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12 hours ago • by Claudius A. Hildebrand, Robert J. Stark in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
CEOs can turn early wins into lasting success by recalibrating strategy, aligning teams, and focusing on sustainable growth and performance metrics....
Continue readingMay 9, 2022 • by Julia Binder in Leadership • 5 min read
Investors and entrepreneurs need to build personal relationships to collectively drive innovation...
May 7, 2022 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 5 min read
Leadership Collective Genius? Cultivating creativity in business by Susan Goldsworthy Published 7 May 2022 in Leadership • 5 min read Fostering creativity is essential to unlock the potential of high-performing teams in...
May 6, 2022 • by Julia Binder in Sustainability • 5 min read
Soaring oil and gas prices are a major challenge for businesses, but the energy crisis is creating new economic opportunities as well...
May 5, 2022 • by Richard Roi in Asian hub • 7 min read
CEO of Globe Telecom Ernest Cu explains how he transformed the company into one of the biggest mobile operators and digital payments businesses in the Philippines by pioneering customer engagement....
May 4, 2022 • by Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan, Lawrence Tempel, Zuriati Balian in Finance • 6 min read
What is ‘future-readiness’? It makes organizations more operationally resilient in times of crisis and responsive to consumers and new market opportunities ...
May 3, 2022 • by Amit M. Joshi in Human Resources • 4 min read
As the adoption of artificial intelligence picks up pace, CHROs have an important role to play in engaging employees, allaying concerns over job losses, and building enthusiasm for these new technologies....
May 2, 2022 • by Öykü Işık in Technology • 6 min read
Cyber-risks are proliferating as attackers professionalize and organizations’ entry points increase....
April 30, 2022 • by Patrick Reinmoeller, Julia Binder in Strategy • 5 min read
The billionaire will have his hands full managing a sprawling portfolio with few investment synergies...
April 29, 2022 • by Arturo Bris, Philip Rosenzweig in Competitiveness • 7 min read
To boost company performance, executives must support the competitiveness of their countries and embrace public-private collaboration to help articulate and implement national strategy, say IMD Professors Arturo Bris and Phil Rosenzweig....
April 28, 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Strategy • 9 min read
Bettina Büchel explores how both setting sustainability ambitions and managing their transition is key to future prosperity....
April 28, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available
In episode 3 of ManagementCast, Professor Seán Meehan describes the pitfalls of pursuing customer-centricity, and how to avoid them...
April 27, 2022 • by James E. Henderson, Ansgar Thiessen in Competitiveness • 12 min read
Gain competitive advantages by giving employees and stakeholders a bigger say in the organization's strategy....
April 26, 2022 • by Heather Cairns-Lee in Lorange / IMD special mini-series • 5 min read
Society must take action to change gender norms and encourage more girls to study STEM subjects if we are to improve the pipeline of women tech talent and leaders said Heather Cairns-Lee,...
April 22, 2022 • by Natalia Olynec in Sustainability • 6 min read
Corporate net zero strategies lack teeth, say IMD experts. To translate pledges into action, firms must commit to realistic intermediary targets, rethink their value chains and shift to a long-term mindset....
April 22, 2022 • by Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Getting “ready” for net zero is increasingly becoming a lynchpin in corporate strategy. However, making a net zero commitment should not be made lightly....
April 21, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read
As geopolitical tensions flair, multinational companies are bringing production closer to home to boost supply....
April 20, 2022 • by Arturo Bris, David Ringwood in Innovation • 7 min read
Employers can reap benefits from making the learning journey more personal and relevant, including boosting employee engagement, as well as retention...
April 19, 2022 • by Vincent Bieri in Leadership • 7 min read
Vincent Bieri, the co-founder of Swiss Unicorn Nexthink and a long-term advisor and investor in startups, explains the mountaineering skills needed to reach the highest peaks of business leadership....

In this episode of Leaders Unplugged, IMD President David Bach speaks with Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, about leading a global shipping giant through geopolitical tension, climate pressure, and permanent uncertainty, into the future of global trade.

In a moment of upheaval for international development, Katherine Milligan of the Geneva Graduate Institute and Carlos Álvarez Pereira, Secretary General of the Club of Rome, argue that hope – not fear – must guide what comes next.

Radical collaboration and breaking data silos can free trapped industrial value, says Caspar Herzberg, improving efficiency across global supply chains.

Melisa Sabancı Tapan, in conversation with IMD’s Peter Vogel, discusses creating empowered communities, bringing the wisdom of the past to new generations through AI, and staying human in a digital world.

PMI CEO Jacek Olczak shares how the company’s bold shift to smoke-free products is reshaping its business, culture, and purpose for the future

Stephane Garelli and Arturo Bris explore how global competitiveness is evolving, with nations redefining success amid changing rules and global shifts.

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