The pandemic has brought massive global changes to life and work in new and unforeseen ways. It has also impacted numerous industrial shifts which were already underway before the virus struck at the start of 2020. CEIBS MBA 2016 alum Asier Guevara reveals how COVID-19 has affected the world of spor…

New outbreaks of COVID-19 have surged across China, plunging cities into another round of massive lockdowns, most recently in Shanghai. As life and work seem to be slipping out of control, it is easy to feel gripped by a renewed sense of anxiety as we struggle to adapt to changes that are happening…

As a veteran engaged in the healthcare industry for nearly three decades, Illumina Senior Vice President and General Manager of Greater China and CEIBS EMBA 1999 alum Li Qing has experienced three major transitions during his career. Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing, entered the spotligh…

As the clock strikes 8:30PM tonight (March 26), more than 190 countries and regions around the world will celebrate the 15th annual Earth Hour with a simple unified action – turning off the lights. For many, however, Earth Hour is about more than just a symbollic 60-minute act – it is a movement, an…

“He is going nowhere!” “Maybe we can let him have a try.” “We do not have money to waste, he can start working.” Believe in yourself even when nobody else believes in you This was a typical conversation that my parents used to have back in 2011, when I was still 18. I just obtained my high schoo…

In October 2021, in Shanghai, I walked through the CEIBS campus gate at Hongfeng Road full of aspiration to make an impact in China. Almost 13 years have passed since I first came to China to learn how to launch a new glass factory, the starting point of my long journey. I was pleasantly surprised t…

“I heard you’re an actor!” my new classmates often said to me at the start of school. I would chuckle and brush it off. “Yes, I did some acting in Chicago. Nothing big, just some theatre shows and commercials here and there.” I usually downplayed these things because in truth I never reached the le…

Culture tech isn’t all about technology – it isn’t a single, distinct industry. Culture tech means something different depending on who you ask, and how you ask them. Global EMBA 2021’s Joanne Yin is a Board Member and Deputy GM for TCDIC, the Shanghai International Culture-Tech Industry Cluster. W…

For Global EMBA 2019’s Brandy Yu, going green is more than just a fad. As the China Managing Director for sustainable lifestyle brand Allbirds, Brandy is tasked with overseeing a business on a mission to help people tread lighter on the planet through products derived from all-natural materials. “O…