Longevity: Three trends that redefine how we live and work
The idea of a three-stage life – school, work, retirement – is rapidly being pensioned off. Here we explore the options for a world where people will routinely live in good health...
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Starting to lose focus? Take a well-earned (micro) break
Leaders can sustain performance and make better decisions by managing their cognitive energy as deliberately as they manage their time, writes Alyson Meister....
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Is a lack of trust costing you? How a culture operating system separates winners from losers
Most companies approach culture like they’re trying to boil the ocean: vague values, inspiring speeches, and fingers crossed that something changes. Susanne May highlights the pitfalls of a lack of organizational trust...
EVs accelerate the great automotive rewiring
IMD’s Mark Greeven was joined by Reuters US autos journalist Mike Colias to discuss his new book Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles, which explores how the development of...
Gripped by uncertainty? How to unfreeze through experimentation
Steps that are too big can paralyze us. Sometimes we avoid taking action because decisions feel too uncertain or too risky and we choke or “freeze”, making action impossible. In the second...
Caspar Herzberg on how ‘radical collaboration’ can unlock trapped value
December 15, 2025 • by Michael R. Wade in I by IMD Podcasts • 2 min read • 
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Radical collaboration and breaking data silos can free trapped industrial value, says Caspar Herzberg, improving efficiency across global supply chains....
Five things I’ve learned about building range as a leader
Sanofi’s Global Head of Digital Markets, Charlotte Vestergaard, on the courage and connections, discipline and passion it takes to pursue a non-linear leadership career, and how her passion for pharma sits at...
How Chinese EV manufacturers are capitalizing on evolutionary cycles to outpace the competition
Too many strategies fail by following a trend that is running out of steam. Instead, get ahead of the competition by capitalizing on evolutionary cycles to change direction, as BYD and Xiaomi...
Beware the silent fourth: Are you fawning your way through leadership?
We’re all familiar with fight, flight, or freeze stress responses. But clinical psychologist Ingrid Clayton identifies a fourth survival strategy lurking in your neural circuitry that most leadership training misses – and...
Zhike Lei & Marcus Schindler on exploration and purpose at Novo Nordisk
December 8, 2025 • by Zhike Lei in I by IMD Podcasts • 2 min read • Podcast available
IMD’s Zhike Lei talks with Marcus Schindler on driving innovation at Novo Nordisk, balancing delivery and discovery, and preparing R&D teams for AI....
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