Folu Ogunyeye (MBA ’27) on apathy and abstraction in the business of social change work

How CPG brands launch, test, and learn in real time. Every December, grocery aisles and online carts transform into test markets disguised as celebrations. Shelves fill with limited-edition packaging, seasonal flavors, and giftable product bundles all designed not only to capture holiday excitement but to generate priceless data. For consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, the holidays are no longer just the biggest sales moment of the year; they are a strategic laboratory f

Opportunity begins when children have agency abundance. This year, the Cato Institute and YouGov found that 62% of Americans under 30 view socialism favorably. Less than a decade ago, that figure was nearly 20 percentage points lower at 43% . The median age of a first-time homebuyer today is 40 years old . A current total of $1.8 trillion in student debt has expanded balance sheets more than opportunity. “Affordability,” the political buzzword of 2025, is emblematic of our

Many of you have likely come across David Epstein’s Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World . Epstein argues that, in an era that rewards adaptability, breadth of thought, and cross-domain synthesis, generalists often find creative solutions that specialists might overlook. But in a world increasingly shaped by AI, where specialized models outperform humans in narrow domains, and expertise can be outsourced to algorithms, what happens to the generalist edge? Thi

Field notes and observations from one of the oldest societies in the world. The sun was setting on the town of Egdirbmaak as she finally walked into her new home. It had been a long and arduous journey, but she was glad to have made it through unscathed. The past summer had not been an easy one, and there were often days where she had wondered if she would be able to muster the courage to cross the Great Ocean. But here she was finally — at the hallowed gates of the Dravrah.

Reflection, politics and confessions. Reflection In War & Peace, we study significant conflicts of the past to better understand the present with the hopes of informing current decision-making at best or having a fascinating discussion while learning history at worst. This is a class where you can quote Guns of August and Prisoners of Geography at nauseam and in equal proportions. I love it. We began — appropriately — with definitions of strategy , war , leadership , and pe