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An exercise to think about your business differently

February 25, 2022 • by Ivan Miroshnychenko, Alfredo De Massis in Brain Circuits • 1 min read

Businesses can learn from successful family businesses. Challenge your conventional thinking with this exercise....

A better measure for success?

February 24, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Brain Circuits • 1 min read

A lot of time is spent measuring the success of companies, through profits, productivity, and growth, but are we getting it right?...

Three ways to take sustainability beyond greenwashing in luxury

February 24, 2022 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Luxury • 7 min read

Luxury firms can strategize to find that sweet point between growth and a positive social and environmental impact, says Professor Stéphane J.G. Girod...

How HR technology supports new ways of working

February 24, 2022 • by Öykü Işık, Amit M. Joshi, Ina Toegel, Oscar Stege Unger in CEO Circle • 6 min read

Striking innovations, including in artificial intelligence, are redefining the way employers engage with employees, creating a host of issues around privacy and control...

How to better understand the effects of your leadership

February 23, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Brain circuits How to better understand the effects of your leadership Published 23 February 2022 in Brain circuits • 4 min read As a leader your actions elicit reactions from all members...

Higher borrowing costs call for financial prudence

February 23, 2022 • by Karl Schmedders in CEO Circle • 3 min read

As the era of ultra-loose monetary policy ends imminently, corporates will need to act wisely and carefully to navigate a treacherous landscape....

Is your organization suffering from inertia?

February 22, 2022 • by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Success can breed complacency. If your organization has grown and entered the sphere of established incumbents, you should beware of inertia....

Ignorance around the modern-day reality of Swiss banking could be highly damaging

February 21, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Finance • 3 min read

It is unfair to jump to conclusions about illegal practices at Credit Suisse, says Professor Arturo Bris...

Three exercises to test your ESG strategy

February 21, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Stakeholders are demanding companies get serious about their ESG goals, so before you craft your strategy, learn what is required....

Harnessing the power of diversity for innovation

February 21, 2022 • by Juliet Bourke in Human Resources • 6 min read

What are the two common assumptions around diversity of thinking that need to be challenged within organizations?...

Sharing the spoils: lessons from Peru on growing a business with social impact

February 18, 2022 in Human Resources • 6 min read

One Peruvian company has grown a leading agribusiness while nurturing the health of communities and fostering female employment at the same time....

Exercises for leaders to test their interpersonal skills

February 18, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Successful leaders skillfully navigate conflict and negotiations in a positive way. These exercises will put those skills to the test....

Time to safeguard supply chains against China’s zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19

February 17, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 5 min read

Restrictions and lockdowns herald even worse disruption for 2022. Multinationals should rethink operations to deal with disruption to manufacturing capacity....

Supply chain: cracking down on the bullwhip effect

February 16, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Olov H. D. Isaksson in CEO Circle • 5 min read

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...

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How can we better include people with disability in the workplace? Five questions to ask yourself

February 16, 2022 • by Heather Cairns-Lee in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read

The best way to foster inclusion is by addressing the ableist bias in your own behavior....

Do you share the mindset of organizations that know how to survive?

February 16, 2022 • by Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

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....

How to raise prices in times of inflation

February 16, 2022 • by Stefan Michel in CEO Circle • 3 min read

Consumer psychology is key when passing on costs: maintaining profit is considered fair but increasing profit is not....

Unpacking the digital transformation at IKEA

February 15, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 8 min read

In an I by IMD interview, Barbara Martin Coppola, Chief Digital Officer of IKEA Retail (Ingka Group) explains how she is helping to take the company, famous for its out-of-town stores and...