Turn uncertainty into a strength with scenarios
By offering different possible versions of the future, leaders can get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions....
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Leading in turbulent times
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Join us as we explore diverse issues from digital supply chain transformation to mental health in the workplace in a series of webinars led by our professors. Discussing topics from leadership to strategy to team building, our experts share insights into how to survive and thrive in the current pandemic situation, as well as the implications this uncertainty carries across industries.
These complementary sessions are held live every second Friday at 11am CET on Zoom. They are then available on our website, accompanied by in-depth articles that explore the topics in greater detail and provide actionable steps you can take in your organizations.
At IMD, we take “Real learning. Real impact.” seriously. With our Leading in Turbulent Times offerings, you can join other senior executives in developing the tools required to succeed in 2021.
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Upcoming webinars
Family Business
Leveraging family philanthropy to create corporate social value
Join us on 13 June for a conversation between Malgorzata Smulowitz, co-author of new report Navigating Your Family's Philanthropic Future Across Generations, and two members of the Spandow family, owners of Norwegian family businesses Spabogruppen and Amesto Group.
Watch past webinars
Four steps to building a future-ready organization
Being future-ready is a source of competitive advantage in turbulent times. Professors Howard Yu and Mark Greeven explain how Xiaomi and others not only survive, but thrive through uncertainty. ...
Protecting luxury’s future by creating a positive impact strategy
Leaders must strategize on ways to put sustainability at the core of luxury brand desirability....
Align strategy and culture for a competitive edge
Leaders can harness their attention, motivation, capabilities and capacity to link strategy with culture, and reap benefits for every stakeholder....
Four sustainability strategies for your brand
How do the brand sustainability strategies of Tony’s Chocolonely, Nespresso, Volvo and Vanish differ? And how can executives know which strategy to adopt?...
Don’t be a mixed-up chameleon! How to prioritize your ESG issues
27 June 2022 • by Achim Hupperts, Jan Van der Kaaij in Leading in turbulent times
Making materiality the cornerstone of your sustainability strategy will help you to prioritize ESG issues to ensure they drive a business strategy that benefits both your organization and society...
Six cybersecurity trends for companies to get to grips with in 2022
The pressure of digital transformation and geopolitical tensions are making organizations more vulnerable to cyberattacks. In this webinar, Professor Öykü Isik explained how companies can anticipate threats and execute best practices....
‘A supply chain is as strong as its weakest link’
As we move towards a world of more constrained supply, companies will have to shift their focus to designing products and services around what is available and working more closely with suppliers...
How to stay profitable in an age of sustainability
It often feels like there is a conflict between delivering profits, securing your organization’s financial interests, and achieving sustainability goals. However, it is possible to balance people, profit, and planet while ensuring...
Mastering strategic agility comes down to learning how to minimize strategic trade-offs
Strategic agility is a difficult concept to unpack as there are so many ingredients to it. Two-thirds of participants in a webinar given by Professor Stéphane J.G. Girod said they considered it...
How to attune to your own and your team’s energy levels during times of uncertainty
A good energy-management strategy is crucial in turbulent times, says Susan Goldsworthy Oly, IMD Affiliate Professor....
Have you considered the actual relationship between E, S and G?
On the heels of the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference there is global buzz about ESG goals, but many gaps remain between companies’ talk and their actions. ...
Generating new business models with AI
Despite some ethical concerns, leaders must know how to tap new capabilities to transform their businesses ...
Corporate Digital Responsibility: the next ethical frontier
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...
Rejuvenate corporate strategy for the post-COVID world
As economies reopen after lockdown many organizations are finding the competitive landscape has shifted beneath their feet. ...