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“Get out of your comfort zone. I promise you the personal and professional rewards will be worth it.”

The Dean's Corner series provides a first-person, informative narrative of exciting and important happenings at Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business. In this installment from Dunton Family Dean Raj Echambadi, he shares why he's “bullish” about our post COVID-19 future thanks to human ingenuity and innovation.

D'Amore-McKim Professor Curtis Carlson shares how companies want to know you need something before you would by developing strategies in which companies add value to the consumer experience with new innovative products and ideas.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, D'Amore-McKim alum Ben Morris temporarily turned his Bonner, Montana, pedicab plant into a face shield manufacturing site.

How can the US get out of its current economic crisis? CEM director Ravi Ramamurti explores this question with three CEOs based in Asia, because developments in Asia, where the COVID-19 outbreak began, may presage developments in the US.

“While the current times are challenging, the industry will always be competitive, so giving up is not an option. It's really about putting in the effort and creating your own opportunities.”

“Taking the program online allowed me to set my own work time, which for me is after my son goes to bed, and that was a tremendous help. I developed relationships with some of my professors and classmates that are just as strong as if we had been in a brick-and-mortar classroom together.”

Forced to disconnect, D'Amore-McKim student groups reconnect virtually as Huskies at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I chose Northeastern because I wanted a program that would break me out of my shell…As a result, I've become much more confident, and I'm proud of that.” – Camille Henry, Part-Time MBA'21

“Academics have always worked best for me when I can apply what I learn immediately. The day after a class, I can almost always apply what I've learned to something I'm doing at work.” – Chris Moore, Part-Time MBA'21