Welcome to "The Unrecycled Educator”

I’m a corporate-turned-entrepreneur-turned-professor, and this blog is my sandbox, soapbox, and sledgehammer. Business schools love buzzwords and polished syllabi—but behind the scenes? Too many are producing over-coached, underprepared graduates who crumble the minute things get messy.

This blog calls BS on that system. I'm rebuilding business education from the ground up—no ivory tower, no jargon, no passive lectures. Just raw, practical, field-tested experiments from inside the classroom: startups built in 48 hours, distillery pitches to real juries, design sprints in airports, reflective journals that actually go somewhere. Real learning. Real work. Real stakes.

What drives me? Pushing students to think harder, go deeper, and build sharper instincts—not just resumes. I don’t claim to have the perfect blueprint, but I’m neck-deep in the work, collaborating with other misfits and changemakers who believe we can do better. Because if business schools won’t evolve, someone’s got to flip the table.

For more about me, see my website.

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Please note: The views expressed in this blog are solely mine and do not represent the opinions of the esteemed institutions with which I am affiliated. Here, I speak only for myself as we explore and challenge the educational norms.

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Andrew Paterson

@aespaterson

I am adjunct professor specializing in strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. I teach at a number of prominent European business schools. I am trying to get my students to strive for mistakes, not for scores, and ready them for the real world.