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Accelerating the sustainability transition

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...

Why leaders do the dysfunctional things they do

May 31, 2021 • by Michael 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....

Digital automation: reaping the benefit needs careful planning

May 27, 2021 • by Bettina Büchel in Technology • 4 min read

Take time to do your research as mistakes can prove costly...

Flexible working post-COVID: focus on productivity, teamwork and communication

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...

‘Better, not bigger’ is the maxim for intelligent urban regeneration

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...

Do you possess the 3 factors that separate great leaders from the rest? Part 2

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....

How diversity can be leveraged to drive organizational performance

May 24, 2021 • by Richard Holden in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read

Greater diversity doesn’t necessarily equal better performance, and organizations still have to be mindful of how diversity is managed in order to improve performance, writes Richard Holden...

Five questions to help evaluate your virtual team building

May 21, 2021 • by Jennifer Jordan in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Forming effective teams has new challenges when you have never met in person, learn how do it, and make sure the team has the bonds necessary to work together....

It’s time to regenerate the global food system

May 20, 2021 • by John Elkington in Sustainability • 5 min read

Around 70% of the natural world has been destroyed by food production in the past 50 years, but the race is on to reverse the trend...

Do you possess these 3 factors that separate great leaders from the rest?

May 20, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

In part one of two, learn the three “E”s – efficiency, evolution and empowerment. Leaders can direct their companies' energies in these areas to excel in times of crisis....

Let’s put economic competitiveness above politics in the discussion on Europe’s future

May 20, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in Competitiveness • 6 min read

The EU is not a political union but an association that keeps Europe’s countries among the most economically competitive in the world. And it is with this in mind that we should...

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Ilham Kadri

May 20, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available

Ilham Kadri was recently named by Fortune Magazine as one of the most powerful women in business. And, in the two years since becoming the CEO of Solvay, she’s successfully guided the...

Travel and technology after the pandemic

May 19, 2021 in Asian hub • 4 min read

The head of Asia’s leading online travel portal is confident about the future...

Six leadership myths debunked during the pandemic

May 18, 2021 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 8 min read

In the past eighteen months, our world changed beyond recognition. Many taken-for-granted beliefs evaporated before our eyes. And some of these beliefs have been held for so long that they became myths....

Be close to people and show vision: pandemic lessons for luxury

May 17, 2021 in Innovation • 4 min read

Chief executive of leading Swiss luxury watch brand says COVID-19 prompted a complete reassessment of the business model....

Low cost, high impact: the new ‘Barbarians at the Gate’

May 14, 2021 • by Salvatore Cantale, Luigi Rizzo in Finance • 6 min read

Shareholder activism campaigns surged at the end of 2020 and will only intensify in the years to come, even in the traditionally more sedate European market. Here’s one reason why......

Managing mixed emotions coming back to the office: stamping out egoism

May 14, 2021 • by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Coming back into contact with more colleagues as COVID-19 subsides will give rise to a whole host of emotions. In part 3 of 3, learn how to stamp out egoism...

Fuse soft skills and digital for customer centricity on steroids

May 13, 2021 • by Didier Bonnet, Katharina Lange, Frédéric Dalsace in Technology • 8 min read

Technology alone cannot unlock all the answers for understanding customers. Companies must blend soft skills such as empathy, humility and audacity with digital innovation to achieve true customer centricity....