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Traveling into the future to find an antidote to antibiotic resistance

20 January 2025 • by Knut Haanaes, Carlos Cordon in Innovation • 8 min read

With millions of lives at risk, resistance to antibiotics is one of the most pressing health challenges of our time. Our ‘Future Back' approach to problem-solving could help find a cure....

How Haier works: How culture has shaped the world’s leading home appliance maker

16 September 2024 • by Daniel R. Denison , William A. Fischer in Innovation • 14 min read

An in-depth study into Haier’s RenDanHeYi philosophy reinforces how it enables business units to innovate and develop new products based on what customers need. ...

Future ready? A methodical approach will repay you

9 August 2024 • by Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan, Alexandre Sonderegger , Lawrence Tempel in Innovation • 7 min read

Singapore-based DBS bank was being shaken by nimble competitors from China, and it needed to change fast. But CEO Piyush Gupta knew that blowing a fortune on the latest technology was not...

Driving the Future: How NIO is resetting the standards of customer experience for premium brands

26 July 2024 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod, Rui Meng, Hui Zhang in Innovation • 6 min read

Never heard of NIO? Those who haven’t are set to become few and far between, as the electric vehicle (EV) maker continues its fast and furious rise into the world’s top premium...

By striving to be globally competitive, cities are defining the future

8 May 2024 • by Bruno Lanvin in Innovation • 7 min read

Whatever scenarios might be imagined about the next wave of globalization – from X, to Y, to Z – cities are striving to be future-ready. It is now clear that in doing...

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GenAI: The future belongs to those who pause and reflect

3 May 2024 • by Howard H. Yu in Innovation • 7 min read

As GenAI captures the world’s imagination, executives should remember that it takes time to create a future-proof company....

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Organizations must perform and transform to survive and thrive

18 March 2024 • by Howard H. Yu, Zhike Lei in Innovation • 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...

Five tips to make digital transformation work

11 January 2024 • by Thomas Moons in Innovation • 6 min read

All too many digital transformation projects fail to deliver on the commitments made in the business case. But thanks to a “launch and listen” approach, Shell has broken the mold when it...

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Tech, pharma, and fashion players ranked for future readiness

12 December 2023 • by Howard H. Yu in Innovation • 6 min read

As the latest IMD Future Readiness Indicator is published, we take a close look at the pioneers and innovators setting the stage for 2024. ...

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Why the future of AI marks the end of scenario planning

8 December 2023 • by Stefan Michel in Innovation • 7 min read

Forget about the “three horizons”. How artificial intelligence is going to affect everything is such a massive unknown that you need a whole new approach to strategizing for the future...

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