Like many of you, I wrote about teamwork in my application essays. Yet, Team Fuqua felt more like a catchphrase accompanied by air quotes than a reality.

For most new MBAs, your past career no longer defines where you’re going once you walk through Fuqua’s doors. I was no exception.

Renewable energy is arguably the greatest single opportunity to overcome the looming threat of climate change. But with that promise comes the kind of thorny systemic, financial and business model challenges that can light a fire under the most ambitious of MBAs.