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While a CTO can set the pace for change, the responsibility for transforming and driving performance should ultimately be a core competency of every manager....

November 6, 2025 • by Goutam Challagalla in Business transformation • 3 min read
Unlock GenAI’s full potential by going deep and narrow: focus on strategic opportunities, lasting advantage, and meaningful impact over quick wins....
Continue readingMay 2, 2024 • by Sarena Lin in Business transformation • 8 min read
While a CTO can set the pace for change, the responsibility for transforming and driving performance should ultimately be a core competency of every manager....
March 18, 2024 • by Howard H. Yu, Zhike Lei in Business transformation • 8 min read
The most successful future-ready organizations operate on dual horizons. They continue to perform while transforming and exploiting their core business. They do this by driving efficiencies and continuous improvement while exploring new...
March 7, 2024 • by Jialu Shan, Michael R. Wade in Business transformation • 10 min read
How ready is the financial services industry to benefit from digital disruption? Findings from the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation’s Digital Vortex survey....
February 8, 2024 • by Mark J. Greeven in Business transformation • 8 min read
Maturing mega- tech companies get to grips with boosting revenues and controlling costs as growth rates plateau. The future landscape could see a reshuffle, as long-term investment in R&D by less high-profile...
February 6, 2024 • by Camilla Erencin, Simon J. Evenett, Alexander Gruber, Felix Reitz in Business transformation • 4 min read
We examine whether China’s tremendous economic growth this century is reflected in significant economic profitmaking by its firms....
January 23, 2024 in Business transformation • 9 min read
Anticipating rising raw material costs, Tata Steel’s CEO & Managing Director TV Narendran tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how he introduced a change management process to instill a culture of future readiness...
January 22, 2024 • by Bettina Büchel in Business transformation • 5 min read
Fully owning the process allows organizations to develop a systematic approach to problem-solving and managing change...
November 8, 2023 • by Howard H. Yu in Business transformation • 4 min read
Are you doing the right things to make your company future-ready? My research suggests you should be asking these four questions to find out. We studied companies that were more successful getting...
October 19, 2023 • by Faisal Hoque in Business transformation • 8 min read
In this month’s I by IMD Book Club, best-selling author Faisal Hoque explains how the concepts in his new book, Reinvent: Navigating Business Transformation in a Hyperdigital Era, can help us all...
October 3, 2023 • by Sophie Bacq, Ruth V. Aguilera in Business transformation • 7 min read
Responsible innovation hinges on wholly new governance mechanisms. In our study, recipient of the Journal of Management Studies 2022 Best Paper Award, we argue that you need to reframe value creation in...
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