The Magic

A 100th birthday is an occasion to celebrate. On October 10, more than 3,200 alumni, students, faculty, and staff gathered on campus for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Centennial Day. “The next century of business leadership begins here, with us, together,” Sarah A. Soule, the Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean and the Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior, told the crowd at Frost Amphitheater.  On the fourth and final episode of GSB at 100, you’ll hear the sounds and stories of this once-in-a-century event. You’ll also hear from those who know Stanford GSB unlike anyone else, including George G.C. Parker, the Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus, who first came to the school 65 years ago as an MBA student.  “Stanford business school teaches management and administration,” Parker says. “I think management and administration, done well, is one of the greatest forces for societal advancement that there is.” Learn more about the Stanford GSB Centennial

“Learning here isn’t just about ideas,” says host Kevin Cool. “It’s about what those ideas make possible.”  It’s an ethos that’s present in every class at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Curious students, devoted faculty, and a community built on connection and purpose make Stanford GSB a place where students learn how to think, learn, and lead.   On this episode of GSB at 100, you’ll step inside the classrooms where teaching sparks transformation.Learn more about the Stanford GSB Centennial

 A sense of shared purpose unites the staff of Stanford Graduate School of Business “If you just can change a little bit of the world, that’s all you really need to do,” says Nancy Gross, an operations manager in the MBA and MSx programs. “And I just feel that every day here.” Staff also happen to have a lot of great stories, including how our motto — change lives, change organizations, change the world — came to be. On this episode of GSB at 100, you’ll hear from the dedicated and accomplished staff members who work behind the scenes to make Stanford GSB a community unlike anywhere else in the world. Learn more about the Stanford GSB Centennial

In 1925, Herbert Hoover, a Stanford alum and future U.S. president, had an idea. “A graduate School of Business Administration is urgently needed upon the Pacific Coast,” he wrote. One hundred years later, what has Stanford Graduate School of Business accomplished, and what might its future hold? Listen in as professors reflect on founding principles, frontier technologies, and the magic that makes the GSB the place it is — and shapes what it aspires to be.Learn more about the Stanford GSB Centennial

Created especially for Stanford Graduate School of Business’s Centennial, GSB at 100 presents a scrapbook of memories, ideas, and breakthroughs as the GSB celebrates its first century and looks around the corner to what the next hundred years may hold. You’ll hear insights from scholars and leaders, visit the archives to explore how the GSB came to be, and smile at a story about dancing in the rain. GSB at 100 is a portrait of the GSB at 100 — and a glimpse of what’s to come.New episodes out monthly starting September 17.