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CIMBA, a consortium of 41 universities from across the US, is widely-recognized for its business and leadership-oriented semester and summer study abroad programs. Led by the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business (AACSB accredited), CIMBA offers rigorous, high quality, professional courses taught in English. It is ranked 4th in the United States for Finance and has a campus in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n It offers three levels of programs; executive education, Master of Business Administration and undergraduate programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to business courses, CIMBA also offers engineering and several elective courses during its 4-week summer program. Programs are designed to provide students with a meaningful international experience while allowing them to remain on track for graduation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.strategytools.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture144.png” title_text=”Picture144″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f5f6fe” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”800px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|20px||20px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font_size=”50px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”35px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”800px” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”0px|20px||20px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.strategytools.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture145.png” title_text=”Picture145″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Scott Newton is a Senior Program Manager at CIMBA and develops and contributes to Executive Learning Strategy and Consulting Programs.<\/span><\/p>\n In the full-time MBA program, Scott works with his students on consortium projects. Students are placed in real-life projects in leading multinational companies to accelerate the pace and depth of learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLast year, for example, we worked on a solar energy project with the world\u2019s largest producer of solar energy manufacturing plants, we worked on a nuclear energy project on how they can develop nuclear energy safely in Europe and the world, and we worked with a third organization on digital transformation.\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n Before they delve into the real-life projects, all MBA students go through the Strategy Tools Global Coaches program where they learn how to use different Strategy Tools canvases to communicate with the Board, the CEO, and the management.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition and as part of their executive education and leadership programs, CIMBA offers a Certificate in International Management which includes modules on Digital Transformation and Strategy.<\/p>\n The program participants are typically company owners, CEOs, or senior managers in companies. The majority of the participants come from all over Europe, but the program also sees participants from the US and India as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Digital Transformation program has been very successful over the past years, and we were using a range of case studies and guest speakers as part of the program. However, it was missing this element of competitiveness, of learning by doing,\u201d said Scott.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To solve that, the Transform! Strategy & Transformation Simulation was included as part of the curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe have tried simulating that in other ways, like taking the learners to companies where they can go inside the factory and walk the floor, talk to the executives, management and the frontline, but it\u2019s not the same because you cannot capture the elements like you can with Transform!\u201d explained Scott.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe simulation adds a very special element that accelerates the teaching and learning. 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However, with the Covid travel restrictions this year, that proved to be difficult. The program had to go digital.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSome of the learners were really concerned about this going into it, because they miss the classroom,\u201d revealed Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n In the end however, the program this year ended up a great success despite being completely digital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how I would\u2019ve run the program this year without the simulation. Despite the concern from the learners about this being digital, we\u2019ve managed to create a special environment online that was in some ways better even than being there in person,\u201d said Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe had feedback from the learners about how they were expecting something really boring and disappointing but instead got something that made them go \u201cwow\u201d,\u201d he added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” max_width=”1188px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial author=”Scott B. Newton” job_title=”Program Leader, CIMBA Italy Managing Partner, Thinking Dimensions” portrait_url=”https:\/\/www.strategytools.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture147.png” quote_icon=”off” quote_icon_color=”#FFFFFF” portrait_width=”150px” portrait_height=”150px” _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” body_font=”||||||||” body_font_size=”22px” background_color=”#f5f6fe” border_style_all=”none” border_color_all_portrait=”#FFFFFF” border_style_all_portrait=”none” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cAs an instructor, it\u2019s really rewarding to me to see people getting it, making the mistakes and fixing their mistakes. It\u2019s perfect, because I can tell someone about a mistake all day long, but if they haven\u2019t made it themselves, it\u2019s not theirs, it\u2019s not a story they live and breathe. That\u2019s what the Transform! Simulation does \u2013 it gives people the ability to live and breathe both the ups and the downs.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”800px” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|20px||20px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font_size=”50px” custom_padding=”30px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”30px||30px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”35px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”25px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”30px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Digital Transformation program incorporates the Transform! Simulation, interspersed with case studies that are relevant to the current business landscape. It also invites alumni executives that have been through the simulation before to provide participants with a practical, real-world point of view.<\/p>\n \u201cOut of everything I do throughout the year, this has the best student reviews and the highest scores. The students have such a great experience with it \u2013 they love that it is a simulation rather than a PowerPoint or a textbook. They love that we invite executives who have done this before, who share how they see the same barriers in the simulation as they do in their real-life companies,\u201d Scott shared.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the learners really liked about Transform! is that they can work in a small team, there\u2019s a competitive element which is always fun and stimulating. At the end of the 19 hours, spread over two days, it\u2019s the only program where people are asking to stay more. We\u2019ve literally had to kick them out of the building because the cleaning staff had to come in to clean the room.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis different way of learning not only makes it more fun, but makes it more experiential. People are able to take it and immediately walk back to their job and careers on a Monday morning and do something different.\u201d said Scott.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom a learner\u2019s point of view, this is fantastic. The executives who join the program are not here only for the credentials. They are investing to make their careers, their business and teams better. So when we give them concrete tools they can use, and do it in an experiential way, the value add increases dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n CIMBA strongly believes in learning by doing, and with the executive education space getting more and more competitive, CIMBA uses the Transform! Simulation as a differentiator in the market. The addition of the simulation in the curriculum adds to their value proposition due to its innovative and immersive learning environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font_size=”50px” header_2_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_2_font_size_phone=”35px” header_2_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.strategytools.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture147.png” title_text=”Picture147″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”60%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.26.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font_size=”26px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nAmplifying the Curriculum
with Strategy Tools<\/h1>\nEffective Remote Learning<\/h1>\n
Impact<\/h1>\n
Maximized learning and fun for a great student experience<\/h3>\n
Highly relevant and applicable \u2013 right away<\/h3>\n
A great differentiator in the education market<\/h3>\n
About Scott<\/h2>\n