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The June 2022 issue opens with a foreword asking whether the institute's strategy is emergent or deliberate. Recalling that all his MBA and DBA students have heard him quote Mintzberg on this distinction, the president admits, at the risk of being out of sync with management textbooks, that the strategy of the Business Science Institute is rather emergent and opportunity-driven, even though its mission statement and strategic ambition remain unchanged. Making the DBA accessible to managers internationally has always been the mission, and becoming a key player in a growing market the vision. Beyond that, development has been driven by opportunities generated through contact with what he considers the crucial link in a doctoral programme, namely the professors: the German-language format and the openings in Shanghai, Bangkok, Dakar, Geneva, Douala and Bamako illustrate an emergent strategy, whereas the development, long before COVID, of distance learning and English-language formats reflects a deliberate one. He concedes that his colleagues in strategy will point out that an opportunity can only be seized if it is aligned with a strategic intention. The issue continues with the Impact & Knowledge platform, faculty scientific and editorial news, campus life and alumni updates. The reflection is offered as a case study in itself, showing how a networked academic organisation grows through the professors who join it.