Dean David Schmittlein of the MIT Sloan School of Management describes the Leaders for Global Operations program: the collaboration of MIT Sloan and MIT Engineering, the qualities of LGO students, and the partnership with global leaders in industry. The Dean states that "MIT has always been about innovation of products and processes. Graduates of this program are ready to lead innovation." He describes LGO students as "grounded, smart, and practical, and among the nicest people you'll ever meet." "This program's graduates," he says, "are ready to fulfill the mission of MIT: to invent the future. They're ready to invent the future for themselves, for their companies, and for the world."