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Michael R Wade is TONOMUS Professor of Strategy and Digital at IMD and Director of the TONOMUS Global Center for Digital and AI Transformation. He directs a number of open programs such as Leading Digital and AI Transformation, Digital Transformation for Boards, Leading Digital Execution, Digital Transformation Sprint, Digital Transformation in Practice, Business Creativity and Innovation Sprint. He has written 10 books, hundreds of articles, and hosted popular management podcasts including Mike & Amit Talk Tech. In 2021, he was inducted into the Swiss Digital Shapers Hall of Fame.
July 6, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 6 min read
Experiments with different working patterns have been hit and miss, but the potential of generative AI offers a radical new way forward for productivity, employment, and employee happiness...
June 22, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
Amit Joshi & Mike Wade discuss why quantum computing now faces an engineering problem, and what the future holds for lightspeed processing power...
June 8, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
Mike & Amit discuss whether killer apps really help us to make enough climate-friendly decisions, or if "sustainable tech" a contradiction in terms...
May 18, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
Professor Mike Wade explains why we're in an "autonomous driving winter", and AI authority Amit Joshi, tells us why the last stage of self-driving development will require a lot more investment...
May 11, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade in Technology • 7 min read
We need a new type of leader for the digital age says Michael Wade, Professor of Innovation and Strategy & Cisco Chair in Digital Business Transformation. However, they should not discard their...
May 8, 2023 • by Jialu Shan, Michael R. Wade in Strategy • 6 min read
IMD’s Global Center for Digital Business Transformation has released its biennial Digital Vortex research highlighting sectors exposed to digital disruption, while confirming that the phenomenon is present in all areas...
May 4, 2023 • by Amit M. Joshi, Michael R. Wade in Business transformation • 2 min read • Podcast available
Michael Wade & Amit Joshi discuss the legacy of Moore's Law, the future of processing power, and the chicken-and-egg question of tech...
April 20, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
In episode three, Mike and Amit explore how digital spaces are developing and whether companies will need a 'Metaverse strategy' to compete in tomorrow's economy...
April 6, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
In episode 2 of Mike and Amit Talk Tech, these two award-winning professors ask whether tech 3.0 will live up to the hype; or whether it's a pipe dream...
March 23, 2023 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Mike & Amit Talk Tech • 2 min read • Podcast available
New digital services and technologies are released all the time, and every so often, one comes along that hits the viral jackpot. But is ChatGPT here to stay?...
March 15, 2023 • by Massimo Marcolivio, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 5 min read
Michael Wade and Massimo Marcolivio propose four categories of KPIs to measure and track digital transformation....
December 7, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Tomoko Yokoi in Governance • 6 min read
Digital ethics boards can help companies navigate tricky ethical issues as they innovate – provided they are carefully planned, say Tomoko Yokoi and Michael Wade at IMD Business School...
November 18, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade in CEO Circle • 6 min read
The world’s largest technology companies have delivered stellar growth, but the good times may prove their eventual undoing, argues Mike Wade, Professor of Innovation and Strategy at IMD Business School & Cisco...
August 16, 2022 • by Cyril Bouquet, Michael R. Wade, Jean-Louis Barsoux in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
For business leaders who seek the holy grail of innovation there is good news on the horizon: introducing the ALIEN framework – an innovative way of thinking that can be taught and...
July 5, 2022 • by Arnaud Chevallier, Michael R. Wade, Lars Häggström in Audio articles • 6 min read
A series of global shocks has made effective decision making incredibly difficult. Our experts offer three practical steps to get the balance right....
June 17, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Massimo Marcolivio in Innovation • 10 min read
Digital transformation initiatives often fail because they lack clear objectives. Michael Wade and Massimo Marcolivio explain how to communicate the ‘good numbers’....
February 15, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 8 min read
In an I by IMD interview, Barbara Martin Coppola, Chief Digital Officer of IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) explains how she is helping to take the company, famous for its out-of-town stores and...
February 8, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Jialu Shan in Innovation • 7 min read
The fashion brand for young people is enjoying enormous success by focusing on its core market and delivering its value promises in style....
February 4, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit M. Joshi in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
We have identified six key principles that contribute to strategic ability. Test where you stand on it....
January 26, 2022 • by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Audio articles • 9 min read
The biotech firm’s innovative approach to COVID-19 vaccines demonstrates the three critical shifts needed to boost the chances of radical innovation....
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