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				<title>IMD AI Safety Clock moves closer to midnight as agentic AI goes mainstream and AI is weaponized</title>
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				<dc:creator>Michael R. Wade, Konstantinos Trantopoulos </dc:creator>
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				<title>AI and the CFO: Financial leadership in the AI era</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>AI bubble or real shift? How leaders can prepare for what&#8217;s next</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Strategic leapfrogging:  Moving past AI maturity models with diagnostic precision</title>
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				<dc:creator>Faisal Hoque, Paul Scade </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The Ermotti succession: How UBS can transform a leadership transition into strategic advantage</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Six lessons shaping the future of family offices </title>
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				<dc:creator>Faisal Hoque, Paul Scade , Pranay Sanklecha</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How one Japanese insurance behemoth future-proofed its leadership pipeline</title>
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				<dc:creator>Patrick Reinmoeller</dc:creator>
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				<title>From pilot to implementation at scale: Insights from the world’s most AI mature companies </title>
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				<dc:creator>Tomoko Yokoi, Michael R. Wade</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What do those who foresaw the 2008 financial crisis expect today?</title>
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				<dc:creator>Eric Matt</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Why AI ethics is now a competitive advantage</title>
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				<dc:creator>Tomoko Yokoi, Michael R. Wade</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Andreas Rothacher, Karl Schmedders</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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