December 2025
Financial Times recently released its Business school professors’ picks featuring insights from Moshe Cohen, Master Lecturer of Management and Organizations and Greg Stoller, Master Lecturer of Strategy and Innovation.
This curated selection of Financial Times articles, handpicked by business school faculty, connects real-world events to classroom learning while encouraging critical thinking among students. Cohen selected the article, “Singapore riven over fate of founding father’s home” and Stoller selected the article “Global stocks slide after sharp reversal on Wall Street.”
The first article examines a national dispute in Singapore over whether to demolish or preserve the home of founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, revealing tensions among family members, the government, and the public over legacy, identity, and national history. Cohen explains the classroom relevance of this, showing how it offers a concise case study in narratives, interests vs. positions, collaborative negotiation, and consensus-building, allowing students to explore creative options, multi-party dynamics, and processes for resolving politically sensitive conflicts while maintaining relationships and fairness.
The second article examines a global stock sell-off sparked by renewed fears over inflated AI and semiconductor valuations, rising leverage, crypto volatility, and geopolitical uncertainty, factors that persisted despite strong Nvidia earnings. For Greg Stoller’s classroom, it offers a concise real-time example of how sector-specific shocks cascade across international markets, illustrating investor psychology, contagion effects, and the interconnected nature of global finance.
Together, these articles highlight how real-world events, from political disputes to market volatility, can be leveraged in the classroom to teach critical thinking, strategic analysis, and the practical application of management and finance concepts.
