From hype to ROI: How to make AI pay off
Turning AI into ROI requires a clear focus on the value you are trying to create, disciplined metrics, and outcome-based governance....
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Building a competitive board: Who is the ideal director?
Sitting on a board can be career-building, socially-elevating, and incredibly interesting, but it isn’t right for everyone. This is a must-have guide for aspiring board members and a hiring template for...
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Rethinking sustainability: Why customer value comes first
A new book challenges the conventional belief that sustainability alone drives customer purchases. In a webinar hosted by Karl Schmedders, the book’s co-author, Goutam Challagalla, explains how companies can make sustainability...
The perfect power couple? When the board needs an executive chair
A valuable source of stability and leadership capacity, or a governance model that blurs accountability and boxes in the CEO? Hans-Christoph Hirt and Roger Barker explore the benefits and pitfalls of the...
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How Tarkett is using radical collaboration to rethink what flooring can do
Tarkett is not just rethinking flooring. They are helping lead a transformation in how one of the world’s oldest and largest flooring manufacturers defines its role in the built environment....
Why negotiation strategies fail - and what to do when they do
Joshua N. Weiss, Ph.D. co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University, sat down with Anna Cajot to discuss why negotiations fail, the psychology behind failure, and how leaders and negotiators...
We know that digital ecosystems drive value. But most organizations are failing to capture it
Exclusive data reveals the gap between ambition and execution in a new report from IMD and AVEVA that explores how senior leaders can better create, deliver and capture value. ...
Tough at the top: Why CEOs are moving beyond invincibility
As pressure on chief executives grows, long-held assumptions about toughness are being challenged. IMD’s Nele Dael explains why it is important for those at the top of organizations to be open about...
For future success, banks must respond strategically to these six shifts
A new report on the future of banking identifies six structural, powerful shifts affecting a bank’s ability to operate successfully over the coming decades. Bank leaders cannot afford to ignore them....
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