Caroline Zimmermann acquired all the usual benefits from her MBA at Insead — an understanding of the basics of business and a great network. One skill, however, was not on offer: Python, the programming language.
Python is one of the most important tools of her job as a senior data insights and analytics director at BMG, the music company. But when she started the job, her lack of precise technical skills turned out not to matter, because Insead had taught her the right attitude: “be unafraid”. So she ended up teaching herself Python with the help of additional online courses.
“To look at something and go ‘I don’t know anything about this, and I’m going to teach it to myself’ is more valuable when you work in the tech sector than what you actually know,” Ms Zimmermann says.