Change your perspective! An exercise for better decision making
This exercise aims to help you move beyond your normal frame of thought and look at things from a number of different perspectives. This can be a critical factor in honing your...
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18 hours ago • by Richard Roi, Luca Condosta in Leadership • 8 min read
Leaders can hire technical expertise on demand, says Giampiero Frisio, President of Electrification at ABB. But building the curiosity, resilience, and perspective that underpin long-term performance requires a deliberate and sustained investment...
Continue readingJuly 17, 2021 • by Louise Muhdi in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
This exercise aims to help you move beyond your normal frame of thought and look at things from a number of different perspectives. This can be a critical factor in honing your...
July 17, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
In this final installment of our four-part series, we look at how changing the office environment can have a postive effect on employee behaviors....
July 16, 2021 • by Frédéric Dalsace in Sustainability • 7 min read
Will it be a return to business-as-usual or a time of revolution? In the first in a two-part series, we examine the potential impact on attitudes towards preserving the world’s resources in...
July 14, 2021 • by Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff in Team building • 9 min read
Italy showed resilience and mental focus to become European champions. Lessons from the locker rooms can set us all on the road to victory....
July 13, 2021 • by Alex Capri in Supply chain • 4 min read
In the wake of COVID-19 disrupting markets and trade, global supply chains are being reworked, but not in the way many people expected, says Alex Capri, research fellow at the Singapore-based Hinrich...
July 13, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Our research found that effective leaders in environments characterized by significant disruption shared some common characteristics, and labeled them as agile leaders....
July 12, 2021 • by Knut Haanaes in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Ask yourself 4 key questions to help determine whether you are using CSR and ESG in harmony....
July 12, 2021 • by Anand Narasimhan in Human Resources • 10 min read
From sleep pods to yoga and fitness trackers, the corporate world is investing big in improving employees’ health and welfare, writes Anand Narasimhan...
July 11, 2021 • by Niccolò Pisani in Brain Circuits • 1 min read
This exercise helps you shorten your to do-list to become more productive. The math has already been done for you....
July 11, 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 4 min read
It is possible to rewire your brain so you are not afraid of conflict. There are certain factors that all conflict resolution entails, and if you learn how to master these, it...
July 10, 2021 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Brain Circuits • 1 min read
By following a simple model, executives can dramatically improve the impact of their communications...
July 9, 2021 • by Karl Schmedders in Leading in Turbulent Times • 4 min read
‘The E and the S are competing for attention, and the greener we go, the more social harm we need to account for,’ says IMD Professor of Finance Karl Schmedders....
July 9, 2021 • by Silke Mischke, Jennifer Jordan in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
It's important in difficult times for leaders to be able to enhance the emotional resilience of their teams. Here are some tools to help....
July 9, 2021 • by Josef Joffe in Magazine • 5 min read
A 900-page life of Philip Roth has been withdrawn because of his biographer’s alleged sexual crimes, but banning art and books in the name of ‘correct thinking’ is a crime against liberty,...
July 9, 2021 • by Alyson Meister in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
If you have identified subgroups in your team, division, or organization that pose the risk of becoming entrenched into silos (and worse, polarized), there are several strategies that might help to increase...
July 9, 2021 • by Silke Mischke, Jennifer Jordan in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Emotions are data. We all have them, but they don’t have to control the situation. Like any piece of information, you should evaluate your emotions and how they impact your situation. This...
July 8, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
There are different types of motivation. Before you can effectively motivate others, it's important to understand the nuances involved....
July 8, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available
As CEO of Nestlé, Mark Schneider is arguably the most powerful man in the food and beverage industry. And, as he reveals to IMD President Jean-François Manzoni in the latest episode of...
July 8, 2021 • by Natalia Olynec in Sustainability • 5 min read
In Asia, economic growth comes at a high carbon cost. CFOs have a critical role to play in making their companies take account of sustainability, says Natalia Olynec....
July 7, 2021 • by Alessandro Di Fiore, Gabriele Rosani in Team building • 8 min read
Decision-making protocols need to change to make companies more efficient and agile. Here’s how to do it......

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