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Sustainable supply chains: time to get serious

July 21, 2022 • by Ralf Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem in Supply chain • 6 min read

Taking a full supply chain perspective on sustainability has never been more urgent....

The CEO guide to Cybersecurity, with IMD professor Oyku Isik

July 21, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available

Öykü Işık helps businesses to tackle cybersecurity and data privacy. In this episode of ManagementCast she tells listeners what threats to look out for and why...

Building change resilience to combat change fatigue

July 20, 2022 • by Alyson Meister, Bettina Büchel in Human Resources • 6 min read

How can you best lead a team through change? Alyson Meister and Bettina Büchel explain how to best communicate, plan and prioritize as you manage ambiguity and change in your organization....

Three ways to assess your portfolio’s exposure to autocratic regimes

July 19, 2022 • by Elisabetta Basilico, Angelo Calvello in Finance • 5 min read

Over the past decade a global decline in democracy has increased investor exposure to autocratic regimes. Here’s how to weigh up the direct and indirect risks to your portfolio across index funds,...

How insurers can mitigate the discrimination risks posed by AI

July 18, 2022 in Innovation • 7 min read

Research reveals insurers can use fairness criteria alongside AI to minimize bias and discrimination risks....

Why Big Brother should not be watching you at work

July 15, 2022 • by Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Sonja Köhne, Thomas Schildhauer, Martin Krzywdzinski, Hendrik Send in Human Resources • 11 min read

The future of work remains hybrid. But tracking every keystroke, mouse movement and email is not the best way to manage the more fluid boundaries, argue Ali Aslan Gümüsay, Sonja Köhne, Thomas...

This activity could give you the strategic edge you’ve been seeking

July 15, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

If we told you there was a magic elixir that would help you improve your fitness, think clearer, make better strategic decisions, lose weight, and level out your moods, would you want...

Being less bad is simply not good enough anymore

July 14, 2022 • by Knut Haanaes in Sustainability • 8 min read

Why Paul Polman believes that companies whose leaders bring humanity back into business will help us all achieve net zero...

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Jessica Tan

July 13, 2022 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available

Ping An Co-CEO Jessica Tan tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni how a Chinese insurance company was transformed into a tech giant...

L’Oréal: the beauty of supply chain digitalization

July 13, 2022 • by Ralf Seifert, Richard Markoff in Innovation • 5 min read

French beauty company L’Oréal first embarked on its digital transformation journey more than a decade ago. Today, it provides an excellent case study of effective, successful digital transformation....

Have you fallen into one of these leadership traps?

July 13, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Building on prior research on the topic, we have identified six traps that leaders can fall into in turbulent times. Often these traps are hidden, so leaders don’t realize when they are...

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The paradox of power: to serve myself or others?

July 12, 2022 • by George Kohlrieser in Leadership • 5 min read

Leaders must strike the right balance between their own needs and the needs of others....

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Three ways CEOs can untangle supply chains

July 11, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 6 min read

Boardrooms can no longer afford to neglect supply chain management. Companies can capture more of the value created in the supply chain by bringing top executives up to speed...

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What’s really behind the sputtering supply of talent?

July 8, 2022 • by Frederik Anseel in Human Resources • 4 min read

If every country faces the same record tight labor market, then local policy failure may not be the cause....

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Ping An’s Singaporean force on the importance of culture and people

July 7, 2022 in CEO Dialogue Series • 10 min read

A decade ago, Ping An was a Chinese insurer. Today it’s a technology giant. Co-CEO Jessica Tan tells IMD President Jean-François Manzoni what happened....

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Where is AI headed? With Professor Amit Joshi

July 7, 2022 in Management Cast • 1 min read • Podcast available

In this episode of ManagementCast, Professor Amit Joshi discusses how firms can prepare for a future with Artificial Intelligence....

Drive hard into the future and don’t look back

July 6, 2022 • by Howard Yu in Innovation • 7 min read

The urge to return to business-as-usual must be resisted. Commitment to change and innovation is more important than ever, explain Howard Yu and his colleagues at IMD’s Center for Future Readiness...

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Become a dragon master

July 6, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 4 min read

To help frame your problem, you can steal a page from a story book. When you master your dragon, you will be in a position to find an optimal solution to your...

In uncertain times, it pays to keep your options open

July 5, 2022 • by Arnaud Chevallier, Michael R. Wade, Lars Häggström in Audio articles • 6 min read

A series of global shocks has made effective decision making incredibly difficult. Our experts offer three practical steps to get the balance right....

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Should you back the lone genius or trust the wisdom of the crowd?

July 4, 2022 • by Mark Chussil in Audio articles • 7 min read

An online strategy tournament sheds light on which direction to take if you want to gain a competitive edge. Mark Chussil, who created the ongoing experiment, explains his findings....