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How much judgment has your board already ceded to AI?
Boards should ask how far AI may shape their judgment, and how they would detect errors in its output, says Abraham Lu....
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Workplace trends for 2026: Preparing for the new labor market reality
Organizations in 2026 must cope with workplace flexibility demands, inclusion imperatives, agentic AI job displacement, workforce AI training gaps, and talent mobility restrictions while building resilient human capital strategies....
How to read your risk barometer (for better decision-making under pressure)
Tired? Stressed? Important deadline looming? Your brain doesn’t just soldier on unchanged – it responds in ways you may not even notice. This means that your inner state is quietly influencing every...
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...
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