# Collaborate Possible

1 Stern Stories January 25, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_046102.jpg?itok=6pUObm1I) New Langone MBA students collaborated during Langone Lab: Spring 2014 Orientation and began their journey at NYU Stern. > The first role of a leader is to listen. --Dean Peter Henry

On January 25-26, incoming [Langone MBA](/programs-admissions/part-time-mba-nyc) students arrived for Langone Lab, an orientation for Stern’s working professional students. Students experienced a two-day high-impact introduction to the Langone MBA program.

“How do we increase the exchange of ideas?” asked [Luke Williams](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/luke-williams), Professor and Executive Director of Stern’s [Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center). Williams kicked off the orientation with a discussion on ideas and how they offer an inexhaustible resource for the academic community to explore.

![Tales in Possible | Collaborate Possible | Langone Lab Spring 2014](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_046154.jpg)

“The first role of a leader is to listen,” Dean [Peter Henry](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/peter-henry) shared with Langone students. He encouraged them to explore beyond their individual motivations and find common interests with their classmates.

![Tales in Possible | Collaborate Possible | Langone Lab Spring 2014](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_046155.jpg)

NYU Stern Langone alumna Virginia Juliano, Vice President of Multi-Platform Marketing of Showtime Networks Inc., delivered the keynote address. Juliano shared her background and details from her own experience as a Langone student and throughout her career. She also offered advice and lessons learned to the students:- Allow yourself to use this time for experimentation; allow yourself to be uncomfortable
- Stretch yourself a little further than you are used to doing
- Embrace the new things that you will experience
- Be open to your own transformation
- Take advantage of everything Stern has to offer
- Be confident in your decisions, both inside the classroom and at work

![Tales in Possible | Collaborate Possible | Langone Lab Spring 2014](/sites/default/files/assets/images/con_046101.jpg)

## Learn more

[Langone Lab](/portal-partners/student-engagement/expanding-mindsets/langone-lab)