Michael R. Wade

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Chat GPT: Hype or reality?

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?...

The measurement of digital transformation performance

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....

The cultural solution to big tech’s ethics problem

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...

Victims of their own success

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...

Learn the five principles required for innovative thinking

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...

In uncertain times, it pays to keep your options open

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....

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A taxonomy of 24 digital transformation KPIs

June 17, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Massimo Marcolivio in Innovation • 11 min read

Digital transformation initiatives often fail because they lack clear objectives. Michael Wade and Massimo Marcolivio explain how to communicate the ‘good numbers’....

Unpacking the digital transformation at IKEA

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...

Shein shows that you can be disruptive without disruption

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....

Six questions to test your company’s agility

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....

Lessons from BioNTech’s unorthodox path to breakthrough solutions

January 26, 2022 • by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Audio articles • 10 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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Focus on execution for digital transformation at scale

December 15, 2021 • by Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade, Tomoko Yokoi in Library • 5 min read

Expert advice for tackling the shortcomings in digital business model transformations...

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What every start-up can learn from Frank Gehry, the extreme experimenter

November 19, 2021 • by Jean-Louis Barsoux, Cyril Bouquet, Michael R. Wade in Audio articles • 6 min read

Too much focus on validation can stifle flexibility and open-mindedness – qualities essential for innovation. The world-renowned architect, now in his nineties, is a case study in how to do things differently....

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Three questions to help you manage corporate digital responsibility

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...

How to think about data as a commodity with similar ethical issues

October 13, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

In terms of sustainability data and physical commodities are similar, and companies need to start considering them in similar ways when it comes to ethics and responsibility....

Four things you need to ask about your corporate digital responsibility plan

October 12, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

You need to have a CDR plan, either as part of or separate from your overall sustainability strategy. To evaluate where your company is currently at in terms of CDR, you should...

The four components of digital corporate responsibility

October 7, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Corporate digital responsibility (CDR) is a set of practices and behaviors that help an organization to use data and digital technologies in a way that is socially, economically, technically, and environmentally responsible....

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Corporate Digital Responsibility: the next ethical frontier

October 1, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 6 min read

There have been two megatrends that have dominated the last decade: digitization and ethics and sustainability, but so far there have been few points of intersection between these two trends, largely because...

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Five questions to help you choose the right digital governance model

September 16, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade, Didier Bonnet in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Choosing a digital governance model is a critical part of a digital transformation strategy. Research has indicated that governance is a key driver of financial performance for businesses that have undergone successful...

Four ways to be an agile leader in a disruptive environment

July 13, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Our research found that effective leaders in environments characterized by significant disruption shared some common characteristics, and labeled them as agile leaders....

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