OCTOBER 2010 REAL LEARNING@IMD IMD online contest Dear Reader, How open are you? How collaborative are you? How pioneering are you? You can find out the answers to these questions in IMD's recently-launched online contest called Go Beyond What You Think is Possible. Access the video which introduces the contest and give yourself the opportunity to win fantastic prizes, including a free seat in IMD's most popular program, Orchestrating Winning Performance. On the topic of collaboration, IMD is teaming with the WWF to introduce One Planet Leaders (OPL), an innovative program for driving sustainability into the core of business. Professor Michael Yaziji, co-director of the OPL program, gives readers insights on the benefits of NGO - corporate partnerships in his latest article entitled A killer strategy to address the regulatory environment. Good luck playing the contest and happy reading! The IMD Webletter Team Forward to a friend Follow us on GREAT DEBATE Back to top Does capitalism need a major transformation? Yes! IMD Professor Michael Yaziji No! IMD Professor Arturo Bris COFFEE BREAK WITH THE LEADERS Back to top Gib Bulloch Executive Director, Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES Subscribe Why the best executive teams sometimes make the worst decisions Beware of Groupthink By Professor Shlomo Ben-Hur, Research Fellow Karsten Jonsen and Nikolas Kinley The multi-faceted benefits of university-firm partnerships How they grow businesses and addresses countries' unemployment crises By Professor Georges Haour How successful family businesses prepare for an uncertain future Lessons from award-winning company Odebrecht By Professor Benoit Leleux Revealing corporate DNA Communicating purpose effectively By Professor John Weeks, Dr Aileen Ionescu-Somers and Dr Tania Braga Innovation lessons from Apple Insight from the success of a modern day leader By Professor Bill Fischer A killer strategy to address the regulatory environment The benefits of NGO - corporate partnership By Professor Michael Yaziji Getting ready for the next big one Can we ever learn about recessions? By Professor Stéphane Garelli Commemorating the election of Vigdis Finnbogadottir The state of women's leadership By Professor Ginka Toegel How Chinese companies test global waters The Huawei success story By Professor Winter Nie NEWS Subscribe IMD welcomes master bridge-builder Nadine Hack as Executive in Residence CSM Open Forum addresses challenges in communicating sustainability strategies Professor Georges Haour authors new book: “From science to business" IMD organizes TEDx event featuring an introductory lecture by Jean-Pierre Lehmann IMD Professor and TSC Program Co-Director Cyril Bouquet featured in the Financial Times WWF and IMD introduce One Planet Leaders (OPL) Philip Morris International benefits from IMD Corporate Learning Network Robin Sharma inspires participants to “Lead without a Title” during symposium ICBC executive offers insights on China’s banking industry during PED session Brazil-based group Odebrecht wins IMD – Lombard Odier Global Family Business Award Samuel Bon of ICRC talks about "doing good" at Biennial Alumni Event “Talking the walk” of corporate purpose and engaging in stakeholder dialogue is associated with strong financial performance, according to IMD/Burson-Marsteller Corporate Purpose Impact Study Insight on China: Panellists present at IMD's Biennial Alumni Event Accelerated Executive Development Program holds first graduation ceremony IMD alumna Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo describes how sport transforms life and career IMD to host business forum in Kuala Lumpur with His Excellency Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Brace for impact: IMD alumnus shares plane crash memories Lifelong learning on display at Biennial International Alumni Event Marketing executives exchange views on customer-focused change during CMO Roundtable 2011 IMD MBA participant Howie Chan writes for Bloomberg BusinessWeek Executive MBA assignments help propel alumnus to new heights in the bio-fuels industry Professor Lehmann takes part in WTO Public Forum IMD welcomes new Faculty members EMBA Discovery Expedition Silicon Valley blog EVENTS Back to top Alumni club events Forthcoming MBA fairs/information sessions NEXT OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS Back to top Leading the Global Enterprise (LGE) October 31 – November 5 Managing the Global Supply Chain (MGSC) November 7 – 12 Mobilizing People (MP) November 15 - 25 Breakthrough Performance for Senior Executives (BPSE) November 21 - December 3 Your opinion counts Please continue to give us your feedback: what you like, what you don't. Let us know what we can do to make the website and Webletter even more valuable and relevant to you. Linking and reprintings If you are interested in linking to stories on our website or reprinting our articles, contact our media office. Change your subscription settings Contact support team Copyright