Posted by: Wayde Edwards on June 4, 2018
Playing croquet on the lawn of an 800 year old college before a concert in the chapel and settling down for a lovely black-tie dinner. That is perhaps the romantic notion we have of college life as a part-time students at the business school. The Oxford glamour without the massive under-graduate pressure. The reality is […]
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Posted by: Wayde Edwards on March 15, 2018
Major Programmes are large scale initiatives that have the potential to impact millions of people, can take a decade or more to complete and cost upwards of a £1bn. Kitchen poker takes a couple of days to organise, is done in an evening and has a budget that equates to roughly pizza and beer for […]
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Posted by: John Varano on March 1, 2018
(Farewell speech to fellow cohort members, end of Module 8, Feb 2018. Edited for publication) “Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Thank you for permitting me to speak to you tonight and share my thoughts on the Oxford experience, how it shapes our personal transformation, and the lessons learnt. Like many of you, we […]
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Posted by: Aurorah Cheney on February 24, 2018
Innovation Must Not Diminish your ‘Business as Usual’ Function . . . However Innovation is Vital for Survival. In this present rapidly evolving and competitive landscape all businesses across all sectors are now being disrupted by digital evolution, that includes Major Programmes. How is it that some organisations are getting this right? It is often […]
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Posted by: Aurorah Cheney on February 24, 2018
It’s an exceptionally cold morning here in Oxford, however I have made my way to a very warm Oxford Said Business school. Here it’s bustling with conference goers – professionals and scholars from around the world and across many sectors. They are here to dive into the 2018 Major Programme Management Annual Conference. I am […]
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Posted by: Claire Smith on January 25, 2018
Last week, I quietly update my LinkedIn profile, adding my newly-awarded MSc from Oxford. Looking at other posts, I see that was a very old-fashioned and low-profile approach. Rather than act out of character, let me explain why I studied for a Masters in Major Programme Management. Recruiters were turning me down for interesting work […]
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Posted by: Wayde Edwards on November 30, 2017
It was the final pop-up message. I decided to read it although I already knew what it was going to say [to the tune of the 1996 smash hit, “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls] “Now… tell me if you’re sure, if you’re really really sure?”. It was now beyond doubt; my brain was totally frazzled. […]
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Posted by: Wayde Edwards on October 30, 2017
I looked around. There was nothing heavy within reaching distance. I decided to take the plunge. For probably the fifth time in as many days I asked my wife the most pressing question for the upcoming trip to Oxford, “So, you definitely think this grey suit is dark enough for Sub Fusc?”. The advanced risk […]
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Posted by: Wayde Edwards on October 6, 2017
I’m sitting at my laptop surrounded by a pile of papers… on my left, the first draft of my formative assignment. The equivalent to a pre-season friendly that will no doubt show us how much work we have to do to start producing outputs worthy of a Master of Science degree from the number one university in the world*. […]
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Posted by: John Varano on July 11, 2017
Coming into my fourth module of Financial Management was unlike any course I have previously undertaken academically. I am convinced that my fellow cohort strongly identified with this perspective. Meeting and learning from Professor Paolo Quattrone is an experience of renaissance. I was immediately left with the impression that his teaching is the embodiment of […]
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