Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Learning best practice from the best practitioners

MIT Sloan invites more than 400 of the world’s finest leaders to campus every year. The most anticipated of these visits are the talks given as part of the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series, which features the most dynamic movers and shakers of our day.

At a school that places enormous value on having both feet planted in the real world, the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series is a powerful learning tool. Students have the rare privilege of engaging in frank and meaningful discussions with the leaders who are shaping the present and future marketplace.


2012-2013 Speaker Highlights


John Krafcik, SM ’88

President and Chief Executive Officer
Hyundai Motor America
Monday, April 29, 2013
Wong Auditorium, 12 Noon
Light lunch available at 11:30am

John Krafcik, president and chief executive officer of Hyundai Motor America, is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the company’s operations in the United States.

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Lord John Browne

The world’s most dynamic leaders and speakers offer fresh insight at the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series. Google’s Eric Schmidt visited MIT Sloan in November 2011 to discuss “The Future of the Global Mind.”
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