How to be a strong ally of LGBTQ+ employees
As a young woman Marta Herraiz Fernández struggled to define her sexuality because of a lack of positive role models. Now she is recognized as one of the leading voices for LGBTQ+...
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18 hours ago • by Knut Haanaes, Luc de Brabandere in I by IMD Book Club • 7 min read
IMD’s Professor Knut Haanaes was joined by friend and former Boston Consulting Group colleague, Luc de Brabandere, corporate philosopher and senior advisor at BCG, to discuss his book ‘The Art of Thinking...
Continue readingJune 10, 2021 • by Marta Herraiz Fernández in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read
As a young woman Marta Herraiz Fernández struggled to define her sexuality because of a lack of positive role models. Now she is recognized as one of the leading voices for LGBTQ+...
June 10, 2021 • by Robert Hooijberg, Michael D. Watkins in Strategy • 6 min read
Many businesses are mandating rigid approaches to returning to the office. Instead, leaders should focus on leveraging what we have learned about work through the pandemic and organize schedules and space around...
June 9, 2021 • by James E. Henderson in Leading in Turbulent Times • 4 min read
The once popular model of having a high-level management team develop a strategy which is then communicated to the rest of the organization is quickly becoming archaic. A truly inclusive strategy is...
June 8, 2021 in Technology • 4 min read
It can be hard to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape surrounding digital technology, but it is critical that we do. As executives have ramped up their digital adaptations to cope...
June 7, 2021 • by Ina Toegel in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
June is pride month so there is no better time to evaluate whether your organization is doing what it can to foster inclusiveness and diversity. Many LGBTQ+ individuals still find it difficult...
June 7, 2021 • by John Elkington in Governance • 5 min read
Boards and companies have made wide-ranging sustainability goals; regeneration is what they should be talking about...
June 4, 2021 • by Peter Leonard in Innovation • 9 min read
While many organisations are developing and implementing a range of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions, there are costly reputational, regulatory and legal risks that need to be carefully considered...
June 3, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available
With a career that spans four decades, multiple categories and two stints as CEO, Alexis Nasard has a lot of leadership experience banked. In this podcast, he shares his learnings - and...
June 3, 2021 • by Marion Mulder, David Bach in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 5 min read
Equity, Inclusion & Diversity is a space in a constant state of evolution, says co-founder of Workplace Pride , the international platform for LGBTQ+ inclusion at work. Networks and resources are places...
June 3, 2021 in CEO Dialogue Series • 9 min read
Alexis Nasard extols the virtues of inclusive capitalism to create a society  where everyone is a winner. Interview by Jean-François Manzoni ....
June 2, 2021 • by Mark J. Greeven, Katharina Lange in Sustainability • 7 min read
Renewables trailblazer Orsted and tobacco giant Philip Morris have transformed their business models – fueled partly by HR best practice....
June 1, 2021 • by Philip Rosenzweig in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 8 min read
Our book for May is a very important book that has received considerable attention and praise, all fully justified. It speaks to business, of course – work design, product design – but...
June 1, 2021 • by Thomas Keil, Marianna Zangrillo in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
As they seek to mould the company in their image, new CEOs often have to face a decision: Is it better to work with the existing leaders or try to develop a...
June 1, 2021 • by Jerry Davis in Magazine • 6 min read
Ransomware for profit, the opioid scandal, and children enticed into vaping. We need to find a way to stop businesses preying on humanity, argues Jerry Davis...
June 1, 2021 • by Vanina Farber, Patrick Reichert in Sustainability • 3 min read
Where to start and how to maintain the transition to sustainable business models...
May 31, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins, Wendy Behary in Leadership • 9 min read
Learning to anticipate and mitigate damaging emotional patterns is important, but so is resetting expectations, write Wendy Behary and Michael Watkins....
May 27, 2021 • by Bettina Büchel in Technology • 4 min read
Take time to do your research as mistakes can prove costly...
May 26, 2021 • by Sam Smethers in Human Resources • 5 min read
Every job should be flexible unless there is a business reason for it not to be, argues Sam Smethers. But when work takes up permanent residence in your home, you need to...
May 25, 2021 • by Marco Dall'Orso in Sustainability • 9 min read
Creating a vibrant urban ecosystem – an inclusive, diverse and lively community where people want to live and put down roots– requires a gradual shift of focus from built-environment investment to socio-economic...
May 25, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
In the second part of this two-part series, learn the three elements leaders need to integrate into their leadership OS to excel in times of crisis....

Chinese auto startup NIO went from zero to nearly a million customers in under ten years. Mark Zhou, who leads product and R&D, discusses how; and explains why community – not hardware – will win the EV race.

Family ownership, strategic paranoia, and integrated sustainability: Matthias Altendorf on future-proofing global market leader Endress+Hauser.

Holcim’s Ram Muthu on circularity, EU regulation, and what it really takes to decarbonize cement at industrial scale.

In her latest book, The Confidence Myth, IMD Professor Ginka Toegel examines why confidence is so often misinterpreted at work – and how organizational systems shape who is seen as confident and why.

Melisa Sabancı Tapan, in conversation with IMD’s Peter Vogel, discusses creating empowered communities, bringing the wisdom of the past to new generations through AI, and staying human in a digital world. 

PMI CEO Jacek Olczak shares how the company’s bold shift to smoke-free products is reshaping its business, culture, and purpose for the future

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