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How to reassure people about AI: A checklist for CHROs

September 10, 2026 • by Amit Joshi in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

CHROs can help businesses move past mistrust of AI and support workforce adoption. Ask yourself these six questions to make sure you’re easing the way and not piling on top-down pressure. ...

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Is your leadership machinery impeding progress for women?

September 9, 2026 • by Ginka Toegel in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Uncover how redesigning leadership machinery removes systemic barriers to women in leadership with measurable governance and sponsorship....

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Reconciling the rift: A playbook for toxic workplaces

September 8, 2026 • by Robert Vilkelis in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Learn how to disrupt executive echo chambers, align KPIs, and restore trust with a systemic approach to toxic workplaces....

Do you know how to create new products from your old knowledge?

September 3, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Alfredo De Massis shows how to tap into existing ideas and knowledge to innovate and stay competitive....

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When in Rome, be yourself: Career advice from the experts

September 2, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Robert Hooijberg, Alyson Meister, Michael Watkins, John R. Weeks, Stefan Michel, Howard H. Yu in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Explore career advice from IMD experts: align strengths with your purpose, play the long game, and make authentic, impactful choices....

Using AI as a sounding board to strengthen communication

Three tips to start using AI as a communications sounding board

September 1, 2026 • by Katharina Lange, José Parra Moyano in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Learn how AI-powered feedback can boost executive coaching: three concrete tips to improve tone, word choice, and cultural insight....

yellow canary in a dark coal mine illustrates how employee dissent and behavioral friction can reveal deeper organizational problems

Is your employee really difficult – or the canary in the coal mine?

August 27, 2026 • by Robert Vilkelis in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Dissent signals are data. Shift from blaming individuals to diagnosing the system, using friction to reveal operational bottlenecks....

Three glass panels reveal a landscape with increasing clarity, representing how businesses identify signals, interpret information and turn insight into action for successful growth

Are you practicing the three key steps to scaling up?

August 25, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Silvia Sanasi in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Learn how fintech scale-ups turned insights into action via scoping, sensemaking, and enabling, plus a structured checklist for growth....

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Does your board meet these seven sustainability tests?

August 20, 2026 • by Matthias Altendorf in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Explore seven sustainability tests that help boards align initiatives with value creation, resilience, and long-term corporate longevity...

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How to think like an optimist (and why you should)

August 18, 2026 • by Dorotea Brandin in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Discover how to think like an optimist and empower your team with proactive and constructive responses to uncertainty....

Is your leadership energizing or enervating?