CHAPTER 8

Value and Education

Satya Nadella says, “The sum of education and innovation, multiplied by intensity of technology use = economic growth.”1 Value-added education then can also enhance the growth of people by using innovative Value creating techniques and technology.

Teaching Value Creation

CEOs might have noticed our main Value creation discussion in education has focused on business schools. In fact we are developing course content for a Value Creation major in MBA schools. I just taught a course on Value Creation in Engineering to students at IIT Mandi and IIT Gandhinagar, to faculty and staff at IIT Mandi and IIT Jammu and to staff at IIT Delhi.

We all know there is a disconnect between academics and practitioners. Practitioners ...

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