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Being more deliberate about how you spend your work breaks can boost energy, focus, and morale, say Bonnie Hayden Cheng and Alyson Meister. Here they outline five strategies to help you effectively...

January 27, 2026 • by Julia Binder in Strategy • 2 min read
Holcim’s Ram Muthu on circularity, EU regulation, and what it really takes to decarbonize cement at industrial scale....
Continue readingJune 30, 2023 • by Bonnie Hayden Cheng , Alyson Meister in Strategy • 9 min read
Being more deliberate about how you spend your work breaks can boost energy, focus, and morale, say Bonnie Hayden Cheng and Alyson Meister. Here they outline five strategies to help you effectively...
June 26, 2023 • by Richard Baldwin in Strategy • 5 min read
The future of trade is intermediate services, says Professor of International Economics Richard Baldwin – and this is good news for workers in emerging markets...
June 26, 2023 • by Julia Binder in Strategy • 6 min read
In the fifth of a series of practical guides for organizations on sustainability, Julia Binder, IMD’s Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation, explains how to carry out a materiality assessment –...
June 22, 2023 • by Amit M. Joshi in Strategy • 6 min read
Now that the dust is starting to settle on the hype surrounding ChatGPT, how can executives leverage generative AI tools without overshooting or falling foul of the pitfalls?...
June 15, 2023 • by Amit M. Joshi, Magali Deloof , Henriëtte Hoving in Strategy • 7 min read
To unlock commercial value from their data, businesses have been scrambling to hire data scientists, who are in short supply. Could many of their skills and activities be commoditized?...
June 13, 2023 • by James E. Henderson in Strategy • 7 min read
Nespresso’s Chief Executive Guillaume Le Cunff explains how he counters greenwashing claims with facts, full transparency, and partnerships with NGOs....
June 13, 2023 • by Nirmalya Kumar in Strategy • 6 min read
More than 20-years after his best-selling case study on easyJet was first published, Nirmalya Kumar reflects on the decisions and actions that helped the startup grow into one of Europe’s leading low-cost...
June 9, 2023 • by Robert Hooijberg in Strategy • 6 min read
Employees are coming under increasing pressure to return to the office full time. But could organizations benefit from a more flexible approach?...
June 8, 2023 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz, Peter Vogel in Strategy • 9 min read
Philanthropy can have a powerful galvanizing effect on the broader family business ecosystem – but extracting the greatest benefit requires making trade-offs...
June 2, 2023 • by Maik Meusel , Karl Schmedders, Maude Lavanchy in Strategy • 5 min read
Amid stock and bond market turbulence, a new asset category is catching the eye of investors. Maude Lavanchy, Maik Meusel and Karl Schmedders explain the opportunities and the risks....
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