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Trade turbulence in 2026: Strategic priorities for global business

December 30, 2025 • by Richard Baldwin, Carlos Cordon, Simon J Evenett in Geopolitics • 9 min read

As trade policies and geopolitics shift at speed, agility becomes a competitive advantage, IMD experts share what leaders must focus on in 2026....

Sustainability trends businesses must watch in 2026

December 29, 2025 • by Frédéric Dalsace, Goutam Challagalla, Julia Binder, Florian Hoos, Sara Ratti, Adrian Dellecker, Howard Yu, Michael R. Wade, Vanina Farber, Karl Schmedders in Energy • 12 min read

In 2026, sustainability moves from lofty ambition to hard-nosed execution, driving resilience, competitiveness, and real business value. From circularity to AI-enabled energy systems and sustainable product design, IMD experts see action taking...

2026 AI trends: What leaders need to know to stay competitive

December 26, 2025 • by Mark Greeven, José Parra Moyano, Michael R. Wade, Amit Joshi, Jialu Shan, Didier Bonnet, Robert Hooijberg in Artificial Intelligence • 8 min read

Is your organization AI-ready? IMD professors and researchers predict 2026 trends in artificial intelligence. Read on and prepare to innovate – or be left behind. ...

In 2026, what matters to luxury brands is not what will happen, it’s how they adapt

December 23, 2025 • by Stéphane JG Girod in Consumer Goods • 10 min read

The strategies that drove the recent luxury boom are now its constraint. As demand polarizes and competition intensifies, growth must be constructed, not expected....

China’s 2026 playbook: Redefining global tech, industry, and governance

December 22, 2025 • by Mark Greeven in Asian hub • 8 min read

As China enters its 15th Five-Year Plan period in 2026, its push to hardwire innovation, resilience, and security into economic strategy marks a turning point. From vertical AI and regionalized industry clusters...

Stay or go? The career dilemma at year’s end

December 19, 2025 • by José Caballero, Silke Mischke in Talent • 5 min read

With hiring slowing and workers wary of losing pay or flexibility, many people are weighing whether to move jobs or hold steady. Two IMD experts debate the risks and rewards of quitting...

Connecting every corner of South Africa

December 19, 2025 • by I by IMD in Featured content • 5 min read

South Africa is building a national digital highway to close the divide—bringing affordable, reliable broadband to underserved communities and every citizen by 2030....

Workplace trends for 2026: Preparing for the new labor market reality

December 18, 2025 • by Bettina Schaller Bossert in Talent • 8 min read

Organizations in 2026 must cope with workplace flexibility demands, inclusion imperatives, agentic AI job displacement, workforce AI training gaps, and talent mobility restrictions while building resilient human capital strategies....

How to read your risk barometer (for better decision-making under pressure)

December 18, 2025 • by Francesca-Giulia Mereu in Brain Circuits • 4 min read

Tired? Stressed? Important deadline looming? Your brain doesn’t just soldier on unchanged – it responds in ways you may not even notice. This means that your inner state is quietly influencing every...

Longevity: Three trends that redefine how we live and work

December 17, 2025 • by Nele Dael, Alyson Meister in Competitiveness • 12 min read

The idea of a three-stage life – school, work, retirement – is rapidly being pensioned off. Here we explore the options for a world where people will routinely live in good health...

The human change challenge: How Sanofi gets workforce buy-in for AI