When Doris Kearns Goodwin talks of “my guys” – the leaders she has studied in unparalleled depth over her career as U.S. presidential historian – she ticks off shared traits such as intelligence, empathy, energy and communication skills. But the most important presidential quality, she says, is resilience. So, as President Trump this week reaches his first 100 days in office, he will likewise be tested, sooner or later, in the adaptability department.  Read more

“The greatest gift that anyone could ever receive is making the long walk from intelligence to wisdom,” said Lloyd Lewan, Ph.D., chairman of Lewan & Associates and pioneering dean of Semester at Sea. The Jake Jabs Center of Entrepreneurship and CIBER welcomed Lloyd Lewan, known as one of Colorado’s greatest entrepreneurs, to an intimate crowd of University of Colorado Denver faculty, staff, students and local business professionals on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017.  Read more

University of Colorado Denver MBA student Derek Safko noticed that simply saying “car wash business” is like tossing a wet blanket over potential investors. They often zone out before he can reveal the breadth of his plan to revolutionize the industry. So, Safko took the extreme step of conducting a moonshot – quite literally. After weeks of watching weather patterns, he launched a copy of his business plan to the edge of space.  Read more

U.S. News and World Report recently released its 2018 evaluation of college graduate business programs and the University of Colorado Denver Business School was ranked No. 84 for its part-time MBA program. This increase in ranking serves as a nod to the Business School’s largest program, the Professional MBA, led by industry and research experts that balances cutting-edge business education with real-world application.  Read more

The 2017 Skytrax World Airport Awards were held this year in Amsterdam this month. Denver International Airport (DIA) cleaned up with quite a few awards both nationally and internationally. The airport was voted fourth best regional airport, the second best regional airport in the U.S., and fourth best airport staff in North America. DIA prides itself on passenger experience from terminal to gate.  Read more

When we think about business ethics, corporations like Enron, Volkswagen and Audi immediately come to mind. In reality, ethical dilemmas in the workplace are common, and they’re generally not the widely publicized scandals we see on the news. The inaugural session of Lunch with Leaders, a new program presented by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the CU Denver Business School, took place on Wednesday, March 8, 2017.  Read more

The CU Denver Business School was honored to host a delegation of cybersecurity experts who visited on February 22, Denver through WorldDenver and Denver Sister Cities International. The Indian cybersecurity experts are members of the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs International Visitor Leadership Program. The five-member Indian delegation is on a three-week tour of the US, visiting key cyber cities and partners to gain insight and discuss global practices linking digital policy to the emerging global threats of cybercrime, cyber risk, and law enforcement.  Read more