Michael R. Wade

How Coca-Cola’s business-first approach beat the digital transformation odds

3 March 2025 • by Michael R. Wade, Massimo Marcolivio in Technology • 5 min read

With most digital transformation initiatives ending in failure, we explore the formula behind Coca-Cola Eurasia and Middle East’s success. ...

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Why leaders need an ethical framework for AI

24 February 2025 • by Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 7 min read

Business leaders need to ensure that their organizations consider all AI-related decisions and operations through an ethical lens, warns IMD’s Michael Wade. ...

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Do you know your CPU from your GPU? Test your knowledge of AI terminology 

12 February 2025 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi, José Parra Moyano in Brain Circuits • 6 min read

Buzzwords and acronyms abound in the world of AI and seem to be multiplying faster than new model releases. Here are three questions to test your ability to talk tech (and a...

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How to resolve the five trade-offs of AI

6 February 2025 • by Michael R. Wade, Sarah E. Toms, Amit M. Joshi, Michael D. Watkins in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

The democratization of AI can bring great productivity and efficiency gains, but it also poses significant risks. Michael R. Wade, Sarah E. Toms, Amit M. Joshi, and Michael D. Watkins identify five key strategic tensions...

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AI x Sustainability: The new innovation engine

4 February 2025 • by Julia Binder, Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized as a driver of productivity, while sustainability, despite its benefits to the environment, is often seen as a cost burden. When combined, however, we believe they...

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How to become a digital sustainability leader in 5 steps

20 January 2025 • by Michael R. Wade, Evangelos Syrigos in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Companies that excel in both digital and sustainable transformation attract a stock market premium – but how do you tap into that value? Here’s a five-step guide to outperforming your competitors. ...

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Predictions for 2024....How did we do?

20 December 2024 • by Robert Hooijberg, Arturo Bris, David Bach, José Parra Moyano, Michael R. Wade, Julia Binder, Howard H. Yu, Simon J. Evenett, Alyson Meister, Salvatore Cantale, Stefan Michel in 2024 trends • 11 min read

At the end of last year, IMD professors outlined their expert predictions for 2024. Read on to find out who was proved wonderfully right by events, and whose crystal ball was occluded...

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IMD’s AI Safety Clock ticks closer to midnight

18 December 2024 • by Konstantinos Trantopoulos , Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 10 min read

Breakthroughs in agentic AI, open-source development, and closer collaboration between AI companies and the defense sector have significantly raised the AI risk profile. These developments have compelled us to advance the AI...

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The leading companies in artificial intelligence may surprise you

12 November 2024 • by Tomoko Yokoi, Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 5 min read

Michael Wade and Tomoko Yokoi explain how IMD ranked the world’s leading companies on AI adoption and use – and reveal which topped the list...

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Management myth-busters: Does culture really eat strategy for breakfast?

8 November 2024 • by Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Culture eats strategy for breakfast is one of the most enduring truisms of management. But is it really the case? And what is culture anyway? ...

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The launch of the AI Safety Clock

7 November 2024 • by Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 1 min read • Podcast available

Mike & Amit discuss how to evaluate the progress of Artificial Intelligence using real-time technological and regulatory changes...

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AI on the brink: how close are we to losing control?

4 November 2024 • by Michael R. Wade in Artificial Intelligence • 7 min read

As AI advances at a breakneck pace, IMD’s new AI Safety Clock warns we’re nearing a critical tipping point. With regulation lagging, can we keep AI under control before it’s too late?...

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Harnessing the power of the outsider perspective

24 October 2024 • by Jean-Louis Barsoux, Cyril Bouquet, Michael R. Wade in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 7 min read

The story of Patricia Bath, the inventor of modern cataract surgery and the first African American woman to receive a medical patent, highlights the power of the outsider perspective. ...

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What kind of leader are you ?

11 October 2024 • by Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Tradition and emergent types vary greatly; both have advantages and disadvantages. Take this short questionnaire to see where you are on the spectrum of old-school vs new-era leader – and how to...

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Do you really need a chief AI officer?

4 October 2024 • by Ann-Christin Andersen , Achim Plueckebaum, Michael R. Wade, Anja Lagodny, Corinne Avelines in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Hiring a Chief AI Officer is all the rage, but not all organizations need such a role. Whether yours does will depend largely on where you are at in terms of working...

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Defence tech: From TNT to AI

22 August 2024 • by Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available

Mike & Amit discuss what will war look like in the world of tomorrow...

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Driving transformation by creating disequilibrium 

6 August 2024 • by Michael R. Wade in The Interview • 7 min read

Michael Wade interviews Hamilton Mann, a top executive at European defense group Thales....

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How Silicon Valley firms are putting the “AI” in retail

25 July 2024 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 1 min read • Podcast available

Mike and Amit discuss what makes retail tech successful – and what your shopping experience may look like in years to come...

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Tech & Sports: Could your next coach be a computer?

23 July 2024 • by Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available

As AI is applied to ever more tech, the era of health apps may soon be replaced by something altogether more powerful...

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Digital sustainability: It pays to be a leader, not a laggard 

17 July 2024 • by Michael R. Wade, Evangelos Syrigos in Competitiveness • 13 min read

Companies that excel in both digital and sustainable transformation attract a stock market premium, according to research. So, how do you tap into that value? ...

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