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IMDβs AI Safety Clock shows tension between rapidly expanding artificial intelligence capabilities and lack of meaningful oversight, raising risk. ...
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Contextual variability can be a roadblock to successful use of artificial intelligence, say Carlos Cordon and Amin Kaboli....
January 26, 2022 β’ by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Innovation β’ 9 min read
The biotech firmβs innovative approach to COVID-19 vaccines demonstrates the three critical shifts needed to boost the chances of radical innovation....
January 24, 2022 β’ by Fabienne Lupo in Innovation β’ 5 min read
The pandemic badly hit the βsalons', the traditional way in which luxury brands do business, but donβt write them off yet....
January 5, 2022 in Innovation β’ 5 min read
With vaccination rates now accelerating across Asia, the region will top the worldβs growth league in 2022. IMD picks five trends to watch in the regionβs key countries....
January 3, 2022 in Innovation β’ 4 min read
Action to stem greenhouse gas emissions will accelerate, forcing businesses to internalize the cost of their actions, say experts in strategy, sustainability and finance....
November 29, 2021 β’ by Louise Muhdi in Innovation β’ 9 min read
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many of the trends driving a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment. This framework and checklist will help you future-proof your organization so that it...
November 19, 2021 β’ by Jean-Louis Barsoux, Cyril Bouquet, Michael R. Wade in Innovation β’ 6 min read
Too much focus on validation can stifle flexibility and open-mindedness β qualities essential for innovation. The world-renowned architect, now in his nineties, is a case study in how to do things differently....
October 15, 2021 β’ by Patrick Reinmoeller in Innovation β’ 5 min read
Despite some ethical concerns, leaders must know how to tap new capabilities to transform their businesses...
October 6, 2021 β’ by Mary-Anne Williams in Innovation β’ 7 min read
Researchers have developed a machine learning-based system that acts as a skills matchmaker to assist with the process of effective job transitions....
October 4, 2021 in Innovation β’ 5 min read
CEO Tim Knotnerus is laser-focused on bringing potentially life-changing regenerative drugs to market and relies on a passion for improving people's lives to see him through the many disappointments....
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