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Stroke by stroke: how rowing shapes resilient leaders

April 2, 2025 • by Heather Cairns-Lee in Leadership • 7 min read

Katrina Edmunds’ return to rowing shows how sport builds resilience, teamwork, and leadership—lessons that drive success in business and life....

Collective, not corrective action: how to engage men in DE&I

April 2, 2025 • by Mark Freed in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Workplace inclusion benefits everyone – and the organization. Mark Freed identifies five actionable steps to move away from a blame-centric approach towards a more collaborative and inclusive strategy that makes men allies.   ...

Discover how healthcare architecture expertise is redefining modern retail environments. Read more in our latest blog: https://gracelandarchitects.co.za/the-commonalities-and-differences-in-design-approach/

How systems – and you – can fight back against omnipotent leaders

April 1, 2025 • by Vanina Farber in Leadership • 9 min read

Systems crack – from mass mobilization and quiet refusal to non-compliance, pressure finds its way in....

Do you know the environmental cost of GenAI and how to mitigate against it?

April 1, 2025 • by Tomoko Yokoi in Brain Circuits • 4 min read

CEOs now expect GenAI to transform their businesses – but many underestimate its environmental cost. Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of the environmental impact of GenAI, and read on...

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Big brother or a brave new world? How to avoid AI dystopia

March 31, 2025 • by Michael Yaziji in Artificial Intelligence • 7 min read

AI carries the threat of bringing to life the chilling visions of Orwell and Huxley. We must work hard to fight against the convergence of micro-surveillance and digital inertia....

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Is your board a high performer? The four pillars of good governance

March 31, 2025 • by Didier Cossin in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

The corporate world is littered with high-profile failures of governance. We all have ideas about good governance, but few people can evaluate their own board in these terms. Didier Cossin explains what...

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Watch this space: how to make the business of space your business

March 28, 2025 • by Jim Pulcrano, Matthew C Weinzierl, Brendan Rosseau in I by IMD Book Club • 7 min read

Authors of Space to Grow, Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau, tell IMD's Jim Pulcrano that one of the central aims of their book is to inspire industries, businesses and individuals...

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Rethinking the default: how ‘Lifepreneurs’ are reshaping business and society

March 28, 2025 • by Vanina Farber in Innovation • 7 min read

Women’s financial security, career progression, and personal safety have long been shaped by systems that overlook their realities. 'Lifepreneurs' – entrepreneurs who innovate from lived experience – are challenging these defaults....

How to lead without authority: 7 lessons from times of crisis

March 28, 2025 • by Mary Meaney Haynes in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Leadership comes in many forms, from the boardrooms of global corporations to grassroots efforts in highly challenging circumstances. Mary Meaney Haynes shares lessons from leading a humanitarian effort for Ukrainian refugees –...

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Putting boardroom gender balance plans to the test

March 27, 2025 • by Jennifer Jordan, Alexander Fleischmann in Audio articles • 3 min read

Take our quiz to see if you're well-placed to implement new European rules on boardroom equality....

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How a new generation of negative electricity prices creates opportunities for consumers

March 27, 2025 • by Robert Earle, Karl Schmedders in Strategy • 7 min read

Subsidies for renewables have led to electricity prices frequently falling to less than zero, creating opportunities for consumers....

Would you get hired today? Actionable steps to widen your talent pool

March 27, 2025 • by Lara Carty in Brain Circuits • 4 min read

A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the skills every business needs to excel. Take this short quiz to test your organization’s ability to widen its talent pool....

People, Culture, and Strategy: The Board’s role in transformation

March 26, 2025 • by Didier Cossin, Yukie Saito in Business transformation • 6 min read

Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson, Executive Vice President of People and Culture at Neste – the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – and a board member of Finnair, has...

6 new roles for marketing managers utilizing AI

March 26, 2025 • by Michael Yaziji in AI • 3 min read

As AI systems become increasingly adept at generating creative content across multiple modalities, Michael Yaziji identifies six new roles the marketing manager can undertake to become the orchestrator of an infinitely productive...

6 things you need to know about the Cali Fund

March 25, 2025 • by Adrian Dellecker in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Launched in February 2025, the Cali Fund of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is set to mobilize new streams of private-sector funding for biodiversity. It is expected to raise roughly $1bn per...

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3D chess: adapting to a new geopolitical game

March 24, 2025 • by Richard Baldwin in Audio articles • 10 min read

It may feel like Donald Trump is capsizing the geopolitical boat, but could he just be accelerating a longer-term trend in the balance of global power? Geopolitics have long been heading for...