Handleman Lecture

Michigan Ross welcomed New York Times best-selling author and impact investing pioneer Jacqueline Novogratz as the 2020 Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series speaker on Sept. 8.

Award-winning musician, actor, best-selling author, and activist Common recently addressed a full house at Hill Auditorium as the guest lecturer of the annual Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series. The topic of the night: Using business as a force for positive change and fostering constructive dialogue to enable progress on the defining issues of our time. Here are six unforgettable words of advice from Common that are still on our minds.

On Sept. 26, Michigan Ross will welcome award-winning musician, actor, best-selling author, and activist Common as the guest lecturer of the annual Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture Series this year.

Oxman will discuss how her breakthrough creativity model known as the Krebs Cycle of Creativity can help organizations break down silos and improve collaboration and communication in the workplace. The event is free and open to the public.

As a co-founder of Facebook, director of online organizing for the 2008 Obama campaign, and majority owner of The New Republic, Chris Hughes has been deeply involved in some of the most dramatic developments in business over the last 12 years. So what’s been most surprising about his...