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The art of business education

As soft skills and creativity become more valued, management training now includes the arts, literature and even therapy sessions to develop new ways to tackle challenges

How making Lego models helps build better leaders
Sharpen your business strategy by spending time with strangers — and a pile of bricks
Therapy sessions help MBAs become better leaders
A Swiss business school believes its Jungian approach has a positive impact on graduates
The MBA tutor clowning around in the name of business education
Professor hopes his Edinburgh show will help him teach students greater emotional and social intelligence
The weirdest way to teach business
Professor Ralf Wetzel uses performing arts to train students to work through problems collaboratively
How the arts help hone leadership skills
A business school is using a jazz quartet to teach students about leading others
Why MBA students are reading novels in class
A US business school teaches empathy through art appreciation and literary criticism

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