Espen Andersen's take on technology, strategy, and many other things
(An edited translation of this Norwegian blogpost, for the benefit of my non-Norwegian students.) I m currently reading and discussing a lot about artificial intelligence (like everyone else, for that matter, but I m on a sabbatical and new in this case, not so new technologies are what I m working on and teaching about.) One [ ]
I am currently trying to figure out how to spend the next semester I have no courses to teach (for once), plenty of sabbatical time banked up, and a need to get seriously up to speed not just on the current state of tech evolution, but also on putting things in perspective. So this [ ]
Every time a new technology comes out, someone will find a way to trick it. Language models are no exception, and before you let Microsoft Copilot take over your calendar or answer your emails, you should definitely watch this video (If you have a TikTok brain, watching minutes 3 to 4 will suffice.) What the [ ]
Time for some reflection after having designed and taught the new EMM (Executive Master of Management) course The Value-Creating Board , arranged for the first time in the fall of 2024. The course has been a pleasure to develop and teach. As of today, BI has a number of basic management courses, either alone or in [ ]
BI s China office asked me to recommend two books I have read in 2023 to their students, so here goes (with a few honorable mentions): Flyvbjerg, Bent Dan Gardner (2023): How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In [ ]
In May I received official message that I had been awarded the status of Excellent Teaching Practitioner with four colleagues from BI. To cite an official description: The excellent teaching practitioner (ETP) status is granted based upon proven merit and commitment to teaching and educational excellence. The ETP is independent of other academic promotion schemes, [ ]
I hear so much weird stuff about AI these days that I tend to just block it out including people talking about an AI as in we need an AI for that . So if it quite fun when John Oliver more or less nails it in this widely viewed video: (And, well, with more [ ]
Another year, another list of exciting projects (previous ones here, here, and here) from the course Analytics for Strategic Management, which I teach with my excellent colleague Chandler Johnson). In this course, students work on real data analysis projects for real companies and here is a (rather disguised) list: One problem we often have in [ ]
I asked ChatGPT to write an opinion on the Ukraine war in the style of Donald Trump. And it did. I guess that is one position AI can fill without problems .
Rozelle, Scott, Hell, Natalie. (2020). Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise: University of Chicago Press. I have been to China once or twice every year since 2004, teaching at the BI-Fudan MBA program. As everyone else, I have observed and been impressed with the incredible development that has happened since then. [ ]