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In a program designed for intensity and acceleration, the rarest asset the IMD MBA offers is something most people don't notice until they're already in it: time. Maxime reflects on what it means to actually use it.

Tzvete Doncheva has had a career that defies a single label. What she has figured out, across live television, venture capital, and years of work opening up the industry to more women, is that the path only becomes clear in hindsight.

Behind every MBA participant is a network of people who adjust, encourage and sometimes sacrifice so that the journey can happen. IMD student Sem N'zai reflects on ambition, distance and what his daughter's simple question taught him about the kind of leader he wants to become.

Andrea reflects on the emotional ups and downs of the first month in Lausanne, learning to balance academic demands, social life, job searches, and personal well-being while discovering what it means to prioritize strategically and experiment with different ways of living.

Henry Dalby reflects on his unconventional path from the rock-climbing industry to business school, exploring themes of belonging, teamwork, and shared purpose during his first weeks in the program.

Felix Mollinga captures the energy and disorientation of week one, from building igloos on a Swiss mountainside to grappling with AI, geopolitics, and climate change, and finds that disruption inside the classroom mirrors the turbulent world outside it.