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Why every team needs a Ringo

March 17, 2022 • by Ina Toegel in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Top teams don’t happen by accident. If you are looking for examples of high performance, examine The Beatles....

Finding the good in people: how to recruit ethical employees

March 16, 2022 • by Liz Ritterbush in Audio articles • 19 min read

In an era of corporate scandals, hiring and maintaining an ethical workforce is vital. But a wide range of testing is needed if companies are to effectively weed out the bad apples....

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How to innovate towards sustainability

March 16, 2022 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

The future of sustainablity will depend on innovation, which is also what will set your company on the path to success....

How Toyota’s approach to making cars can aid vaccine production in Africa

March 15, 2022 • by Hamieda Parker in Management • 5 min read

As African countries seek to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines, they are running into several obstacles including supply chain and quality control issues. Could Lean Thinking, a manufacturing ethos developed in...

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Banks can ensure Asia infrastructure projects have positive social impact

March 14, 2022 • by Kate Lazarus, Mahwesh Khan in Finance • 5 min read

As Asia intensifies efforts to meet its growing infrastructure needs, increasing attention is being paid to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. Banks and other financial intermediaries are therefore having to think...

How to change the way you think for innovation and sustainability

March 14, 2022 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Understanding how profitability and sustainability work together is the critical factor that will define successful businesses for the rest of this century....

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How to stay profitable in an age of sustainability

March 11, 2022 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Leading in Turbulent Times • 5 min read

It often feels like there is a conflict between delivering profits, securing your organization’s financial interests, and achieving sustainability goals. However, it is possible to balance people, profit, and planet while ensuring...

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Is your company strategically rigid?

March 11, 2022 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Organizations know they need to be agile, but it is easy to get comfortable when you experience some success. You must break this cycle....

How to win trust in your ESG communications and marketing

March 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....

A daily exercise to energize your team

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....

Feeling stuck? It may help to ask: which wolf are you feeding?

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....

Dismantling the maternal wall brick by brick

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...

Panic buying will worsen supply chain disruption from the war in Ukraine

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....

You found the right woman to join your top team: What’s next?

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?...

Supply chain mind map: try our tool to help make critical decisions

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....

Learning from the locals: How to innovate in China

March 7, 2022 • by Erik Walenza-Slabe, Yunfei Feng, Mark J. 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....

How to welcome outlier ideas into your company

March 7, 2022 • by Stéphane J. G. Girod in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Many companies have lots of good ideas circulating but cannot implement them because of structures and politics....

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Combine technology and people for design thinking on steroids

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....

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Are you asking questions in optimal order?

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....

Life as sustainable entrepreneurs: IntellSol’s journey

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...