Philip Delves Broughton

In 2004, Philip gave up a career in journalism to attend Harvard Business School. Three years later, he published the New York Times bestseller Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School, in which he described and questioned the value of a business education. Business schools remain a growth industry. Countries, states, and cities across the world hope that teaching business and entrepreneurship will lead to more start-ups and better businesses. Is their hope justified? This talk examines those aspects of business which can and cannot be taught, those which must be taught better, and those not worth teaching at all. It draws on Philip's experience at business school, designing corporate curriculums, and studying and writing about the start-up world, to offer ideas about how businesses, educators, and policy-makers should teach business as a means to improving the rate and quality of economic growth.