Sharing the spoils: lessons from Peru on growing a business with social impact
One Peruvian company has grown a leading agribusiness while nurturing the health of communities and fostering female employment at the same time....
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Daniel Ziblatt: Democracy is dying in “baby steps” – here’s how leaders can push back
Business leaders today should identify their points of leverage – be it public influence, economic power, or industry collaboration – to quietly but effectively push back against policies that undermine democracy, said...
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Supply chain: cracking down on the bullwhip effect
The bullwhip has captured headlines during the pandemic, but the problem has been wreaking havoc on supply chains for decades. Traditional strategies to crack the bullwhip have largely failed. Now, a new...
Do you share the mindset of organizations that know how to survive?
We studied companies that have enjoyed longevity of more than 50 years to understand what they do differently. Those that experience healthy long lives demonstrate what we call strategic incumbency....
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...
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Business transformation and how to handle it: Lessons from the frontline
Konica Minolta is known as a printer company, but a dual transformation is underway. Sam Errigo, Chief Operating Officer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions in the US, talks to Ric Roi about...
Taking aim: how shareholder activism is making the workplace more diverse and inclusive
Shareholder activism is changing human resource policies around workplace diversity and inclusion. We use the narrative of Nia Capital, a leading shareholder activist that tackles problems in corporate workplaces through firm engagement...
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The theory of equality will change the workplace forever
In the early 1900s, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, E = mc², reshaped our understanding of the universe and changed the world as we knew it. The Theory of Equality™, E = FQ²,...
Equal care, equal share: Bridging the care gap in leadership
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Climate finance is the hottest topic on the table when it comes to doing something tangible about climate change. We urgently need to propagate the “hows” around investing in positive values....
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Anchored, alert, and agile: how Keppel CEO engineered a change in fortune
Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel, tells Jean-François Manzoni how bold restructuring, strategic discipline, and a long-term vision transformed an industrial conglomerate into a global asset manager...
Zhou Yunjie: Haier's innovative management model drives global growth
Haier's CEO Zhou Yunjie explains how the company's innovative "RenDanHeYi" model empowers employees, drives global growth, and adapts to market changes....
The Tolaram family enterprise on building and sustaining a legacy over 75 years
Tolaram, the Singapore-headquartered family business, has global interests in logistics, consumer goods, and technology. Family members Mohan Vaswani and Sajen Aswani discuss the company’s values-based system of meritocracy, the family’s move to...
Sustainable transformation is more than strategy, it’s a test of leadership
January 17, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes in Videos
IMD's Julia Binder and Knut Haanaes explore how aligning purpose with profit, fostering innovation, and building resilience, can help companies embed sustainability into business strategy....
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Why do the biggest headlines go to the worst leaders?
Historian-turned-business-professor Martin Gutmann talks to IMD’s Howard Yu....
In an age of grievance, find every opportunity to listen
Cynthia Hansen of the Adecco Group’s global Innovation Foundation speaks to Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman, the global communications company, about trust and uncertainty in society and business....
From the classroom to the boardroom – why do IMD alumni lead differently?
Three alumni. Three decades. One question: What makes IMD’s leadership journey so lasting? ...
How do deans lead when the world turns upside down?
Global deans Catherine Duggan and Darren Dahl on leading through turbulence — and why optimism, not certainty, is the real power in today’s business education....