Education
Harvard University
B.A., East Asian Studies
1992Harvard Business School
M.B.A,
1998Podcasts
35:05824: What It’s Like to Be a Chief Culture Officer at Education First With Ming Chen, EF Education First [Main T4C Episode]
Ming Chen is the Chief Culture Officer at Education First, an international education company specializing in educational travel, cultural exchanges and language training. She started out her career journey in sales working for Turner Broadcasting in Hong Kong before pivoting into on-air presenting on Star Television. After a few years..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“I might’ve graduated with this fancy degree, but really it was super valuable to get to know exactly what you’re selling and what you’re offering, what the problems could be, where it might be going in a couple of years.”
Best Career Advice
“Talk to people! People are so willing to talk to college students or young people, even if you don’t go to college — people want to be helpful to others.”
Career Challenge
“I had to do, it was run a report or do a study about what if we acquired an adult movie channel, which is basically porn … I felt super uncomfortable. I talked to someone at the office about it and I’m like, ‘I really do not believe in this’ … I think that when you’re young and you’re asked to do things — people now are much better about it, [I learned how to] stand up for things that I did not believe in and felt uncomfortable with, I ended up applying to business school because of that.”
Skills
Education, Language Training, Cultural Exchange
Professional Interests
Culture, Academia, Travel, Entrepreneurship
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