Jun 1, 2023 | Lead, See things differently
Photo credit: Geoff Howe. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Business Class magazine. Trevor Israelsen, on of three PhD students to graduate from Gustavson’s Gill Graduate School in June 2023, begins his first academic position this...
Nov 29, 2022 | Lead, Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo credit: UVic Photo Services Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi sees Africa as presenting many puzzles that challenge conventional management wisdom. There are things happening there business-wise that aren’t easy to explain. The Gustavson associate...
Aug 4, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
by Kathryn Wu. Photo by UVic Photo Services. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of Business Class magazine. Dr. Natalie Slawinski is the director of Gustavson’s Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI). Having joined Gustavson from...
Jul 14, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo by UVic Photo Services It was unusual for an academic professor to come up with the first FDA emergency use authorized COVID-19 therapeutic. It was also unusual for the same professor to launch a company with a $15 billion initial public...
Jan 5, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
by Natalie Bruckner. Photo submitted. Originally published in the Fall 2021 edition of Business Class magazine. For many years, artists and entrepreneurs were considered two very different entities. When artists entered the world of business to sell their...
