Global INSEAD Day
Global INSEAD Day
Overview
Mark your calendar for Global INSEAD Day, taking place on 12 September 2025. This special day commemorates the anniversary of INSEAD’s very first MBA Opening Ceremony in 1959, and celebrates the strength, unity, and global impact of our alumni community.
Organised in partnership with the INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA) and the school, Global INSEAD Day brings together alumni, students, faculty, and staff across continents to honour shared values and the strength of our diverse community.
This year’s theme "Bridging Communities, Connecting the World" captures INSEAD’s mission to foster bold thinking and meaningful collaboration. Across industries, geographies, and generations, INSEADers are building bridges between insights and action, purpose and performance, local roots and global reach.
Sign up for our global webinar themed “New Working Paradigm: the changing nature of work” with Mark Mortensen, Associate Dean of the INSEAD Middle East Campus, Professor of Organisational Behaviour. Taking place on 2 October at 12:00 pm CET, to close out the celebrations.
👉 Be part of the celebration by joining our special festivities around the world – check what your local Alumni Association has planned has planned by exploring the MyINSEAD Events Calendar and join the community near you. Here are some of the highlights below:
- In Abu Dhabi, join us on campus for a masterclass with Svenja Weber, Affiliate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, on “Leading Transformation”. Click here to register.
- In Singapore, the National Alumni Association is organising a fireside chat on the state of the world and how to navigate its uncertainty with Sameer Hasjia, Dean of Executive Education and Dean of the Asia Campus and Professor Kishore Mahbubani. Click here to register.
- In France, in partnership with the National Alumni Association, we will celebrate Global INSEAD Day with a special webinar featuring Winnie Jiang, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour who will talk about “Building Purpose-Driven Careers Across Time and Sectors”. We’re wrapping up the festivities in a global webinar themed “Towards a safer organisation”. Click here to register.
Global INSEAD Day Webinar
New Working Paradigm: The Changing Nature of Work
Everywhere we turn, people are talking about the “New Normal” and how work will never be the same. The COVID-19 pandemic - and our responses to it - undeniably reshaped how we design, organize, and execute work. But alongside this transformation came a wave of self-proclaimed experts, often making bold claims with little data or evidence.
This session takes a different approach: an evidence-based exploration of how work is truly evolving, grounded in decades of research. We’ll unpack the how, why, and so what of collaboration in today’s workplace - where interactions are increasingly virtual, distributed, cross-cultural, inter-organisational, and dynamic.
Using the Integrated Employee Value Proposition (iEVP) framework - developed by Mark Mortensen (INSEAD) and Amy Edmondson (Harvard Business School) - we’ll examine what employees genuinely seek from their organisations, and how that aligns (or doesn’t) with what they feel they’re receiving. We’ll explore how to balance compensation and flexibility with growth, community, and purpose. Aligning organizational offerings with employee needs is a win-win: reducing absenteeism and turnover, boosting engagement and productivity, and fostering healthier, more inclusive workplaces.
