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Does your leadership style encourage customer-centricity?

February 14, 2022 • by Katharina Lange in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

You can find three specific leadership qualities in truly customer-centric companies. Do you have them?...

Biased boards? How framing affects decision-making

February 14, 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Strategy • 6 min read

How we frame decisions can have a substantial impact on the choices we make. Combining strategy and risk discussions through the process of scenario analysis can help avoid bias....

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Mastering strategic agility comes down to learning how to minimize strategic trade-offs

February 11, 2022 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Leading in Turbulent Times • 5 min read

Strategic agility is a difficult concept to unpack as there are so many ingredients to it. Two-thirds of participants in a webinar given by Professor Stéphane J.G. Girod said they considered it...

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The anatomy of a sustainability transformation

February 11, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Moving to a circular economic model may require a total transformation of your business, but it can pay off in the long run....

A one-question quiz that could reveal your readiness to design a strategy

February 10, 2022 • by Michael Watkins in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

There are a lot of pieces to put together to form a strategy, but often leaders find there is one piece left out and it could be important....

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Business transformation and how to handle it: Lessons from the frontline

February 10, 2022 • by Richard Roi in Competitiveness • 8 min read

Konica Minolta is known as a printer company, but a dual transformation is underway. Sam Errigo, Chief Operating Officer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions in the US, talks to Ric Roi about...

Sustainability dilemma: Reuse or recycle?

February 9, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Brain circuits Sustainability dilemma: Reuse or recycle? by Carlos Cordon Published 9 February 2022 in Brain circuits • 3 min read Recycling and reusing may both sound good from a sustainability standpoint,...

Zhang Ruimin’s vision of leadership for the future

February 9, 2022 • by William Fischer in Leadership • 8 min read

The Haier CEO’s reflections on leadership offer insights to anyone struggling to move their organization forward into the unknown....

Taking aim: how shareholder activism is making the workplace more diverse and inclusive

February 9, 2022 • by Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert in Finance • 5 min read

Shareholder activism is changing human resource policies around workplace diversity and inclusion. We use the narrative of Nia Capital, a leading shareholder activist that tackles problems in corporate workplaces through firm engagement...

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It’s time to reinvent capitalism, says World Business Council for Sustainable Development CEO

February 8, 2022 • by David Bach in Leadership • 5 min read

Peter Bakker says business leaders must shift mindsets to build long-term resilience in the pandemic aftermath and take a regenerative approach to business models....

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Are you prepared to answer these ethical questions?

February 8, 2022 • by Amit Joshi in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Are you prepared for the new ethical dilemmas that are arising out of AI, data analytics and machine learning?...

Shein shows that you can be disruptive without disruption

February 8, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Jialu Shan in Innovation • 7 min read

The fashion brand for young people is enjoying enormous success by focusing on its core market and delivering its value promises in style....

Do you know the hallmarks of effective dialogue?

February 7, 2022 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Great leaders are also great communicators. Effective dialogue with your teams and partners is a critical skill that can be learned....

Are you ready for sustainable value creation?

February 7, 2022 • by Bettina Büchel in Audio articles • 7 min read

How to move sustainable business solutions from the periphery to the core of your organization....

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Six questions to test your company’s agility

February 4, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Amit Joshi in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

We have identified six key principles that contribute to strategic ability. Test where you stand on it....

How the world’s first regulated digital asset bank started life as a technology company looking to acquire a banking license

February 4, 2022 in Technology • 3 min read

Mathias Imbach, CEO of Sygnum – the world’s first licensed digital bank – explains how the company found its niche positioning...

NFTs are not a gimmick. They could radically transform your business

February 3, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Finance • 7 min read

The token economy could transform your company, turning on its head the concepts you currently have of business model, customer, shareholder, supplier and user....