbers reigns supreme. The quants are in charge. But Oxford's Saïd Business School has appointed a Poet Laureate, the first such position in any business school, naming the distinguished South African poet and scholar Dr Athol Williams to the role. Because wisdom in business and leadership has a poetic side.

What a Desert in Full Bloom Can Teach Us About Our Potential

Death Valley is carpeted in wildflowers. Seeds that had been lying dormant in the soil, some of them perhaps waiting years for exactly this moment, woke up. Given the right conditions, they simply did what they were always capable of doing. They bloomed.