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When uncertainty becomes an advantage

April 28, 2026 • by Murat Tarakci in I by IMD Book Club • 4 min read

Terence Mauri says leaders can turn disruption from a source of risk into a source of opportunity ...

How to scale your business and become an outlier venture

April 28, 2026 • by Alfredo De Massis, Silvia Sanasi in Family business • 8 min read

Research suggests that successful scale-ups are those that can interpret different information and spread that meaning across the organization to guide coordinated action. ...

How to be a good mentor

April 28, 2026 • by Ginka Toegel in Brain Circuits • 4 min read

Learn how great mentors listen, ask better questions, and guide growth—helping mentees gain clarity, confidence, and take meaningful next steps...

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Tap into the talent of the ‘high potentials’ aged 50 and above

April 27, 2026 • by Robert Hooijberg, Tania Lennon in Talent • 9 min read

Organizations should stop using rigid assessments, embrace ‘messy’ human talent, and harness the talent of multigenerational teams, argue Robert Hooijberg and Tania Lennon. Here, they explore ways to make the most of...

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Managing the four tribes for successful transformations

April 24, 2026 • by Carsten Lund Pedersen, Thomas Ritter in Talent • 9 min read

Most transformations fail because leaders treat employees as one group – when in fact they belong to four distinct tribes that each demand a different approach....

HubSpot CPO outlines the three essential skills for future leaders

April 24, 2026 in Leadership • 5 min read

HubSpot CPO Helen Russell says future-ready leaders must upskill for AI, stay close to operations, think like founders, and build trusted hybrid teams....

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Oona Hathaway, should we still believe in the global order?

April 23, 2026 • by David Bach in Leaders Unplugged • 2 min read • Podcast available

Oona Hathaway on war, global rules, and why business leaders may regret staying silent as international law is violated....

Think your feedback is effective? Ipsen’s new AI tool will let you know

April 23, 2026 • by Winter Nie in Leadership • 11 min read

Global biopharmaceutical group Ipsen is using AI to help leaders sharpen how they give feedback – transforming a learnable skill into a consistently practiced, organization-wide capability. ...

Bricklayer to architect: Seven transitions for leaders

April 23, 2026 • by Michael Watkins in Brain Circuits • 5 min read

Understand the seven major changes in leadership mindset and capabilities required for successful transition to enterprise leadership, as detailed by Michael D. Watkins....

The three-year test: Will accountability remain when the agency goes?

April 22, 2026 • by Vsevolod Shabad in Artificial Intelligence • 9 min read

AI efficiency gains dominate business cases, but capability losses are systematically underestimated and often ignored. Vsevolod Shabad explains how to mitigate this critical risk. ...

The rise of venture capital secondaries

April 22, 2026 • by Jim Pulcrano in Finance • 12 min read

With companies delaying IPOs, secondary markets are expanding rapidly to provide liquidity. Yet this growth is shifting risk onto buyers, raising new questions about pricing, transparency, and protection.[...

How to be authentic when nothing looks fake anymore

April 22, 2026 • by Prashant Saxena in AI • 4 min read

As generative AI erases the visible difference between real and fabricated content, authenticity becomes a strategic imperative. Prashant Saxena explains why perceived authenticity depends on three factors operating together and shows how...

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Potong: Rethinking legacy in a family business

April 21, 2026 • by Marleen Dieleman in Family business • 8 min read

Chef Pam transformed a 120-year-old family business into a Michelin-starred restaurant, showing how heritage can fuel innovation and competitive edge...

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Get ready for the activist stress test

April 21, 2026 • by Marie–Noëlle Zen-Ruffinen in Governance • 7 min read

This is your wake-up call… Shareholder activism is a revealing stress test for boards, exposing whether governance, capital discipline, and strategy hold under pressure....

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How to use AI to transform your board

April 21, 2026 • by Didier Cossin, Yukie Saito in AI • 3 min read

AI is profoundly transforming the business landscape, presenting both significant opportunities and new challenges to boards. Here are five ways to use the technology as a powerful boardroom ally. ...

Geopolitical turbulence puts Brazil in focus – but sustained growth needs a strategy

April 20, 2026 • by José Caballero in Geopolitics • 6 min read

Latin America’s largest economy by GDP needs a multi-pronged approach addressing fragile governance, deep inequality, and uneven institutions. ...

Sustaining momentum at Coach: Three priorities for a CFO on the growth path

April 20, 2026 in CFO Horizons • 4 min read

New York-based fashion brand Coach’s recent growth marks a turning point, but also a test. For CFO Alex Brocklehurst, sustaining momentum requires long-term discipline, judgment at the finance–marketing interface, and influence beyond...

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Follow the money: Why sustainability is not dead, just smarter

April 17, 2026 • by Florian Hoos in Sustainability • 9 min read

The war on woke has not killed sustainability – it has stripped out the noise and left the issues that were always going to matter. ...

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Why AI job interviews are no laughing matter

April 16, 2026 • by Jamie L. Gloor, Cecily Cooper, T. B. Bitterly, Clemens Stachl in Artificial Intelligence • 9 min read

While humor boosts likability and success with human recruiters, it risks backfiring with AI interviewers. Candidates must adopt a ‘bilingual’ strategy to avoid being penalized, say Jamie Gloor, Cecily Cooper, T Bradford...