When considering whether to apply to the INSEAD MBA, you may be concerned that you might be lacking in experience compared to those that have been working in the corporate sector, financial services or as consultants. We discuss the benefits differences in knowledge and experience can bring to your career and how these experiences will give you the skills you will need to successfully manage diversity in your future. Our guests today Isabel Weiner Isabel is a current MBA Candidate at INSEAD and comes from a non-traditional business background. Isabel's experiences include working with non-profit organisations that were supporting women and refugees in the Middle East and Northern Africa. More recently, she moved into human rights and social justice philanthropy working for Open Society Foundations. Virginie Fougea Virginie is the INSEAD Global Director of Admissions & Financial Aid responsible for selecting and retaining top talents from very diverse backgrounds to INSEAD’s Degree Programmes. We're giving you the power to ask our future guests questions  We are now giving you the ability to ask our future guests your questions about career development and how to achieve career fulfilment. Head to www.inse.ad/itk8 to submit your question or upvote questions from other listeners, and we will then ask our next guests the top-ranking questions. Each poll will be open for the first two weeks of every month; the earlier you submit your question, the more likely it is to be upvoted by other listeners.  Discover More  For a collection of thought pieces, expert opinions and first-hand accounts on the topics of career development and leadership curated to guide you on your journey from manager to mentor head to https://intheknow.insead.edu/ The INSEAD one-year MBA Programme is about academic rigour, amazing diversity, excellent career opportunities and an outstanding alumni network. With three fully-integrated campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and over 90 different nationalities in the classroom, no other business school offers such a multicultural experience.  The accelerated full-time MBA programme curriculum develops successful, thoughtful leaders and entrepreneurs who create value for their organisations and their communities, and we are looking for smart, well-rounded candidates who believe that business can be a force for good. Find out more by visiting https://www.insead.edu/master-programmes/mba