Upcoming Events...

Understanding Financial Markets in a Complex Global Economy, February 1, 2012

Structured Financial Data in the Age of Complexity: Exploring XBRL use and application today and into the Future, April 30, 2012

3rd International Business Complexity & the Global Leader Conference, November 5-7, 2012
From past events...

2011 Business Complexity and Global Leader Conference

2010 Business Complexity and Global Leader Conference

Business Decision Making using Complexity Science Executive Seminar
June 23-24, 2011

       
  Why Cities Survive and Companies Die   Marv Adams Simplifies Business Complexity   Paolo Gaudiano Brings Science to Business Complexity  

Welcome to the Center for Business Complexity and Global Leadership at the Sawyer Business School.

As Suffolk University enters a new era, during a period of global transformation whereby our social, economic, and technological systems have become increasingly interconnected and complex, it continues to challenge its students and faculty to expand current thinking and teaching to ensure a culture of learning and leadership today and for a future uncertain.

According to a recent IBM survey of 1,500 business leaders, complexity was cited as the most significant issue facing leaders today. Traditional tools and methodologies have provided a platform for our continued learning and understanding of business and economic systems, but are no longer sufficient to address today's business challenges and opportunities. Understanding the organization and the economy as a complex and fluid system is one of the most important competencies for effective leaders today.

The Sawyer Business School stands by its commitment to further our understanding of the global economy, not only as a remote business model, but as a complex rapidly evolving system. The Center for Business Complexity and Global Leadership was born out of this commitment to develop a new framework for understanding business systems by bringing together scholars and practitioners to advance dialogue and research to support today's leaders and develop leaders of tomorrow.