Education is very hard to disrupt.

That’s both good and bad. Education is so important to both individuals and society, it should not be changed on a whim, but over time it seems that our institutions of higher education have drifted away from meeting students real needs.

Yoshito Hori, founder and CEO of Globis, is making radical changes. He turned a small training school into Japan's first independent and fully accredited business school with an MBA. Less than ten years later, Globis became Japan’s most popular MBA program.

We talk about the need for change in education and about the successful, real-world pilot program Globis is running to modernize Japanese higher education. Yoshito also shares insights on how to teach innovative thinking and explains why such a high percentage of Globis MBAs go on to found starts or join them.

It's a fascinating discussion and I think you'll really enjoy it.

Show Notes
Why most Japanese do not want to attend full-time MBA programs
How to make an advanced degree both exclusive and inexpensive
How to groom MBA students to start startups
How Sumitomo missed out on a multi-billion dollar business
Why Japanese higher education is so resistant to change
This difference between SPOCs and MOOCs, and why it's important
How drinking in front of your computer might save higher education