The youth backlash: Can business afford to ignore it?
Young people are losing faith in the future. IMD's Vanina Farber explains why business leaders must rethink their role – and act before it's too late....
November 10, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in I by IMD Podcasts • Podcast available
ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on EUV innovation, AI-driven chip demand, and leading Europe’s most critical technology company....
Apple SpotifyFew companies can claim to sit at the center of modern technological progress. ASML is one of them. The Dutch multinational is the only company in the world capable of producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines – the technology behind the smallest, fastest, and most powerful semiconductor chips.
Without ASML, the world’s most advanced computing systems, from AI data centers to smartphones, simply would not exist. Tune in to find out more.

President & CEO, ASML
Christophe Fouquet is President & CEO of ASML, a leading lithography supplier to the semiconductor industry. A French national, he joined ASML in 2008. He was appointed to the Board of Management in 2018 as Chief Business Officer and appointed President & Chief Executive Officer in 2024.
Professor of Leadership, Organizational Development and Corporate Governance
Jean-François Manzoni (JFM) is Professor of Leadership, Organizational Development and Corporate Governance at IMD, where he served as President and Nestlé Professor from 2017 to 2024. His research, teaching, and consulting activities are focused on leadership, the development of high-performance organizations and corporate governance. In recent years JFM has also been increasingly focused on finding ways to ensure leadership development interventions have lasting impact, particularly through the use of technology-mediated approaches, and on closing the growing managerial “knowing-doing gap”, i.e., the gap between what managers kind of know they should be doing and the extent to which they actually behave that way in practice.
November 3, 2026 • by Hana Milanov in Podcasts
Young people are losing faith in the future. IMD's Vanina Farber explains why business leaders must rethink their role – and act before it's too late....
October 27, 2026 • by Tim Quigley in Podcasts
Companies are spending billions on artificial intelligence. But are they making any money from it? IMD's Karl Schmedders on hidden costs, vibe coding and how companies can turn AI into business value....
October 20, 2026 • by Tim Quigley in Podcasts
Living longer is changing business. Carlos Cordon, Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management at IMD, explores longevity, retirement, workforce health – and what leaders need to rethink....
August 20, 2026 • by David Bach in Podcasts
IEA chief Fatih Birol on the age of electricity, Europe’s strategic energy mistakes, the Hormuz shock – and why trust is now an energy asset....
Explore first person business intelligence from top minds curated for a global executive audience