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Knut Haanaes is a former Dean of the Global Leadership Institute at the World Economic Forum. He was previously a Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group and founded their first sustainability practice. At IMD he teaches in many of the key programs, including the MBA, and is Co-Director of the Leading Sustainable Business Transformation program (LSBT) and the Driving Sustainability from the Boardroom (DSB) program. His research interests are related to strategy, digital transformation, and sustainability.
January 24, 2025 • by David Bach, Simon J. Evenett, Öykü Işık, Arturo Bris, Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes, Sophie Bacq, Jennifer Jordan, Sarah E. Toms, Natalia Olynec in 2025 Trends • 13 min read
Business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum sought to block out the political noise and focus on what’s happening in the real economy....
January 20, 2025 • by Knut Haanaes, Carlos Cordon in Future readiness • 8 min read
With millions of lives at risk, resistance to antibiotics is one of the most pressing health challenges of our time. Our ‘Future Back' approach to problem-solving could help find a cure....
January 17, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in I by IMD Book Club • 7 min read
IMD's Julia Binder and Knut Haanaes explore how aligning purpose with profit, fostering innovation, and building resilience, can help companies embed sustainability into business strategy....
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