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2 May 2025 • by Sophie Bacq in Leadership • 7 min read
Necessity entrepreneurs demonstrate remarkable resilience and creativity in the face of extreme challenges, offering valuable insights for business leaders seeking to navigate uncertainty in today’s complex global economy. ...
Continue reading8 October 2021 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 12 min read
The 'take-make-waste' mode of organizing is not sustainable, it’s time for a new work culture that prioritizes human resourcefulness and resilience. ...
7 October 2021 • by Carlos Cordon in Strategy • 6 min read
With the prices of natural gas, coal and electricity spiking to record highs, manufacturers should start thinking about how to reduce their energy consumption so they can keep production humming irrespective of...
7 October 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....
7 October 2021 • by Jim Pulcrano, Patrick Reinmoeller in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
Airlines provide us with the opportunity to easily, and cheaply see the world. But the pandemic has put them at risk. What's next for the Airlines...
7 October 2021 • by Misiek Piskorski, Richard Roi in Leadership • 4 min read
Making your current business more efficient while also developing new revenue streams seems to many an impossible task, but with new ways of thinking it can be done. ...
6 October 2021 • by Mary-Anne Williams in Human Resources • 7 min read
Researchers have developed a machine learning-based system that acts as a skills matchmaker to assist with the process of effective job transitions....
5 October 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
If your team is struggling, it is important to consider that the problem might be you. This exercise will help you recognize if you have unrelenting standards....
5 October 2021 in CEO Dialogue Series • 6 min read
How Lonza has combined the Covid-19 vaccine challenge with repurposing its business...
5 October 2021 • by Mark J. Greeven in Asian hub • 4 min read
The level of complexity and uncertainty in today’s global economy, and even within our own organizations, can feel overwhelming. Learning to create and orchestrate ecosystems can help, says Mark Greeven....
4 October 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins in Audio articles • 6 min read
Coaches working with leaders who lack emotional intelligence have a tough job on their hands, but here experts share the strategies that can lead to success. ...
4 October 2021 in Career path • 5 min read
CEO Tim Knotnerus is laser-focused on bringing potentially life-changing regenerative drugs to market and relies on a passion for improving people's lives to see him through the many disappointments....
4 October 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
People need to feel safe before they take risks, so to help people unleash their full potential you must first make them feel secure – even in an uncertain world....
1 October 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...
1 October 2021 • by Ben Bryant in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
Team reviews and learning dialogues have become common practice in many organizations. However, the potential for real learning from these dialogues has only scratched the surface of what might be learnt....
1 October 2021 • by Brenda Steinberg in Audio articles • 8 min read
The pandemic has led many people to question their role at work, but leaving the company may not be the only solution to finding job satisfaction ...
30 September 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Being inspiring is the difference between simply managing people or moving them to a higher level of their potential. And while the requirement to be inspiring can sound like a daunting task,...
30 September 2021 in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 7 min read
CEOs pledged to take COVID pay cuts but many didn’t go through with it. Now their investors are rebelling, and amplifying calls to reform executive compensation...
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21 January 2025 • by Shelley Zalis in The Female Quotient
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,...
12 June 2024 • by Shelley Zalis in The Female Quotient
Women often step back from their careers because caring responsibilities usually fall on them by default, thanks to outdated societal norms. ...
22 March 2024 • by Shelley Zalis in The Female Quotient
Educate yourself, keep up-to-date, and share your knowledge to exploit the potential that AI has to offer....
8 December 2023 in The Female Quotient
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....
25 March 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Videos
A relentless focus on accountability and continuous improvement transformed Valmet from an underdog into an industry leader in a decade. Pasi Laine tells Jean-François Manzoni how it was done. ...
11 March 2025 • by Mark J. Greeven in Videos
Haier's CEO Zhou Yunjie explains how the company's innovative "RenDanHeYi" model empowers employees, drives global growth, and adapts to market changes....
12 February 2025 • by Marleen Dieleman in Videos
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...
17 January 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....
1 May 2025 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Podcasts
In the latest episode, IMD President David Bach explains the vital importance of the partnership between the US government and the elite research universities, what we can learn from the vibrancy of...
17 April 2025 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Podcasts
This episode takes you behind the scenes of a recent gathering led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development together with IMD, where David Bach sat down with two sustainability leaders....
11 April 2025 • by Jim Pulcrano in Podcasts
IMD's Jim Pulcrano interviews Ruchita Sinha, General Partner of venture capital firm AV8 Ventures, and explores her approach to early-stage investing. ...
8 April 2025 • by Adrian Dellecker in Podcasts
Join Mariana Sarmiento of Terrasos and Adrian Dellecker, a Senior Researcher at IMD, as they discuss commercial prospects in environmental innovation and voluntary biodiversity credits....
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