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The Interview
Family business
Don’t fall in love with your product: Lessons from an 800-year-old family business
July 28, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis in The Interview
The Frescobaldi formula: humility, reinvention, and stewardship across 30 generations - how to sustain a family business in changing times....
Video Series

CEO Dialogue
Jean-François Manzoni, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Development, hosts frank discussions with CEOs of companies including Nestlé, AstraZeneca and many more.

Focus, bold bets, and a bit of fun: How a pharma chief is going for growth

LEGO built too much complexity: This is how we got back on track

Rebuilding trust in a bank that was once on shaky ground

Creating a smoke-free future: How PMI is stubbing out cigarettes

Europe’s irreplaceable innovator: ASML’s CEO on powering the digital future

Benefits by design: Novonesis CEO’s strategy for sustainable growth

The Interview
With great power comes great responsibility. Leaders of organizations from Alvanon to Zurich Zoo share insights on their own journeys.

Don’t fall in love with your product: Lessons from an 800-year-old family business

Building trust across fault lines in a fragmented world

Potong: Rethinking legacy in a family business

Competitiveness lives on, but the rules are changing

How ‘radical collaboration’ can unlock trapped value in industrial data

Discovery, with purpose: Reshaping R&D for the future
Live Events Relives

Leading in Turbulent Times
Join us as we explore diverse issues from digital supply chain transformation to mental health in the workplace in a series of webinars led by our professors.

The promise and pitfalls of employee well-being initiatives

In times of transformation, social capital matters more than ever

From Boomers to Gen Z: Managing generational dynamics in the workplace

Where the heck are the women in tech? New ways to attract, develop, and retain female talent

Navigating tomorrow: The essence of future-ready companies

AI regulation: Turning compliance into competitive advantage

I by IMD book club
From the journey of senior executives to issues of gender and data bias, each month, we’ll discuss one recently released book, and add a new one to the list, so you'll be able to plan ahead.

The business case for social capital

Rethinking sustainability: Why customer value comes first

When uncertainty becomes an advantage

The biggest career barrier isn’t at the top. It’s at the first step

The art of thinking in a digital world: Be logical, be creative, be critical

EVs accelerate the great automotive rewiring
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Latest videos
Building trust across fault lines in a fragmented world
July 14, 2026 • by Mark J. Greeven in Videos • 10 min read
How COFCO International rebuilt trust across cultural fault lines under Chi Jingtao (Johnny) with alignment, values, and visible leadership....
Focus, bold bets, and a bit of fun: How a pharma chief is going for growth
July 7, 2026 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Videos • 8 min read
Ipsen CEO David Loew tells Jean-François Manzoni how relentless focus, the Pareto principle, and having fun helped energize a mid-sized specialty pharma player to take on bigger rivals....
The business case for social capital
June 16, 2026 • by Sophie Bacq in Videos • 5 min read
Discover how bonding and bridging capital fuel change. Insights from Raising Social Capital show why trust is your company's hidden engine...



