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PMI CEO Jacek Olczak shares how the company’s bold shift to smoke-free products is reshaping its business, culture, and purpose for the future...
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For historical reasons, we have not done that in Europe. If we look at our workforce, it’s still very localized.

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Professor of Leadership and Organizational Development at IMD
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.
January 6, 2026 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 10 min read
PMI CEO Jacek Olczak shares how the company’s bold shift to smoke-free products is reshaping its business, culture, and purpose for the future...
November 11, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 7 min read
Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, tells Jean-François Manzoni how the world’s only EUV lithography machine maker became Europe’s most indispensable company – and what comes next. ...
October 7, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 7 min read
Ester Baiget, CEO of Novonesis, discusses how the Danish biosolutions powerhouse leverages modern technology and its 'library of strengths' to transform food production and washing operations....
September 16, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 9 min read
Morten Wierod, President and CEO of ABB tells Jean-François Manzoni how a leaner-and-cleaner mission, decentralized discipline, and a culture of speed are driving its transformation for the road ahead....
July 29, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 8 min read
Rohit Jawa, CEO of Hindustan Unilever, outlines how he is reshaping the company’s strategy to meet the evolving needs of India’s growing middle class, leveraging digital transformation, talent development, and a future-focused...
July 3, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 6 min read
Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how family ownership enables long-term thinking, purpose-driven leadership, and sustainable growth across generations....
June 10, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 8 min read
Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel, tells Jean-François Manzoni how bold restructuring, strategic discipline, and a long-term vision transformed an industrial conglomerate into a global asset manager...
December 10, 2024 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 9 min read
Dolf van den Brink, CEO of HEINEKEN talks to Jean-François Manzoni about early influences in his career that have helped him excel as a leader....
September 24, 2024 • by Jean-François Manzoni in CEO Dialogue Series • 7 min read
Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm emphasizes relationship-building and empathy to restore Rio Tinto's social license and guide its decarbonization efforts....
August 20, 2024 in CEO Dialogue Series • 6 min read
CEO of International SOS Arnaud Vaissié explains to IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how the business has survived 40 years by overcoming obstacles like COVID-19 and navigating financial crises....
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