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May 1, 2026 • by Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 8 min read
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Continue readingMarch 16, 2021 • by Anand Narasimhan in Leadership • 10 min read
Taking on a new role as director of the Van Gogh Museum was always going to be a challenge, but Emilie Gordenker’s task was made even tougher by the pandemic...
March 16, 2021 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 8 min read
As a successful yacht racer Mark Turner knows that one tiny slip can prove fatal, but in business he believes taking risks and making mistakes should be encouraged....
March 16, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in Competitiveness • 5 min read
Competitiveness The great dictators and what we can learn from their handling of the pandemic by Arturo BrisPublished 16 March 2021 in Competitiveness It will be a few years before we will...
March 15, 2021 • by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Audio articles • 6 min read
Demis Hassabis created the algorithms that crushed the world’s finest chess and Go players. But now it’s time to get serious as the DeepMind co-founder and CEO takes on his biggest challenge...
March 15, 2021 in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read
Equity and inclusion make good business sense, says Ilham Kadri, CEO of the Belgian chemicals group Solvay....
March 11, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade, Andrew Tarling, Rainer Neubauer in Innovation • 3 min read
What does it mean to be an effective leader in an environment characterized by increasing digital disruption?...
March 11, 2021 • by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff in Leadership • 8 min read
From Black Power to Black Lives Matter, political activism has long played a part in sport. But only now are major sponsors happy to getinvolved. Here’s why it’s time for your organization...
March 10, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Leadership • 4 min read
Ideas are not the same as opportunities. Starting a new venture requires time and effort. But this seemingly obvious statement has led to confusion among entrepreneurs and academics....
March 10, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins, Janet Spencer in Innovation • 6 min read
Most major organizational change ends in failure. How can you beat the odds and be successful?...
March 10, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Family business • 6 min read
Family businesses traditionally pull together to survive a crisis, but the dramatic impact of the pandemic has brought even the strongest to their knees. They will have to developnew skills to adapt...
March 10, 2021 • by Dominique Turpin in Strategy • 5 min read
From the opportunities presented by digital marketing to the hazards of failing to grasp that brand transparency is now a crucial marketing asset, here are seven trends that are increasingly impacting your...
March 10, 2021 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff in Leadership • 5 min read
Supply chains have been under intense pressure over the course of the pandemic. What can we learn from the shocks they have experienced and the resilience they have displayed?...
March 10, 2021 • by Lindiwe Matlali in Finance • 8 min read
It’s not a lack of talent but a lack of opportunity that is holding back Africans, argues Lindiwe Matlali, the leading light in a not-for-profit organization which helps young people to reach...
March 8, 2021 • by Philip Rosenzweig in I by IMD Book Club • 3 min read
In a world of 24-hour news cycles, podcasts and webinars, Tweets and Ted Talks, is there still a role for books? The answer, of course, is: Yes....
March 8, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade in Management • 1 min read • Podcast available
The corporate world is full of platitudes about management and leadership that form a kind of accepted wisdom about how things are done in business....
March 5, 2021 • by Josef Joffe in Leadership • 5 min read
Facebook and Twitter used their unbridled power to silence President Trump, but rationing thought, however hateful, is bad for liberal democracy, argues Josef Joffe....
March 5, 2021 • by Öykü Işık in Innovation • 10 min read
During lockdown, families have turned to PlayStation, Xbox and Twitch in ever increasing numbers. That’s good for business, but there is a social cost and the regulators are circling, reports Öykü Işık...




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January 22, 2026 • by Shelley Zalis in The Female Quotient
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