{"id":1079,"date":"2022-11-29T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T15:03:38","slug":"jack-buxton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2022\/11\/29\/jack-buxton\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Buxton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2022, UK<\/p>\n<p>Jack is driven by the constant quest to lead a fulfilling life, through personal development, new experiences and taking on challenges. He says he intently enjoys the process of balancing a productive and supportive lifestyle, which requires continuous trial and error, reflection and adaptation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Environment and Sustainability Group member at organisation and sector levels<\/li>\n<li>CIM Marketing and Leadership Programme &#8211; Distinction (applying for Chartered Status 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Development and implementation of global sector and product innovation strategies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the MBA programme at Kent Business School and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studying as an undergraduate taught me that the learning environment was just as important as the qualification itself. I believe that the deepest learning comes from spending time with colleagues and tutors who can challenge my thinking and broaden my understanding. When I was introduced to the Kent MBA programme, I realised that the learning environment presented is a truly unique opportunity to be part of a multi-cultural learning community with collective aims, broad knowledge and experiences (such as the mixture of nationalities, access to business coaches, group projects and MBA suite). Therefore, I was excited to see this type of environment on offer. I want to be challenged and learn how to lead organisations and sectors towards a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To find new ways of unlocking the collective potential of industry, governments and academia to achieve sustainable goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuously reflect on your journey, the highs and the lows, and strive to enjoy the process in its entirety.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are ones who do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Steve Jobs<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2022, UK Jack is driven by the constant quest to lead a fulfilling life, through personal development, new experiences and taking on challenges. He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/2022\/11\/29\/jack-buxton\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79181,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249107],"tags":[187377,249099],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/thekentmbacommunity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}