GIA Global Leadership Program by Harvard Business School attracts industry leaders

Explored the theme Transforming Business by Leveraging Big Data
GIA Global Leadership Program by Harvard Business School attracts industry leaders

The fourth annual GIA Global Leadership Program offered by the Harvard Business School (HBS) drew executives from across the global gem and jewelry industry in Cambridge, Mass. in late June. The 50 industry leaders – all CEOs or senior executives – examined the theme “Transforming Business by Leveraging Big Data,” applying lessons learned from cases highlighting the impact of transformative data-driven businesses like Uber and Amazon.

GIA and HBS will include themes and insights from the Global Leadership Program as part of the business track for the GIA International Gemological Symposium to be held in Carlsbad, CA, in October 2018.

From June 26 to 29, GIA’s Global Leadership Program at HBS hosted 50 senior executives representing the full diversity of the global gem and jewelry industry. The participants from 12 countries covering the gem and jewelry value chain from mining to manufacturing and retail participated in a custom program based on the renowned HBS case study method. Participants then drew on Harvard’s vast repository of business intelligence in interactive lectures and small study groups to ensure lively, insightful discussions and the exchange of innovative ideas.

“We are thrilled that top leaders from various sectors of our global industry were able to come together and learn from one another and the distinguished Harvard case study method,” said GIA President and CEO Susan Jacques. “This valuable learning experience and opportunity for collaboration is exactly what GIA hoped for when we began this program in 2014.”

The next GIA Global Leadership Program at HBS will be held in June 2018 on the theme, “Authentic Leadership Development: Unleashing the Power of the People.”


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