How to thrive in the time of turmoil: from soaring costs to supply chain bottlenecks and labor shortages
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14 hours ago • by Tomoko Yokoi, Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 9 min read
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a core driver of innovation in the pharmaceutical industry, with its most established applications in R&D. Leading companies use AI across the development pipeline to enhance speed...
Continue readingOctober 26, 2021 in Leadership • 5 min read
Executives can break the gloom and fortify their business against disruption by adopting these risk strategies....
October 25, 2021 • by Niccolò Pisani in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
To insulate yourself from future market disruptions, it is critical to build flexibility into every aspect of your organization....
October 22, 2021 • by Benoit F. Leleux, Loïc Godail in Sustainability • 6 min read
Lundin Energy’s longstanding commitment to sustainability was challenged by an oil price war and the slump caused by the pandemic. Here’s how the company rose to the challenge....
October 22, 2021 • by Howard H. Yu in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
We have studied companies that were more successful during the pandemic to identify what they were doing differently. To test if you are doing the right things to be future-ready, you should...
October 21, 2021 • by Niccolò Pisani in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Understanding the environment around you may seem like one of the most obvious aspects of developing a strategy, but often when you have a blind spot, you don’t know it....
October 21, 2021 • by Jim Pulcrano, Patrick Reinmoeller in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
Could innovation save the airline industry? Jim and Patrick look to the world of entrepreneurs and investors, to find out...
October 21, 2021 • by Bin Li in Asian hub • 4 min read
The first online loan products for SMEs in China to be offered through mobile channels come thanks to the country’s recent fintech revolution. We spoke to Bin Li, Chief Researcher of Fintech...
October 20, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
You can think of data in a very similar way to a physical product, and that comes with a number of ethical issues including how it is sourced, transported, sold, packaged, and...
October 20, 2021 • by Xiang Bing in Asian hub • 16 min read
Since 1979, the market economy and global free competition has created unprecedented economic development and wealth creation. However, this has also led to massively uneven distribution of income and wealth, a decline...
October 19, 2021 • by Howard H. Yu in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
It is important to be in front of any major changes coming to your industry. There are signs you can look for that will signal if change is underway and you have...
October 19, 2021 in CEO Dialogue Series • 9 min read
Gilbert Achermann has taken on both roles with the Swiss dental group, giving him an insight into how to make the relationship between the two work well...
October 18, 2021 • by Patrick Reichert in Finance • 6 min read
To make social enterprise financially viable, investors should optimize subsidy design...
October 18, 2021 • by Niccolò Pisani in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Executives now take the possibility of things like supply chain disruptions far more seriously than they previously did. When you perceive risks and disruptions as real and likely threats, it shapes our...
October 15, 2021 • by David Bach in Human Resources • 7 min read
An alarming rise in loneliness is damaging our health, our communities and the bottom line. Having convinced themselves of the benefits of remote working, companies must not lose sight of the importance...
October 15, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Innovation • 5 min read
Despite some ethical concerns, leaders must know how to tap new capabilities to transform their businesses...
October 14, 2021 in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
Edwin Keh speaks with Janice Wang, The CEO of Alvanon, a global fashion innovations and product development company...
October 14, 2021 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis, Danny Miller, Roberto Barontini in Family business • 6 min read
Analysis shows that family firms on average grew 2% more than non-family firms...




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