Four lessons from women’s football for advancing gender equality
As the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off, we examine how the sports world can teach us to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in business...
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Navigating a world without a center: What the end of the postwar order means for business
To navigate this turbulence, business leaders must decentralize operations, plan for worst‑case scenarios, and embrace the new world order....
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Strategies to help women thrive as leaders
As more women take up leadership positions, the generalization that we lack confidence is cracking. And yet, as old stereotypes are challenged by new realities, some crucial misperceptions remain concerning the appearance...
Organizational innovation will be as important as technological innovation
July 14, 2023 • by Didier Bonnet in Innovation • 6 min read
To become fully digital businesses, companies will have to overhaul ways of working to become simpler, more adaptive, and empower front-line decision-making, says Didier Bonnet....
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Marketing was the child of globalization but will be the parent of sustainability
Marketing often gets a bad rap due to its association with the excesses of capitalism, but it can play an important role in driving more sustainable business practices and consumption patterns, says...
How to build a positive "stress mindset", with Alyson Meister
July 13, 2023 • by Alyson Meister in Management Cast • 2 min read • 
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Alyson Meister discusses positive attitudes to stress, how to use threats to your advantage, and ways of turning pressure into constructive energy...
Don’t put profit before freedom, activist warns business leaders
July 12, 2023 in Leadership • 7 min read
Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk, in an interview with I by IMD at the St Gallen Symposium, implored business leaders to stop taking their democratic freedoms for granted and to look...
How to avoid an own goal when defining limits of free speech
July 11, 2023 • by Michael Skapinker in Audio articles • 6 min read
The lines between our public, professional, and private lives – and opinions – have blurred in the age of social media. How can organizations manage the tension between freedom of expression and...
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The adaptable financial giants ready to catch the next wave
July 10, 2023 • by Howard Yu in Audio articles • 5 min read
‘Future-ready’ companies such as Mastermind and Visa are always prepared to pivot quickly to take advantage of the latest trends....
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