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Discover the 2025 edition. With extensive coverage of 69 global economies. In 2025, three new economies were added: Kenya, Namibia and Oman
The IMD Alumni Association is the official home to a global network of extraordinary leaders who share ideas and shape the future for a more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive world.
Have a look at the highlights of Lausanne 2025 edition
Professor Arturo Bris
The private sector has become too passive and disconnected from governments when it comes to geopolitics. To thrive in a fragmented world, we need leaders to shift from spectators to shapers, says Arturo Bris.
Professor Michael Wooldridge
AI will book your holiday, but won’t clean your kitchen, yet! Automated LLM-powered agents that talk to each and solve problems together represent the most exciting commercial frontier in AI, but a future of human-like machines remains a distant dream says Michael Wooldridge.
Marc Maurer, Co-CEO, On
ON became an international company in its first two years. We learned we need many different pockets of growth. If we plan to grow 25%, we need to have pockets of growth for 35% because some will not materialize, says Marc Maurer.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, WTO
Faced with the threat of trade fragmentation, many are now waking up to the true value of preserving a rules-based system of cooperation, and business can help defend it too, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Rainer Hersch
Comedian and conductor Rainer Hersch says managers striving to lead high-performance teams can find inspiration in the concert hall.
Daniel Ziblatt, Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Business leaders today should identify their points of leverage – be it public influence, economic power, or industry collaboration – to quietly but effectively push back against policies that undermine democracy, says Daniel Ziblatt.