Sensemaking in Executive Education:  Preparing Business Leaders for the “Unknown”

Talia Kolodny

Director of Partnerships, EMEA at Engageli

Talia Kolodny is the Director of Partnerships, EMEA at Engageli. She brings over 10 years of experience working with leading edtech organizations to promote equity and access to education on a global scale. Before joining Engageli, she was Head of Partner Learning and Development at Coursera, where she established and managed an engaged community of practice for top universities worldwide, while also advising product teams on learning science and best practices for pedagogy-enhanced product development. Talia also led a global educator community for Khan Academy and led national programming initiatives for the Ministry of Education and Digital Israel. Based in Israel, Talia has a life-long passion for education and social impact.

She has a MA in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Donald Huesman, EdD

Managing Director of Online Learning at Wharton Online

Don Huesman is the Managing Director of Wharton Online at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Don held positions at Wharton as the Managing Director of the Innovation Group, as Senior Director supervising technology support for the School’s academic departments and faculty and overseeing the use of technology in Executive Education. Don completed his doctoral work at Penn’s Graduate School of Education, researching technology enabled adult online education. Don has been a lecturer in Wharton’s graduate and undergraduate programs, teaching courses in IT and Decision Sciences. Don was an entrepreneur and software pioneer in the early days of the personal computer industry, co-founding the company that produced The Organizer, the first personal information manager for PCs. His company put the first calendars, to-do lists, and contact management systems on personal computers. Don has taught the strategic use of information systems in a variety of executive education programs, including Wharton’s Advanced Management Program, the International Forum and the American Institute.

Jade Mountain

Director, Digital, Executive Education, at London Business School

Jade Mountain is Director for Digital in Executive Education at London Business School. Her whole career has been education-based: as a teacher, lecturer, L+D consultant and qualification developer, with a transition into the field of digital education provision in 2016. Her exciting role at London Business School means she reimagines solutions to clients’ problems in digital spaces – working to select technology, tools, practices and approaches to build world-class digital executive learning experiences.

Russell Miller

Director of Learning Solutions & Innovation at Imperial College Business School

Russell Miller is Imperial College Business School’s Director of Learning Solutions & Innovation for Executive Education. Russell has been involved in learning, consulting & leadership development for over 20 years. He has held senior consulting and leadership development roles with a range of organisations and has partnered with many corporate and government clients to help them develop strategy and to design, develop and deliver major learning initiatives. At Imperial he leads design and delivery teams across open enrolment, online and custom executive education. His particular passion is in supporting organisations to build sustainable high performance cultures through effective leadership. Russell’s work has taken him all over the world and when he is not travelling he enjoys relaxing at home in Cornwall with his family.