04 February 2025, 5pm GMT (Online)

Beyond Logic: Unlocking the Power of Intuition 

Join Jess Pryce-Jones in conversation with Christian Busch to discuss her newest book: Intuition at Work. Chaired by Stephan Chambers.

Intuition at Work: Using your Gut Feelings to Get Ahead

In today’s business landscape, data-driven strategies dominate the decision-making process, and quite rightly. Unfortunately, relying only on spreadsheets and analysis limits everyone’s thinking when it comes to generating new ideas, navigating uncertainty, and reacting in a crisis or in times that demand quick, accurate decisions in a fast-moving context. That’s when intuition is such an invaluable tool because it captures the full value, subtlety and range of human experience, something which AI or algorithms can never do.There’s plenty of solid research which shows that when leaders use intuition, they make better strategic decisions; problem-solve more effectively; assess and analyse risks better; and make more effective hires, to name a few critical activities. In essence, intuition helps to cut through to better outcomes and, just as importantly, stops people from selecting worse ones.This book was born out of Jess’s experience as an executive coach. She has found that many leaders get stuck when they fail to trust themselves or others, then corporate wheels spin unproductively, and people derail as a result. Drawing on published research in a wide range of disciplines, leaders’ personal stories and real-life examples, she provides an easy-to-read and complete approach for honing intuition at work.

Jess Pryce-Jones, Author, 'Intuition at Work'

Jess is an executive coach and author who over the last 25 years has acted as adjunct faculty in ten leading business schools. She’s also an honorary senior visiting fellow at Bayes Business School. With a reputation for pragmatism, she has just published her third book, ‘Intuition at Work’.Jess works mainly for multinationals coaching individuals and teams. She also designs and delivers leadership programmes. She’s delighted to be working on one for global palliative care leaders operating in the toughest of circumstances.One of her aims is to get senior leaders to talk more about intuition and to deliberately use it because that radically alters the tenor and depth of any conversation.A former investment banker and corporate escapee, Jess lives in France and works internationally.

Professor Christian Busch, Author, 'Connect the Dots'

Christian Busch, PhD, is the bestselling author of 'Connect the Dots: The Art & Science of Creating Good Luck', a “wise, exciting, and life-changing book” (Arianna Huffington) that “offers excellent practical guidance for all” (Paul Polman, former CEO, Unilever). He is a business professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, and cofounded Leaders on Purpose and the Sandbox Network. He previously co-directed the LSE's Social Innovation Lab, is a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Forum, among Capital's "Top 40 under 40", a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and on the Thinkers50 Radar list of the management thinkers "most likely to shape the future." Christian previously worked in business and consulting in Mexico, Germany, the UK, South Africa, and the US, and guest-lectured at Peking University, Stanford University, and Kenya's Strathmore Business School. He received his PhD from the LSE.

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18 March 2025, 6:30pm GMT (In-person and online)

Professor Jonathan Roberts' inaugural lecture: The mysterious art and science of doing good 

Private actions for public benefit - philanthropy, charity, voluntary action or social entrepreneurship - have long been at the core of societies, religions and human activity. Fuelled by increasing frustration at the perceived inability of governments, markets and NGOs to solve social and environmental problems, this arena of private action for public benefit is currently experiencing both resurgence and disruption.

New ideologies of doing good stress the importance of maximising the social impact of our altruism and seeking long-term solutions to social problems. Innovative mechanisms of financing and organisation mix business practice with philanthropy and charity, stretching from impact investing and venture philanthropy to the social enterprise and the purpose-driven corporation. These new institutions and approaches to private action for public benefit open valuable new windows for achieving social change. But they also create tensions, puzzles and discomfort. In his inaugural professorial lecture, Jonathan Roberts explores how we can navigate this complex and dynamic new world of doing good.

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13 June

Power and Social Change: 5 ways we can challenge inequalities of power (LSE Festvial) 

How can we challenge inequalities of power?  As we seek to remedy social and environmental problems, how can we avoid imposing our power and worldview on others?  How can we empower those who have been marginalised?

Discuss these questions and more in this session with experts from LSE’s Marshall Institute, and uncover the complexity of power relations faced by those seeking to create social change.

You will learn five practical skills to challenge and reshape power dynamics:

• understanding social problems
• prioritising coproduction with communities and users
• considering organisational design
• leading systems change
• building (and sometimes not building) market-based solutions

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29 May

The transformative power of education: in conversation with Safeena Husain

In 2007, Safeena Husain founded Educate Girls, a non-profit organisation in India committed to mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas. Educate Girls combines advanced analytics with door-to-door community engagement to create new educational pathways for girls in India. The organisation has achieved remarkable success, mobilising over 1.4 million girls for school enrolment and supporting over 1.9 million students with remedial learning. The organisation works with over 21,000 community-based gender champions in some of the most marginalised communities in India to break the cycle of inequality and exclusion.

At this event, LSE President and Vice Chancellor Larry Kramer and LSE alumna Safeena Husain discussed why a girls' education is one of the best investments that a country can make and how Safeena intends to continue to scale up Educate Girls to improve millions of lives.

28 May

Impact Career Pathways: Career Transitioners

Watch this recording to discover how you can inject greater purpose into your work. Hear from Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship (EMSBE) alumni speakers who changed career direction after completing the course, working at the intersection of private action and public benefit.

Get ready to be captivated by their stories, insights and real-world experiences as they share how they’ve leveraged their skills and learnings from the EMSBE programme to create positive change in their organisations.

From making the leap to sourcing a new role, you'll gain valubale advice on how you can follow in their footsteps.

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14 May

Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship (EMSBE) Information Session

Making a profit doesn’t have to mean compromising social purpose. Watch this online information session to discover how you can make a lasting impact via our ground-breaking EMSBE programme.

9 May

Impact Career Pathways: Social Entrepreneurship 

In today's world where we increasingly prioritise ethical and sustainable business practices, more people than ever are pursuing a career that involves making a positive impact on society.

This webinar showcases the incredible journeys of our Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship (EMSBE) alumni speakers who are creating systemic change as social entrepreneurs.

Get ready to be captivated by their stories, insights and real-world experiences as they share how they’ve leveraged their skills and learnings from the EMSBE programme to create positive change in their communities and beyond.

Whether you’re an established entrepreneur or looking to progress into this field, this event is a valuable opportunity to gain top tips, learn from like-minded individuals and explore exciting career pathways in social impact.

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16 April

Reimagining Capitalism: Is there a moral limit on the role of markets in our societies? | Dr Jonathan Roberts and Dr Kerryn Krige

This webinar is a brief taster to our executive education programme Purpose and Profit: The Essentials of Social Business.

Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy. It has shown remarkable capacity to create value, but too often that value has been captured by shareholders alone. At the same time there is an awareness that government, NGOs, and charities are failing too, and that they can improve their social impact by utilising the power of business mechanisms and the market. The interaction of purpose and profit creates both significant opportunities and demanding challenges. At its heart is not only a reformulation of the capitalist system, but also a reimagining of how we do good.

In this webinar, we’ll give you a taste of how you can go about understanding these challenges and leveraging these new opportunities to drive meaningful social impact. We’ll also outline some of the practical and political objections to mixing purpose and profit. We’ll introduce some new organisational structures – from the social enterprise to the purpose-driven corporation – and new forms of finance. We’ll consider whether it is really possible to make money while doing good.

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15 February

The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy — Nick Romeo & Julian Le Grand

In this event, author Nick Romeo and the Marshall Institute's Professor Julian Le Grand discussed Nick's new book, The Alternative, and how we might create a path to a more sustainable, survivable economy.

A growing number of academic economists, business owners, policy entrepreneurs, and ordinary people are reshaping economies to reflect their ethical and social values. In The Alternative, journalist Nick Romeo, who covers the world’s most innovative economic and policy ideas for the New Yorker, takes us on an extraordinary journey through the unforgettable stories and successes of people working to build economies that are more equal, just, and liveable. Combining original, in-depth reporting with expert analysis, Romeo explores everything from fair pricing in the Netherlands to large-scale cooperatives in Spain to public sector marketplaces offering decent work and real protection to gig workers in California and demonstrates there is an alternative.

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