At a Glance
Discover international business at the INSEAD Summer School
The INSEAD Summer School introduces you to key areas of international business, including leadership, entrepreneurship, cross-cultural management and responsible decision-making.
Through faculty-led sessions, team challenges and experiential learning, you will apply ideas in practice and explore how AI is shaping business and the future of work.
Lead and collaborate
Explore leadership, team dynamics and communication while working with peers from different backgrounds.
Navigate global business
Examine cross-cultural management, societal progress and decision-making in an interconnected world.
Build and pitch ventures
Develop and present business ideas, including AI-enabled ventures, through team-based and experiential learning.
Summer School curriculum
Across two intensive weeks, you will develop leadership, entrepreneurship and cross-cultural management skills through interactive sessions led by INSEAD faculty, alumni and experienced practitioners. Team challenges, simulations and venture projects will help you apply these frameworks in practice, while exploring how AI is reshaping business, decision-making and the future of work.
- The Leadership Laboratory. Explore leadership behaviour, team dynamics and the foundations of effective collaboration.
- Talk Lean. Develop a clearer and more persuasive approach to communicating ideas.
- Leading from the Cockpit. Consider leadership, risk and decision-making in high-pressure situations.
- Managing across cultures. Build awareness of cultural differences and strengthen your ability to collaborate internationally.
- Societal progress. Examine how organisations can connect business performance with positive societal impact.
- Skills for a sustainable career. Reflect on your strengths and the capabilities needed to navigate future academic and professional choices.
- New AI Venture Day. Explore how AI can support opportunity identification, innovation and new venture development.
- Building sustainable businesses with impact. Consider how ventures can combine commercial objectives with responsible growth.
- Entrepreneurial pitching. Structure and communicate a business idea clearly to an audience.
- Your First Hundred Days. Apply strategic thinking and execution skills through a team-based business challenge.
Course topics and programme activities are indicative and may be adjusted.
Meet your Programme Director
Learn directly from experienced INSEAD faculty who guide you throughout the programme.
Adrian Johnson
Adjunct Professor, Programme Director, INSEAD Summer School
Adrian Johnson
Adjunct Professor, Programme Director, INSEAD Summer School
From Lectures to Collaboration
What our students say
Rehaan Musa
The professors have incredible credentials and business experience.
Gina Markus
I chose INSEAD Summer School because I wanted to figure out if and how I can combine medicine and business in my future career.
Sarah Høegh Gjørup
Getting out of my comfort zone was something that I continuously did during the two weeks, both academically and personally.
Ready to start?
Take the next step towards an immersive summer at INSEAD. Download the brochure or contact us to find out whether the programme is right for you.
