The Global Exchange

AI and Business Schools with Tawnya Means

How is AI reshaping teaching and learning? And is business education keeping up? This episode of The Global Exchange features a rich conversation with Tawnya Means, founder and principal at Inspire Higher Ed, co-founder of AdvancAI Higher Ed, and co-founder of AI Convergence — ventures collectively focused on helping higher education institutions lead AI transformation. Drawing on a multi-year study of nearly 50 institutions, Tawnya unpacks the magnitude of the transformation that's underway and discusses how to use AI "as a learning machine, not an answering machine." The conversation covers the difference between cognitive offloading and cognitive surrender, how AI can support business faculty with instruction and pedagogy, and why the single most critical success factor for schools navigating this moment isn't just the technology, but the faculty development and leadership surrounding it.

The Global Exchange: A Conversation with Margaret Andrews

What does it really take to become a better leader? According to leadership expert Margaret Andrews, the answer starts not with managing others, but with managing yourself. In this session, Margaret and Dan will explore how personal experiences, values, and worldview shape your leadership style—and how self-awareness can be your most valuable leadership tool.

The Global Exchange: A Conversation with Ronit Avni

Ronit Avni, CEO of Localized, and Dan dig into the growing imperative for “carbon intelligence”—a baseline fluency in sustainability and climate-aware decision-making that is becoming increasingly important to workforce development. But that’s just one piece of what Ronit calls the “skills triad”: green literacy, virtual fluency, and AI competency.

The Global Exchange: A Conversation with Arunma Oteh

How can capital markets become a more powerful force in driving sustainable economic development and lifting millions out of poverty? What does it take to lead reform in the most complex institutions and regions of the world? Listen in for an inspiring conversation with Arunma Oteh, one of Africa’s most respected financial leaders and global changemakers—and, according to Forbes, one of “Africa’s 50 most powerful women."

The Global Exchange: A Conversation with Huy Nguyen Trieu

In an age where Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the very fabric of work, education, and societal systems, this session explores a critical question: How do we prepare individuals and institutions for relevance in an AI-driven world? Drawing from CFTE’s whitepaper The AI-fication of Talents, the talk examines how AI is shifting value creation, fragmenting the talent landscape, and demanding new models of readiness.