A conversation between Luis Garicano, Professor of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Joseba Martinez, Assistant Professor of Economics at London Business School. The event was a collaboration between the Data Science & AI Initiative and the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at London Business School. In July 2025, Sam Altman,…
The Wheeler Institute for Business and Development with support from Africa Business Club at the London Business School, welcomes Joe Studwell, Author and Development Economist at Africa Urban Lab and Overseas Development Institute, for a conversation about his book, How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier, longlisted for the 2026…
Opening Doors at the Last Mile Talent, determination, and drive exist everywhere, but opportunity does not. Team4Tech was built to close that gap by working through community-based organizations to open doors for learners who are too often the last to be reached. What started as a social impact program inside Intel has since grown into…
In an inspirational session hosted by the Wheeler Institute with the support of the LBS Social Impact Club, Safeena Husain shared the blueprint behind one of India’s most expansive educational movements. Speaking with Rajesh Chandy, Professor of Marketing, Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship and Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute at London Business…
At London Business, Shri Piyush Goyal opened with a debt of gratitude to an LBS professor, Sumantra Ghoshal. The two met in December 1999, on a seven-day train journey (Palace on Wheels) across Rajasthan organised for faculty from the world’s leading business schools. Goyal, then an investment banker, was one of the few non-academics on…
In a conversation at London Business School, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra returned repeatedly to one idea: trust. He described it as fundamental to institutions, arguing that resilience depends not only on policy frameworks, but on whether people believe in the institutions managing them. Across a wide-ranging discussion on inflation, geopolitical shocks,…
Some lives are shaped by the country one comes from. Saad Mohseni’s was shaped by the countries he did not. Born in London in 1966 to an Afghan diplomat and his wife, he turned three in Damascus, midway through his parents’ drive from England to Kabul. By the time he reached secondary school the family…
On May 21, 2026, as part of the Wheeler Institute’s Journeys series, we were delighted to welcome Saad Mohseni, founder and CEO of the Moby Group, for a conversation on entrepreneurship, leadership, and resilience in one of the world’s most complex environments. In his recent memoir, Radio Free Afghanistan, Mohseni recounts returning to Afghanistan after…
If you were asked where people borrow from for their daily consumption needs, credit cards from mega-banks seem the obvious answer. However, across the developing world where brick-and-mortar banks are often inaccessible, individuals resort to local alternatives: ‘Kiranas’ or small grocery stores. No credit scores. No collateral. No paperwork. Just a shopkeeper’s quick judgment call,…
Over the centuries, innovation has transformed our way of life, giving rise to ideas and technologies that have significantly improved societal wellbeing. At the heart of these breakthroughs are pioneers such as Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb; Malvin De Groote, known for discovering a chemical composition for chocolate ice cream; and Nikola Tesla,…
