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Reinventing success: What Olympic champion Oliver Zeidler is learning about leadership

November 3, 2025 • by Susan Goldsworthy in The Interview • 7 min read

Olympic champion Oliver Zeidler shares how resilience, reinvention, and a beginner’s mindset shaped his journey from sports to MBA and leadership growth....

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Zhou Yunjie: Haier's innovative management model drives global growth

March 11, 2025 • by Mark J. Greeven in The Interview • 8 min read

Haier's CEO Zhou Yunjie explains how the company's innovative "RenDanHeYi" model empowers employees, drives global growth, and adapts to market changes....

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The Tolaram family enterprise on building and sustaining a legacy over 75 years

February 12, 2025 • by Marleen Dieleman in The Interview • 8 min read

Tolaram, the Singapore-headquartered family business, has global interests in logistics, consumer goods, and technology. Family members Mohan Vaswani and Sajen Aswani discuss the company’s values-based system of meritocracy, the family’s move to...

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Keeping business and family in balance to create a multigenerational enterprise

January 14, 2025 • by Peter Vogel in The Interview • 8 min read

In conversation with IMD's Peter Vogel, Bruce Grossman, a fourth-generation family business owner, discusses his achievements and shortcomings in creating frameworks to unite the family business....

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The Carvajal family on creating centuries-long success over six generations – and counting

December 3, 2024 • by Peter Vogel in The Interview • 8 min read

Cristina Carvajal, President of one of Latin America’s most respected family enterprises, discusses the benefits of having a family member as the CEO of the family business....

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Collina's rules of the game for quick decision-making

October 25, 2024 • by Didier Bonnet in The Interview • 6 min read

Legendary football referee Pierluigi Collina is interviewed by IMD's Didier Bonnet....

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Brian Eno and the art of imposing boundaries

October 8, 2024 • by Didier Bonnet, Brian Eno in The Interview • 9 min read

Brian Eno talks to IMD's Didier Bonnet about how to unleash the most unexpected innovations....

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Lessons in digital transformation from aerospace engineering

October 1, 2024 • by Didier Bonnet in The Interview • 7 min read

Aerospace veteran Mike Ambrose shares his insights on pulling off a successful digital transformation in one of the world's most complex industries....

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Climeworks’ Jan Huckfeldt: ‘Direct Air Capture technology alone is not going to save us’

September 26, 2024 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in The Interview • 7 min read

Chief Commercial Officer Jan Huckfeldt talks to Stéphane JG Girod about why organizations need to take urgent action to reduce and remove carbon emissions....

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Creating value by cutting carbon

September 17, 2024 • by Albrecht Enders in The Interview • 6 min read

Lena Hök, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Innovation at Skanska, explains how being a forerunner on sustainability has helped it set industry standards and win customers....

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