Last night completed my MBA class in entrepreneurship...another adventure with 19 young (well, relatively young) students...a very good class and semester...and I was generally pleased with the class and how it went..it reminded me again how important it is to continue to read and write and talk with people in the field...because things are happening so fast for entrepreneurs...
...I have come to realize that this is not always true for academics...and we continue to teach things that we are comfortable with...our own interpretations...desires...biases...opinions...and I guess that is OK on one level...but where it really bugs me is in fields that change quickly...which I suppose is mainly in the professional schools...but certainly the sciences as well...and while it is a great deal of work to continue to update my teaching material the gain outweighs the toil...as evidenced by the student reactions this semester...
...and some have been asking me why don't I blog more?...well I guess it comes and goes...and for the past months...well about 8 or 9 months actually... I have been doing a great deal of research and writing...and that has gone well and I do enjoy it...but it does take a lot of work and time....as I toil over the ancient wooden desk...by candlelight...well, not really, but it is a nice image...
...I have just posted in the research column on this blog a couple of those articles that will be published this summer...in several journals...and each provides a critique...in very different spaces...that some new thinking is required for those of us in the Schools of Businesses...and in other programs...so you can find them to the right listed in my research...and I try to explain to theologians and pastors that they pretty much don't have a &#?!+(*ing clue when it comes to understanding business...entrepreneurship...and the field and careers that so many of us are involved in...and have committed our lives to..many times to help people...with our own time, money and effort...and they seem to have only expertise in our field when it comes to how much a business person should give or tithe...
...so as the semester comes to an end I have several boat trips scheduled with my students...and look forward to that a great deal...and the wonderful meals that my bonita espousa prepares for the classes as we celebrate the completion of the semester...
...above are a couple of my homies from the MBA program...Pablo and Freddie...nice guys and great colleagues...as we enjoyed a boat ride late last summer on a spectacular day in San Diego...so for now I better go clean the boat and get ready for my MBA students!
...above are a couple of my homies from the MBA program...Pablo and Freddie...nice guys and great colleagues...as we enjoyed a boat ride late last summer on a spectacular day in San Diego...so for now I better go clean the boat and get ready for my MBA students!
