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Once in pole position on the grid, Atlassian Williams F1 Team is rebuilding its competitive advantage. In conversation with Susan Goldsworthy, the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer, Ann Perrins, explains how people,...
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Over a hundred years ago, the explorer Ernest Shackleton safely led his crew through a series of disasters in one of the world's harshest environments....
March 18, 2021 • by Jerry Davis in Leadership • 5 min read
Tiny Denmark's largest company is as big as any non-state enterprise in China, while global "giant" Netflix has fewer than 10,000 employees worldwide. The old corporate giants are like dinosaurs waiting to...
March 17, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 4 min read
Now is the time to ask 7 questions to ensure your organization has learned how to be crisis ready....
March 17, 2021 • by Ina Toegel in Team building • 4 min read
Team performance can often be the underlying cause of success or failure within a business unit....
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March 17, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins in Leadership • 6 min read
Leadership 3 little kids, 17 suitcases and a room with locked windows by Michael D. Watkins Published 17 March 2021 in Leadership • 6 min read DownloadSave Iris Zemzoum moved half way...
March 17, 2021 • by George Kohlrieser in Leadership • 4 min read
Magazine Don’t worry if you lack charisma, inspiring others is the key to success by George Kohlrieser Published 17 March 2021 in Magazine • 3 min read DownloadSave The good news? Inspiration...
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March 17, 2021 • by Howard H. Yu in Innovation • 6 min read
Welcome to The Forecaster. Every quarter Howard Yu will preview business trends likely to preoccupy international executives over the coming months. Think of it as a boardroom crystal ball, in which we...
March 16, 2021 • by Anand Narasimhan in Leadership • 10 min read
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March 16, 2021 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 8 min read
As a successful yacht racer Mark Turner knows that one tiny slip can prove fatal, but in business he believes taking risks and making mistakes should be encouraged....
March 16, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in Competitiveness • 5 min read
Competitiveness The great dictators and what we can learn from their handling of the pandemic by Arturo BrisPublished 16 March 2021 in Competitiveness It will be a few years before we will...
March 15, 2021 • by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, Michael R. Wade in Audio articles • 6 min read
Demis Hassabis created the algorithms that crushed the world’s finest chess and Go players. But now it’s time to get serious as the DeepMind co-founder and CEO takes on his biggest challenge...
March 15, 2021 in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read
Equity and inclusion make good business sense, says Ilham Kadri, CEO of the Belgian chemicals group Solvay....
March 11, 2021 • by Michael R. Wade, Andrew Tarling, Rainer Neubauer in Innovation • 3 min read
What does it mean to be an effective leader in an environment characterized by increasing digital disruption?...
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From Black Power to Black Lives Matter, political activism has long played a part in sport. But only now are major sponsors happy to getinvolved. Here’s why it’s time for your organization...
March 10, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Leadership • 4 min read
Ideas are not the same as opportunities. Starting a new venture requires time and effort. But this seemingly obvious statement has led to confusion among entrepreneurs and academics....
March 10, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins, Janet Spencer in Innovation • 6 min read
Most major organizational change ends in failure. How can you beat the odds and be successful?...
March 10, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Family business • 6 min read
Family businesses traditionally pull together to survive a crisis, but the dramatic impact of the pandemic has brought even the strongest to their knees. They will have to developnew skills to adapt...
March 10, 2021 • by Dominique Turpin in Strategy • 5 min read
From the opportunities presented by digital marketing to the hazards of failing to grasp that brand transparency is now a crucial marketing asset, here are seven trends that are increasingly impacting your...

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