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Featured
Alumni
October
2007
Jim
Palos '89
President and Founder
Institute
for Media and Entertainment
What
drew you to courses relating to CSR, social responsibility
or nonprofit management?
Growing
up I benefitted substantially from social service programs,
particularly those seeking to help inner city youth (I grew
up on the west side of Chicago). I had volunteered for social
service programs before enrolling at Kellogg and knew that
I would continue my involvement post-Kellogg. So I saw the
coursework at Kellogg was an opportunity to get smart about
an industry about which I cared and with which I knew I
would be involved.
What
attracted you to the Public Non Profit (PNP) Club, Students
for Responsible Business (SRB) Club or Social Impact Club
(SIC)?
I got
involved with PNP to bond with like-minded people.
What
value did you get from your experiences in courses relating
nonprofit management at Kellogg?
The
PNP-related coursework helped me to view nonprofit work
in the context of professional management of an enterprise.
Don Haider's classes also had a healthy dose of realism,
adding street-smarts to the book-smarts we were getting
in other classes.
How
have those experiences been helpful to you in your daily life,
both professionally and personally?
The
Kellogg coursework has been helpful at both the professional
and the personal level. Professionally, I operate day-to-day
according to the vision of an executive that I developed
at Kellogg: someone who works hard to play chess (giving
mind to the strategic issues that are important for the
long-term success of the operation) while also playing hockey
(keeping up with the zoom zoom pace of everyday). On a more
personal level, I have sought to reproduce the Kellogg culture
wherever I have worked. This means an environment that is
quietly confident, optimistic, team-oriented, fun and serious
about success.
What
is the name of your current organization, and what does your
organization do?
I am
the president and founder of the Institute for Media and
Entertainment. IME provides management education for executives
in the media and entertainment industries. The Institute
recognizes that media has a social dimension and seeks to
impart this understanding to participants in its programs.
How
are you applying the skills/knowledge you learned at Kellogg
in your career?
Kellogg
helped give me the confidence I've needed to launch IME.
Its alumni network has been a terrific resource in the Institute's
founding period. Even more, the faculty and staff of Kellogg
have been constant advisers and collaborators in getting
IME established — I've experienced the "Team
Kellogg" ethos in a way that few others have.
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