An MBA Experience for Tomorrow’s Leaders
The 12-Week MBA experience is a global leadership development program created by a collaboration between three world-class organizations: Abilitie, TED, and St. Edward’s University. First delivered in 2019 as the Invited MBA to a small group of learners in Austin, Texas, the program has since evolved into a global, cohort-based mini-MBA with a thriving alumni community spanning five continents.
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A Global Leader in Simulation-Based Learning
Abilitie is a leadership development company with offices in Austin, London, Dubai, and Singapore. Serving Fortune 500 clients such as Disney, Marriott, Dell, and Emirates, Abilitie’s simulation-based leadership programs have helped over 100,000 professionals develop their business acumen and management skills. Abilitie’s founder, Bjorn Billhardt, bootstrapped two companies (his first one from a dorm room at Harvard Business School) and is a recognized authority in the art of creating immersive leadership development programs.
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Bjorn Bilhardt
CEO of Abilitie
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Nathan Kracklauer
12-Week MBA Academic Director
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Home to the World’s Most Powerful Ideas
TED is a non-profit built around a simple belief: Ideas change everything. Powerful ideas, powerfully presented, can move us to feel something, think differently, and take action. Abilitie and TED@Work have partnered in curating TED’s global library to bring world-class ideas from diverse, global voices into the 12-Week MBA in a practical, career-relevant way. Throughout the program, participants engage with select TED Talks, complementary tools, and rich discussion that reinforce key leadership themes and help strengthen skills that matter at work, including decision-making, influence, and leading change.
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A Recognized Leader in Business Education
St. Edward’s University’s Bill Munday School of Business is a top-ranked graduate school with AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation. Fewer than 6% of business schools worldwide hold AACSB accreditation. Each 12-Week MBA participant receives a graduate-level Professional Education Certificate from St. Edward’s. For those who want to continue their education, eligible graduates can apply this certificate toward an accelerated pathway into St. Edward’s University’s MBA, with flexible hybrid or online options and complete the full MBA in less than 12 months.
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Marianne Ward-Peradoza
Provost, St. Edward’s University
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Alexis Stokes
Dean, Munday School of Business
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Your Path to a Full MBA
Eligible graduates can continue on an accelerated pathway to a full MBA through St. Edward’s University. St. Edward’s University recognizes the 12-Week MBA certificate as an excellent opportunity to pursue an accelerated pathway toward its MBA—serving as a meaningful prerequisite that can significantly ease the barrier to entry for eligible candidates.
Global Faculty. Real-World Leaders.
The 12-Week MBA experience is delivered live to small cohorts by expert faculty with real-world executive experience and a knack for teaching. Many faculty members are former C-level leaders who love teaching and bring real-world experience into every conversation. They are practitioners with experience leading teams and companies and sport backgrounds from Ivy League institutions and top consulting firms such as McKinsey.
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Valérie Scheer
Background: McKinsey, Harvard
Location: Dubai & Germany
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Gloria Tam
Background: McKinsey, BCG, Harvard
Location: Boston, US
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Bechara Abi Assi
Background: McKinsey, INSEAD
Location: Dubai & Spain
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Joyce Hau
Background: Google, McKinsey
Location: Singapore
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Sara Amighi
Background: McKinsey, McGill
Location: Dubai
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Rebecca Kaloo
Background: Ernst & Young, Deloitte
Location: London, England
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Raleshaba Moeng
Background: IBM, McKinsey, CVC Africa
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Paul Kirkitelos
Background: NASA, McKinsey, PhD Physics
Location: Mexico
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Alexandra Schmidt
Background: Oliver Wyman
Location: Dubai & Germany
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Matt Rubins
Background: Harvard, Cornell, M/C Venture Partners
Location: Boston, US
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Martin Checinski
Background: McKinsey, INSEAD
Location: Dubai
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James Gutierrez
Background: Fulbright Scholar, MIT Sloan, Harvard
Location: Albuquerque, US
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François-Alexandre Léonard
Background: McKinsey, HEC
Location: Singapore
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Cyrille Alhéritière
Background: McKinsey, UBS, IFM Business School
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
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Ashish Kumar Agarwal
Background: McKinsey, BlackRock
Location: India
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Angie Bealko
Background: Dell, Harvard
Location: Austin, US
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Alain Falkon
Background: CEO Telectrónica, University of Chicago
Location: Argentina
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Meet The Program Director
Gina Curran is the Program Director for the 12-Week MBA experience and a proud program alum (Fall 2021). She supports learners from admissions through graduation, helping them prepare for the experience, stay on track, and get the most value from each step of the journey.
Have questions? Book a 1:1 to discuss your goals, program fit, and what to expect.