A new journey in sight... So just yesterday I made a call, and accepted an offer to spend the next four years of my life here:

In other words, I'll be doing a PhD in organisational behaviour at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. The Weatherhead OB program was the first in the US to offer a PhD in organisational behaviour, is ranked as the #3 OB program in the world by the Financial Times, and has been the source of a number of advances in the field, including experiential learning, learning styles, resonant leadership, emotional intelligence, managerial competencies, the organisational dimensions of sustainability, intentional change theory, and appreciative inquiry. It has a focus both on positive organisational change, as well as on sustainability, and is a research school with a practical orientation. And get this - they're going to let me spend four years learning about what I'm interested in and researching what I'm passionate about (they were all very eager and supportive about my otherwise twighlight-zone sounding interests in the area of the impact of meditation on leadership capabilities).

Anyways, I'll be finishing this phase of my time with McKinsey in a few months, will take some time off, and then will start learning from some incredible faculty and peers, and begin my time as a student, researcher, and scholar of leadership and human systems, which is kind of awesome if you ask me ;-)

yippy!

(A huge thank-you to all of those who encouraged and supported me in taking these steps, in particular Ante Glavas, a current PhD student at Case who was my first introduction to the school, and has been a mentor and friend since.)  ¶ 3:52 PM