The financial crisis has prompted harsh criticism of business schools, given that MBAs are at the helm of several prominent financial and government institutions involved in the crisis. In this audio interview, Stanford MBA student Alex Maasry talks with Garth Saloner, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, about the school's comprehensive curriculum reform in 2007, initiated a year before the onset of the crisis, and its continuing efforts to search for ways to equip its students with the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Saloner talks about the importance of cultivating critical analytical thinking and leadership skills, ethical understanding, and knowledge of the global context of management.

This conversation was recorded as part of the 2009-2010 Public Management Initiative (PMI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hosted by the Center for Social Innovation’s Public Management Program, the PMI is a yearlong, student-driven academic project focused on a specific public issue. The theme for 2010, Debating Tomorrow: The Changing World of Business, explores how business will have to change in light of the recent financial crisis and how, in turn, business might shape change in the future.