INSIGHTS@IMD

Pragmatic approach to research

Insights@imd explore a variety of current research topics. In these four-page illustrated publications, we aim to reflect both IMD professors' experience and participants' input, promoting IMD's pragmatic approach to research.

Proactively Riding the Global Waves

In June 2011, 480 executives gathered at IMD for one week at Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP). The OWP program stimulates participants by challenging beliefs and existing practices It provides a platform for the exchange of insights on global trends and how these will impact organizations and individuals in the future. Based on these trends, individuals need to decide how to harness complexity to their advantage to find the "sweet spot" on the wave of global trends.

Corporate Learning

At an IMD Discovery Event in June 2011, Shlomo Ben-Hur and guest contributors shared their research on corporate learning and how to build an effective learning organization based on their work with various companies. Participants took part in research, shared their practices, and walked away with action plans for their own improvement.

Family Business at the Forefront of Global Change

At an IMD Discovery Event for family businesses in February 2011, more than 100 participants explored how leading family businesses around the globe can take advantage of business opportunities in today's environment by leveraging their strengths as privately owned businesses.

Leadership Dyads: Playing to Your Strengths

At an IMD Discovery Event in September 2011, more than 40 participants gathered to discover what makes a successful leadership dyad and how to improve interaction, synergy and effectiveness in their own dyad. Having completed an online questionnaire prior to the session, the participants, in their leadership pairs, received customized feedback and guidance from personal coaches with the aim of improving their dyad health.

Leadership Essentials

In April 2011 more than 100 participants from around the world attended an IMD Discovery Event entitled Leadership Essentials. During the two-day event, Professor Preston Bottger offered his framework for Leadership Diagnostics, Influence and Energy.

Leading Strategic Initiatives in an Era of Uncertainty: When to Commit to Action

In March 2011, 60 participants gathered at an IMD Discovery Event to learn how to better lead strategic initiatives in the face of different levels – and different types – of uncertainty: external strategic uncertainty and internal execution uncertainty. Analysis of real-life examples gave participants insights into how to create impact with strategic initiatives and how to improve the governance of their implementation.