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9 hours ago • by Achim Plueckebaum, Michael R. Wade, Konstantinos Trantopoulos in Artificial Intelligence • 21 min read
Facing a fundamental redefinition of their purpose in organizations, today’s CIOs need to pivot quickly. ...
Continue readingOctober 4, 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
People need to feel safe before they take risks, so to help people unleash their full potential you must first make them feel secure – even in an uncertain world....
October 1, 2021 • by Öykü Işık, Michael R. Wade in Innovation • 6 min read
There have been two megatrends that have dominated the last decade: digitization and ethics and sustainability, but so far there have been few points of intersection between these two trends, largely because...
October 1, 2021 • by Ben Bryant in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
Team reviews and learning dialogues have become common practice in many organizations. However, the potential for real learning from these dialogues has only scratched the surface of what might be learnt....
October 1, 2021 • by Brenda Steinberg in Audio articles • 8 min read
The pandemic has led many people to question their role at work, but leaving the company may not be the only solution to finding job satisfaction...
September 30, 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Being inspiring is the difference between simply managing people or moving them to a higher level of their potential. And while the requirement to be inspiring can sound like a daunting task,...
September 30, 2021 in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 7 min read
CEOs pledged to take COVID pay cuts but many didn’t go through with it. Now their investors are rebelling, and amplifying calls to reform executive compensation...
September 29, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available
Stefan Larsson discusses his fact-based analytical approach, that's helping rebuild the world of fashion sustainably...
September 28, 2021 in CEO Dialogue Series • 7 min read
PVH’s Stefan Larsson on his approach to rebuilding the apparel business, sustainably...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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....
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?...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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....
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....

Former ING and UBS CEO Ralph Hamers on leading “banking’s biggest digital transformation” – and why AI may redefine financial advice.

NATO futurist Florence Gaub on war, weak signals, Gen Z, and why leaders need not only foresight, but also science fiction to future-proof their organizations

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

Discover how bonding and bridging capital fuel change. Insights from Raising Social Capital show why trust is your company’s hidden engine

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.

Trust is foundational in leadership, yet is more of a science than an art. Answer the questions below to assess whether an absence of trust is affecting your leadership.

Master Cultural Calibration: open mind, explicit norms, and regular alignment to keep cross-border collaboration clear and productive.

Turn AI into your thought-leadership partner: four key practices to sustain flow, align ideas, and boost strategic clarity.

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