Organizational Sustainability Consulting Expands Office, Capacities

As a co-founder and the president of Organizational Sustainability Consulting, LLC (OSC), Ari Betof, EdD, serves as the organization’s lead consultant in areas such as financial sustainability and operational strategy. An executive MBA candidate at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, Dr. Ari Betof’s client base encompasses independent schools and affiliated membership associations, as well as private sector and non-profit organizations.

In June of 2020, Dr. Betof announced the creation of a new OSC office in the Philadelphia area that will enable the consulting firm to satisfy client needs across the Mid-Atlantic region better. Proximate to locations ranging from Washington, DC, to New York, the office is ideally situated for both domestic and international clients.

At the same time as it has evolved its physical presence, OSC has expanded its virtual consulting capacities. This has been necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects an overall trend toward remotely provided services.

Dr. Betof has engaged in several high-profile remote endeavors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These include facilitating webinars, appearing on the Enrollment Management Association’s Enrollment Spectrum podcast, and serving as an Independent Schools on the Brink panelist. The latter collaborative webinar was co-hosted by more than 30 member associations spanning the United States.

To learn more about OSC’s new office and remote activities, visit https://medium.com/org-sustainability-insights-by-ari-betof/osc-announces-office-in-greater-philadelphia-bb8f66fd4da2. 

Emerging Markets Institute Conference Marks 10 Years of Progress

Emphasizing thought leadership on how multinational companies and emerging markets influence the global economy, the research and practice-focused EMI attracts academics and practitioners from around the world. One of the organization’s highlights is its annual conference in November. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference, which marks EMI’s 10th anniversary after its establishment in the wake of a disruptive global financial crisis, will be held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the past decade, emerging market economies have made significant progress. With their growth, poverty rates have been reduced, with extreme poverty having been nearly eliminated altogether in some regions. Indeed, companies from countries like Brazil, China, India, Korea, and Mexico have had a global impact and undertaken acquisitions worldwide. In the innovation sphere, emerging market research and development for new technologies has expanded, with patent applications likewise booming.

With the world now tested by a health and economic crisis of vast global dimensions, the need for EMI to fulfill its mission has never been greater.

To learn more about EMI, visit https://medium.com/@abetof/emerging-markets-institutes-focus-on-research-f60e5933aa0d.

 

Dr. Ari Betof on Significance of Executive MBA to his Consulting Work

Nationally known as an expert in organizational stewardship and financial sustainability, Ari Betof, EdD, serves as the president and lead consultant of Organizational Sustainability Consulting, LLC. Working with companies in the private sector, as well as non-profit organizations, Dr. Ari Betof is particularly focused on the educational sphere. An executive MBA candidate at Cornell University, he was recently a guest on The Koinos Podcast, which features entrepreneurs and executives from leading MBA programs.

Having spent his career considering organizational stewardship best practices, Dr. Betof describes one of the gifts of his current executive education as focusing on practical takeaways and “not caring” about grades. This has to do with not only having completed an earlier graduate degree, but also having gained a wealth of experience over the course of his career.

He applies what he has learned in his MBA program to augmenting his understanding of finance. With an academic background in math and physics, finance is an area about which he taught himself as the Great Recession took hold and the economy faltered. Insights gained through self-study enabled a pivot, from a focus on stewardship to sustainability.

The executive MBA degree program at Cornell has offered Dr. Betof a pathway for putting “real rigor” behind the observations and conclusions he had developed independently. At the same time, the program provides opportunities for building capacities that enable him in a current shift toward consulting clients who increasingly come from the private sector.

To view The Koinos Podcast transcript, visit https://medium.com/org-sustainability-insights-by-ari-betof/transcript-koinos-podcast-interview-d3f88edbe345.