Explore all of the stories from the Winter 2020 issue of Stanford Business magazine.
Quotes from the Stanford China Economic Forum, held at Stanford GSB on September 16, 2019.
That’s what Stanford GSB is about: change. Triply embedded in our motto (Change Lives, Change Organizations, Change the World), the promise of positive transformation permeates the institution — from its curriculum to its research to the physical space itself.
You are holding in your hands yet another product of that promise.
We have spent much of the past two years rethinking and recrafting Stanford Business magazine’s editorial and digital strategies, based on interviews and conversations with you. The most obvious alterations are physical: We revamped the nameplate, increased the trim size (the new magazine is taller and wider), replaced the typefaces, and adopted a design philosophy that encourages more visual storytelling.
But the most significant shift goes deeper than aesthetics. In our research, we learned that most of you remain lifelong students and continue to crave management insights from Stanford GSB’s faculty and community of experts. At the same time, you also want to stay connected to the campus and each other.
To that end, we are seeking out more stories designed to transport you back to the Farm. Our hope is that thumbing through this magazine will feel like a stroll through campus, where you get to eavesdrop freely on — and occasionally join — the fascinating conversations that abound.
Also sprinkled throughout these pages are new opportunities for you to interact with us and with each other, and we hunger for your engagement. We want to hear your comments, answer your questions, read your essays, help you connect. Because in the end, as always, this magazine is yours.
That’s what Stanford GSB is about: change. Triply embedded in our motto (Change Lives, Change Organizations, Change the World), the promise of positive transformation permeates the institution — from its curriculum to its research to the physical space itself.
You are holding in your hands yet another product of that promise.
We have spent much of the past two years rethinking and recrafting Stanford Business magazine’s editorial and digital strategies, based on interviews and conversations with you. The most obvious alterations are physical: We revamped the nameplate, increased the trim size (the new magazine is taller and wider), replaced the typefaces, and adopted a design philosophy that encourages more visual storytelling.
But the most significant shift goes deeper than aesthetics. In our research, we learned that most of you remain lifelong students and continue to crave management insights from Stanford GSB’s faculty and community of experts. At the same time, you also want to stay connected to the campus and each other.
To that end, we are seeking out more stories designed to transport you back to the Farm. Our hope is that thumbing through this magazine will feel like a stroll through campus, where you get to eavesdrop freely on — and occasionally join — the fascinating conversations that abound.
Also sprinkled throughout these pages are new opportunities for you to interact with us and with each other, and we hunger for your engagement. We want to hear your comments, answer your questions, read your essays, help you connect. Because in the end, as always, this magazine is yours.
