What We Learned in GRLI Council Pulse #04 – 10 June 2026
Every month, partners and associates of the GRLI gather for what we call Pulse – an online meeting where we try to connect the dots across the dispersed field of…
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John North
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A CLADEA Conversation Worth Having: Business Schools at the Crossroads
When CLADEA’s Flourishing and Humanistic Leadership Network invited GRLI into a podcast conversation on the future of business education, I said yes immediately. The session brought together Michael Pirson (IHMA),…
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What We Learned in GRLI Council Pulse #03
Every month, partners and associates of the GRLI gather for what we call Pulse — a working session where we try to connect the dots across the dispersed field. Scattered…
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Innovation with Integrity: Why Business Schools Can’t Compete Alone on Trust
Sitting beneath Afewerk Tekle’s monumental stained-glass work The Total Liberation of Africa, and the plaque honouring Haile Selassie’s role in advancing African unity, you feel very directly that this building was designed for questions bigger than any single institution or nation.
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What We Learned in GRLI Council Pulse #02
On 11 March 2026, we convened the second GRLI Council Pulse—this time in an APAC‑friendly slot. This reflection is therefore selectively sanitised: we focus on the learning that can travel,…
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Wise Innovation in Practice: What we learned across two GRLI Deans & Directors Collective sessions hosted by SPJIMR
In early April, GRLI convened two virtual touchpoints of the Deans & Directors Collective, hosted by SPJIMR. The sessions were designed as a peer-learning collaboratory—not a webinar—where the “content” comes…
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What We Learned in GRLI Council Pulse #01
On 18 February 2026, we held the very first edition of what we hope becomes a monthly rhythm. It was intentionally small and experimental, a real working session rather than…
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Stewarding GRLI’s Work Into the Next Phase (Board & Guardians)
As part of our renewal and commitment to good governance, GRLI is inviting applications and nominations for governance roles in:
The GRLI Foundation Board, and
The GRLI Council’s Guardian Group
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When the world fragments, connection becomes essential
As a new year begins, it is difficult to ignore the wider context in which we learn, live, and exercise leadership. Across institutions, societies, and systems, conditions are increasingly defined…
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Exploring the Essence of Global Responsibility: Join GRLI Crucial Conversations
By John North In 2024 we are evolving and renaming our Crucial Conversations (previously Courageous Conversations) to reflect the ongoing distillation of GRLI’s action-oriented inquiry to its essence. The GRLI…
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