Feature Stories
Creating Value for Students: A Story of Developing a New Course During the Pandemic
By Ruchi M. Watson It goes without saying that the happenings of 2020 (and now 2021) have influenced and changed all of us in many ways – including in how we work. You've no-doubt seen the numerous articles on virtual work, Zoom-fatigue, and online learning; all [...]
Ruchi Watson Q&A: Entrepreneurs Maximize Their Potential
By Jacqueline Mumford Preview Ruchi M. Watson teaches in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, while also serving as managing director of the Goff Strategic Leadership Center. Watson has many years of experience in [...]
Call Me Oobleck
By Ruchi M. Watson Preview I've discovered that I am oobleck. What is oobleck, you ask? For those of you who haven't hung around a young child or a chemistry class recently, oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid – it acts like a solid under pressure and [...]
Eccles’ Ruchi Watson shares thoughts on career shifts, embracing change
Ruchi Watson graduated with her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 2008 in the midst of the economic crisis. She completed her Ed.D. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019. In a conversation with fellow Kellogg classmate, [...]
Eccles School Professor Jay Barney racks up another major award
Congratulations are once again in order for professor Jay Barney, who has received the 2020 Strategic Management Division Outstanding Scholarship Award. He shares the joint award with Margie Peteraf of Dartmouth College. The award will be presented at the upcoming Academy of Management Meeting in Philadelphia. [...]
Goff Strategic Leadership Center helping to navigate the unknown
Navigating the unknown. We're all doing that right now, aren't we? Seems like most people are wondering: Will the decisions I made yesterday have merit when the crisis is over? Or, how can I find the confidence to make positive change in such turbulent times? The [...]