In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Dan Shaw, MBA Director at Dalhousie University, about the importance of non-cognitive or soft skills in business schools and how they are nurtured in programs.
Kelly and Dan also discuss the program's implementation of Casper, a situational judgment test, for the admissions process and how it helps assess key soft skills like communication and collaboration that are needed for success in the program and beyond.
Timestamp of our conversation:
01:29 - Why Casper?
05:35 - How do you personalize education for learners?
07:36 - What are the challenges of nurturing soft skills?
10:32 - How do programs start nurturing soft skills?
14:34 - Developing soft skills in undergraduate programs
19:24 - Takeaways
Speakers:
Dr. Kelly Dore
Co-Founder/VP Science & Innovation at Acuity Insights
Dan Shaw
MBA Director at Dalhousie University
Connect with Kelly:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dore-7971b258
Connect with Dan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbshaw/
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