| |MARCH - APRIL 202619EUROPEEUROPEBy Ronan Gruenbaum, Dean of International Affairs & Program Development, Hult International Business SchoolTEACHING IN A TIME OF TRANSITIONRonan Gruenbaum is Dean of International Affairs & Program Development at Hult International Business School, where he leads strategic global partnerships and drives curriculum innovation across undergraduate and postgraduate programs. With a background in digital marketing, e-commerce, and online learning, he has played a key role in shaping Hult's award-winning BBA program and previously served as Dean of the London undergraduate campus. A former professor of marketing and technology, Ronan is also a published author and sought-after speaker on digital transformation and the future of education.Through this article, Gruenbaum highlights that careers are no longer fixed and students need to be prepared for constant change, especially as technology and AI reshape the future of work and education.Working with undergraduate students and, previously, postgraduate students, I explain to them how they should adjust their expectations of what a 'career' will look like. Many, if not most, come to Hult with an explicit intention to work in a particular sector. However, I like to explain to them how at the local comprehensive High School in the early eighties, our only contact with a careers advisor had him say 'things have changed - you won't have a job for life anymore, it will be more like seven jobs'. And, I say to the students, that is no longer true - you are more likely to have seven careers. I am currently, depending on how you count them, on career number 6. What I have been doing for the past 13 years as Dean of International Affairs & Program Development, and in my previous roles since I stopped being a full-time professor of marketing and technology, is working in academic administration, which is very different from a teaching role at the same institution.CXO INSIGHTSEDUCATION TECHNOLOGIES
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