Nicholas Christakis
March 24, 2022 • by Katharina Lange in Podcasts • 1 min read • 
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Yale's Nicholas Christakis discusses his latest book with IMD Affiliate Professor of Leadership, Katharina Lange...
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Dangerous products recalled faster when women are on the board
March 24, 2022 • by Corinne Post, Kaitlin Wowak, George Ball, David J. Ketchen Jr in Governance • 6 min read
Pharmaceutical products with the most serious defects are recalled 28 days sooner with women in the boardroom, research shows....
Firms will need the tools to test every link in supply chain
March 23, 2022 • by Vivek Ramachandran in Magazine • 6 min read
Over the next decade, one of the most disruptive changes facing companies will be the need to take responsibility for every business in their supply chain, Vivek Ramachandran, CEO of Hong Kong-based...
Negotiation is a relationship, not a transaction
March 23, 2022 • by George Kohlrieser in Audio articles • 5 min read
Respect and empathy for the person sitting on the other side of the table is key if a negotiation is to be a success....
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Take the circular route to curbing over-production
March 21, 2022 • by Ralf Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem, Işık Biçer in Audio articles • 6 min read
Cutting lead times, incentivizing local production and repurposing excess stock would have a huge positive impact on the environment, explain Ralf W Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem and Işik Biçer...
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Supply chain crisis: steering a path through choppy waters
March 18, 2022 • by John Elkington, Louise Kjellerup Roper in Magazine • 6 min read
Responsible, resilient and regenerative supply chains are needed as we head into uncharted waters, argue John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper, founder and CEO respectively of the strategic advisory think tank Volans...
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Think globally, act locally: introducing change in a diverse world
March 17, 2022 • by Anand Rohini in Magazine • 22 min read
Homosexuality is illegal in 70 countries and women’s rights virtually non-existent in many others. So how can multinational organizations ensure that their values are consistent globally? Here we offer a way to...
What now for supply chains? Inflation, e-commerce and over-stocking are all driving change
March 17, 2022 • by Ralf Seifert, Richard Markoff in Audio articles • 5 min read
Economic growth is being driven in part by supply chain dynamics. The confluences of forces might bring about a new paradigm in supply chain inventory management and perception of excellence, say Ralf...
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Finding the good in people: how to recruit ethical employees
March 16, 2022 • by Liz Ritterbush in Audio articles • 19 min read
In an era of corporate scandals, hiring and maintaining an ethical workforce is vital. But a wide range of testing is needed if companies are to effectively weed out the bad apples....
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How Toyota’s approach to making cars can aid vaccine production in Africa
March 15, 2022 • by Hamieda Parker in Management • 5 min read
As African countries seek to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines, they are running into several obstacles including supply chain and quality control issues. Could Lean Thinking, a manufacturing ethos developed in...
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