 In fact, it has broken ground in a number of areas important to the improvement of human affairs.For example, in 1981, long before there was an Internet, WBSI began a series of programs that pioneered the use of teleconferencing in education, leadership development, policy formation, mental health, and the formation of global communities of scholars, scientists and leaders.The leading example is WBSI's pioneering School of Management and Strategic Studies, first implemented on EIES.