I by IMD - First-person Business Intelligence from the Brightest Thinkers - Page 118

Latest insights

The help desk: what to do if you dread returning to the office

September 28, 2021 • by Alyson Meister in Human Resources • 3 min read

The pandemic has changed all our working lives, bringing fresh challenges. Here, using the latest research, we offer solutions to any difficulties you may be facing....

A checklist of things your L&D team needs to be addressing

September 27, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Is your L&D team playing catch up to get in stride with the latest disruptions in your industry? Are they not even aware they need to catch up? It's important to make...

The VW Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany

Localization – where effective supply chain management meets smart politics

September 27, 2021 • by Salvatore Cantale, David Bach in Leadership • 7 min read

With global threats from COVID to trade tensions exposing companies to costly disruptions, leaders should be thinking about supply chain resilience and regionalization...

Take action now to safeguard your own sustainability

September 27, 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Leadership • 3 min read

Awareness, acceptance and action – these are the three vital steps needed to make sure that you can perform at your optimum....

Have you created an appropriate post-COVID office?

September 24, 2021 • by John R. Weeks in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Your office design may have a bigger impact on innovation than you think....

Play

How to harness the competitive advantage of new ideas for business leaders

September 24, 2021 • by Knut Haanaes, Martin Reeves in I by IMD Book Club • 6 min read

In this interactive webinar, Martin Reeves, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute, discusses his book The Imagination Machine with Knut Haanaes....

YouTube

Impact investment is a force for good, but a better way is needed to assess its value

September 24, 2021 • by John Elkington, Sonja Haut in Finance • 11 min read

Negative screening is well established among ESG and other impact investors, involving the avoidance of downside exposures, but the next generation will demand far more positive results....

How a doughnut can sweeten bitter taste of climate gloom

September 23, 2021 • by Natalia Olynec in Book Review • 4 min read

A recent series of books provide a detailed roadmap to sustainability through a mixture of bold thinking and practical steps. Here are the ones on our reading list....

Are you taking care of the 5 factors necessary for a healthy family business?

September 23, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Through years of research and working closely with family-owned businesses we have identified five areas that capture the focus of successful and long-lasting family enterprises. Are you giving sufficient attention to each?...

Play

Should I Fly: Airports

September 23, 2021 • by Jim Pulcrano, Patrick Reinmoeller in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available

Jim and Patrick look into Airports. How they operate, and what the future holds for these magical portals to global travel...

Play

Farmers and food industry must work together to avoid disaster

September 22, 2021 • by Knut Haanaes in Magazine • 10 min read

The world’s topsoil is badly eroded and there may be only 60 harvests left. But solutions are at hand, says Geraldine Matchett of nutrition company Royal DSM....

YouTube

7 ways leaders can support chronically ill employees

September 22, 2021 • by Alyson Meister in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

There are more people trying to hold down a job while struggling with chronic illness than you may think. While this is an intensely private issue, there are things leaders can do...

Why German business shouldn’t fear a greener government

September 21, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 6 min read

Should Germany’s Green party score a big enough share of the vote in a federal election on 26 September to enter the next coalition government, business should embrace the opportunity to accelerate...

Sustainable development: trust the science and get ready for constant change

September 21, 2021 • by Amanda Williams, Gail Whiteman, John N. Parker in Magazine • 12 min read

The UN set ambitious targets to clean up the world by 2030, but business leaders need to do more to make them a reality....

Three factors that contribute to healthy family business ownership

September 21, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

A healthy business has an ownership group that is emotionally connected, well informed and capable of taking responsible decisions in the interests of various stakeholder groups....

We need to move fast to build a ‘nature positive’ economy

September 20, 2021 • by Eva Zabey in Leadership • 7 min read

The destruction of natural ecosystems poses major risks for businesses and could wipe $10 trillion from the global economy. The time to act is running out....

Climate change and why capitalism must price it in

September 20, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 4 min read

Anyone who demands that environmental damage should be priced into services and goods today is far from being a socialist. They are just canny, calculating capitalists....

Play

Rejuvenate corporate strategy for the post-COVID world

September 17, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Leading in Turbulent Times • 4 min read

As economies reopen after lockdown many organizations are finding the competitive landscape has shifted beneath their feet....

YouTube

Return to the office or stay at home? There is a third way

September 17, 2021 • by Robert Hooijberg, Michael D. Watkins in Human Resources • 2 min read

Much of the conversation about hybrid work focuses on striking the right balance between the in-person and virtual modes. And we, too, have begun to explore the differences in how leaders need...