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Let your CMO be your Chief Sustainability Officer, says Richard Benton, as he outlines the ways in which organizations must urgently improve their messaging around ESG....
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June 12, 2026 • by Howard Yu in Industrials • 7 min read
he SpaceX IPO illustrates a key finding of the latest Future Readiness Indicator, today’s winners are no longer asset-light, but asset heavy. Does this mean that vertical integration should be top of...
Continue readingMarch 10, 2022 • by Richard Benton in CEO Circle • 8 min read
Let your CMO be your Chief Sustainability Officer, says Richard Benton, as he outlines the ways in which organizations must urgently improve their messaging around ESG....
March 10, 2022 • by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
As a leader, you are making a contract with your team that is the glue that keeps the team together; a psychological contract....
March 9, 2022 • by Brenda Steinberg in Leadership • 7 min read
With so many leaders currently operating in the burnout or survival zone, Executive Coach Brenda Steinberg explores how leaders can liberate themselves from negative emotions....
March 8, 2022 • by Heather Cairns-Lee, Christos Cabolis in Leadership • 7 min read
Stereotypes and systems are stopping women from progressing in their careers...
March 8, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Supply chain • 4 min read
Responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by overstocking and double-ordering supplies risks creating unnecessary disruption, says Professor Carlos Cordon....
March 8, 2022 • by Corinne Post in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
It's important to have women at the top levels of your company, but once they get there will they find an environment where they can thrive?...
March 7, 2022 • by Martijn Lofvers, Carlos Cordon in Magazine • 2 min read
Are you overwhelmed by supply chain problems? Martijn Lofvers and Carlos Cordon have created a detailed visual guide will help you manage your way out of a crisis....
March 7, 2022 • by Erik Walenza-Slabe, Yunfei Feng, Mark Greeven in Asian hub • 8 min read
By engaging with local start-ups that understand customers’ pain points, Western multinationals can provide innovative products and services for the Chinese market....
March 7, 2022 • by Stéphane JG Girod in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Many companies have lots of good ideas circulating but cannot implement them because of structures and politics....
March 4, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet, Patrick Reinmoeller in Innovation • 7 min read
The human-centered approach to problem-solving holds the key to unlocking both high-value opportunities for customers, and driving strategic change within organizations....
March 4, 2022 • by Arnaud Chevallier in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Many problems have more than one possible conclusion, which is why to solve the issue, the order you ask your questions matters....
March 3, 2022 • by David Ramirez in Leadership • 6 min read
Over the next few months, we’ll be following Intellsol’s journey as they work to validate their business model and raise funds to launch their proof-of-concept project (PoC) in Ghana under the Energy...
March 3, 2022 • by Stéphane JG Girod in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Strategic agility requires a shift in the way you think and approach trade-offs within your organization, so start with your mindset....
March 2, 2022 • by I by IMD in Leadership • 4 min read
Taras Panasenko, IMD EMBA candidate and CEO of Ukrainian discount store chain Avrora, describes how he and his team are keeping shops open to provide citizens with essential supplies....
February 28, 2022 in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Leadership has evolved, and during turbulent times it's more important than ever to make sure you are helping your team feel safe....
February 28, 2022 in Asian hub • 5 min read
Hong Kong's core business strengths remain despite all it has gone through in the last three years, says Tara Joseph, the outgoing head of the city’s American Chamber of Commerce....
February 25, 2022 • by Salvatore Cantale in I by IMD Book Club • 8 min read
An award-winning book on business model innovation helps leaders engineer their way to success by reframing their businesses in today’s virtual setting...
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....
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?...
February 24, 2022 • by Stéphane JG 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...

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Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on why the post-Cold War world is over – and who is shaping the new rules of global business

Outokumpu CEO Kati ter Horst on steel, free trade, Europe’s competitiveness, AI, sustainability, and leading when the old rules are gone.

A new book challenges the conventional belief that sustainability alone drives customer purchases. In a webinar hosted by Karl Schmedders, the book’s co-author, Goutam Challagalla, explains how companies can make sustainability scalable by making it an enabler of innovation and growth.

Niels B. Christiansen tells Jean-François Manzoni how he streamlined the leadership and targeted adult customers to re-energize the toy giant.Â

Terence Mauri says leaders can turn disruption from a source of risk into a source of opportunity

Protect your pipeline: actionable steps to develop leaders from entry-level roles as AI transforms junior work tasks.

The role of the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) is undergoing a profound transformation in the age of AI. Here are the tools and strategies to lead this transformation effectively.

Leaders are tasked with measuring inclusion more rigorously than ever today – but are they measuring the wrong signals?

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