Practice Areas

Is your organization trying to solve a specific problem or develop a new capability, product, service, or ecosystem?

Babson’s thought leaders build collaborative training solutions within essential areas of focus for corporations, non-profits, NGOs, and governments. Explore Babson Executive Education practice areas and experts.

Our Work Spans Six Main Practice Areas

Work with real-world practitioners who influence growth strategy and receive awards for research and knowledge transfer in six main areas of practice. Our training programs give you access to expert Babson trainers in live online and face-to-face formats, providing customized coaching, action plans for your challenges, and networking opportunities. Explore our practice areas and featured experts.

Meet our Featured Experts and Explore Insights

Entrepreneurial Leadership

To operate successfully, organizations and teams need to understand how to navigate uncertainty, embrace ambiguity, and solve problems—while remaining open to new opportunities. Learn this entrepreneurial mindset and apply it to your biggest challenges with targeted leadership development programs.

Andrew Corbett, Professor, Paul T. Babson Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Andrew Corbett

Paul T. Babson Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Anirudh Dhebar, Susan & Gary DiCamillo Term Chair in Teaching Excellence

Anirudh Dhebar

Susan & Gary DiCamillo Term Chair in Teaching Excellence

Danna Greenberg, Walter H. Carpenter Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty, Chair, Management Division

Danna Greenberg

Walter H. Carpenter Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty

Scott Taylor, Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership

Scott Taylor

Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership

Entrepreneurial Leadership Download

Re-envisioning Leadership to Build the Future

Entrepreneurial Leadership Insights

To lead effectively in a world in constant flux, you need to build and nurture an ability to think like an entrepreneur. Download our insights, Re-envisioning Leadership to Build the Future, to explore how an entrepreneurial mindset can help your business thrive.

Strategic Innovation

Pursue new markets, business models, and revenue lines while continuing to manage current customers, products, and services. With expert support, you can build or strengthen your corporate innovation infrastructure, or develop skills and frameworks for strategic innovation.

Peter Cohan, Associate Professor of Practice, Management Division

Peter Cohan

Associate Professor of Practice, Management Division

Bradley George, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Bradley George

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Erik Noyes

Erik Noyes

Michael London '92 and Stephen H. Kramer '92 Term Chair in Entrepreneurship

Gina O’Connor

Gina O’Connor

Fischer Family Term Chair in Healthcare Management

Backcasting to Build the Future

Backcasting to Build the Future

Entrepreneurial Leadership Insights

Unlike forecasting, which fosters incremental innovation, backcasting starts with the future in mind and works backward to outline the necessary steps to get there. The result? Breakthrough Innovation. Download these free guidelines with practical steps and examples of how to implement strategic innovation and backcasting in your organization.

Healthcare

Entrepreneurial Thought and Action® help us reimagine healthcare systems, from workforce development programs to strategic innovation processes. Foster the entrepreneurial leaders and processes you need to enhance care quality and improve health outcomes while reducing costs and managing spending. We can even help you develop, implement, and scale health innovations.

Michele Bernier, Associate Director of Programs, Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Michele Bernier

Associate Director of Programs, Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Candida Brush, Professor, F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship

Candida Brush

F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship

Associate Professor, Management Division

Alia Crocker

Associate Professor, Management Division

Wiljeana Jackson Glover

Wiljeana Glover

Stephen C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Foundation Distinguished Professor of Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship

Gina O’Connor

Gina O’Connor

Fischer Family Term Chair in Healthcare Management

Dessislava Pachamanova, Zwerling Family Endowed Term Chair, and Professor, Mathematics, Analytics, Science, and Technology Division

Dessislava Pachamanova

Zwerling Family Endowed Term Chair

Angela Randolph, Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Angela Randolph

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Donna Stoddard, Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty, Division Chair, Operations and Information Management

Donna Stoddard P’21

Dean of Faculty

Andrew Zacharakis, John H. Muller, Jr. Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship Division

Andrew “Zach” Zacharakis

John H. Muller, Jr. Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Inclusive Leadership

Get support reimagining your organization’s culture to maximize the success of women and underrepresented groups throughout the organization. Reinvigorate innovation, growth, and performance with inclusive leadership development programs and stand out from your less diverse competition.

Smaiyra Million, Director of the Diana International Research Institute

Smaiyra Million P’21

Industry Fellow, Babson Executive Education

Wendy Murphy, Professor, Associate Dean

Wendy Murphy

Associate Dean, Undergraduate School

Angela Randolph, Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Angela Randolph

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Yasuhiro Yamakawa

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship Division

Diversifying Networks to Build the Future

Diversifying Networks to Build the Future

Inclusive Leadership Insights

We support organizations in creating practices to attract, retain, and engage diverse top talent. Developing inclusive leaders across all levels drives business success. Explore how to help your business become a more inclusive, thriving work environment with this collection of free insights from Babson experts.

Social Innovation

Move beyond compliance and away from jargon to an entrepreneurial process that creates new and expanded business and social value. Our experts will help you redefine and identify relationships that matter most. Every company and context is unique, and we work with each organization to find the most resonant language for your business.

Anirudh Dhebar, Susan & Gary DiCamillo Term Chair in Teaching Excellence

Anirudh Dhebar

Susan & Gary DiCamillo Term Chair in Teaching Excellence

Ken Freitas

Ken Freitas MBA’87

Executive in Residence, Institute for Social Innovation

Phillip Kim, Lewis Family Distinguished Professor in Social Innovation

Phil Kim

Lewis Family Distinguished Professor in Social Innovation

Cheryl Kiser, Adjunct Lecturer

Cheryl Kiser

Executive Fellow in Social Innovation

Wendy Murphy, Professor, Associate Dean

Wendy Murphy

Associate Dean, Undergraduate School

Gina O’Connor

Gina O’Connor

Fischer Family Term Chair in Healthcare Management

Scott Taylor, Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership

Scott Taylor

Arthur M. Blank Endowed Chair for Values-Based Leadership

Shakenna K. Williams, MBA, PhD

Dr. Shakenna Williams ’94

Executive Director, Frank & Eileen™ Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership

Moving from Risk Management to Opportunity Creation

Moving from Risk Management to Opportunity Creation

Insights for Effective Corporate Social Innovation

By developing an entrepreneurial mindset throughout your teams and organization, you can shift the “social” element of your work from a reactionary risk-management approach to an entrepreneurial opportunity—creating expanded and new value within the context of your business. This collection of insights stems from over two decades of research and consulting from top Babson experts.

Entrepreneurship

Help strengthen an ecosystem of entrepreneurship. Refine the understanding of how to launch, build, and scale entrepreneurial ventures with Babson, ranked no. 1 in Entrepreneurship for 30+ years (U.S. News & World Report). Our award-winning approach to converting problems into opportunities with Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® can help you in any initiative or venture.

Candida Brush, Professor, F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship

Candida Brush

F.W. Olin Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship

Phillip Kim, Lewis Family Distinguished Professor in Social Innovation

Phil Kim

Lewis Family Distinguished Professor in Social Innovation

Heidi Neck

Heidi Neck

Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurship

Andrew Zacharakis, John H. Muller, Jr. Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship Division

Andrew “Zach” Zacharakis

John H. Muller, Jr. Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

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