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5 ways to build your advice network

October 22, 2024 • by Michael D. Watkins in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

An advice network is dynamic, so make sure it evolves as your career advances. Below are five ways to approach this....

How to turn GenAI into your secret career weapon

October 21, 2024 • by Michael D. Watkins in Artificial Intelligence • 8 min read

Are you ready to move up in your organization? Make GenAI your new best friend – and watch your career soar to new heights as you learn to harness new skills....

6 benefits of building a robust advice network

October 21, 2024 • by Michael D. Watkins in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Advice becomes more critical as your career advances. Here are six key benefits of building an effective advice network and tips on how to find your advisors...

Reading signals

October 18, 2024 • by Véronique Bogliolo Friedman in Business transformation • 5 min read

In our Coaching Corner series, we share real-world coaching cases that come from our work with leaders....

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Potential reads to help you become a better leader

October 18, 2024 • by Howard H. Yu in Audio articles • 4 min read

Howard Yu, LEGO® Professor of Management and Innovation at IMD, recommends six books that will inspire you and help maximize your talent....

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7 lessons from the race to the South Pole

October 18, 2024 in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

On this day in October 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, beating the team led by British navy officer and explorer Robert Scott despite...

Marketing to women: Four tips for avoiding pitfalls

October 17, 2024 • by Jenny Darroch in Business transformation • 8 min read

More than 80% of purchases are made by women. But reaching, interacting with, and converting female consumers is a challenge for most companies. You can get through the maze of marketing to...

Weaponized electronics: A wake-up call for supply chains

October 17, 2024 • by Öykü Işık, Carlos Cordon in Geopolitics • 7 min read

The deadly blasts from tampered devices in Lebanon highlight the fragility of supply chains, making it clear that better security measures are urgently needed....

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Ask the experts to help you widen the talent pool

October 16, 2024 • by Lara Carty in Audio articles • 7 min read

A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the talent your organization needs to excel....

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Are you in touch with your dark side?

October 16, 2024 • by José Parra Moyano in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Generative AI offers organizations the opportunity to create economic value out of their data but a significant volume of that data – so-called "dark data" – goes unused, constituting a massive environmental...

Speaking truth with power

October 15, 2024 • by Robin de Haas in Leadership • 6 min read

Pioneering vocal leadership coach Robin de Haas analyzes the breathing and speech patterns of US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as evident in their recent debate and offers some sound...

How to get more mileage from your double materiality assessments

October 15, 2024 • by Jan van der Kaaij, Benoit F. Leleux in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Through the case of Italian espresso machine manufacturer La Marzocco, three best practices are highlighted that will help organizations get more mileage from their double materiality assessments....

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Pt 2: Exploring the craft of fund sizing and modeling, with Daniel Keiper-Knorr

October 14, 2024 • by Karl Schmedders, Raphaël Grieco in Capital Conversations • 1 min read • Podcast available

The Speedinvest co-founder discusses the complexities of fund-sizing in an unpredictable market...

Communicating the path to net zero using visual metaphor

October 14, 2024 • by Heather Cairns-Lee, Ramon de Haas , Meike Kolthof in Sustainability • 7 min read

Offshore infrastructure firm Heerema took an unconventional approach to communicating its net-zero ambition to win buy-in from employees and stakeholders....

4 reasons why you should blow the whistle on yourself

October 14, 2024 • by Jennifer Jordan in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

If you violate a moral norm but no one has witnessed it, do you confess the wrongdoing or keep it hidden in the hope that no one will ever find out? There...

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In times of transformation, social capital matters more than ever

October 11, 2024 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Leading in Turbulent Times • 9 min read

IMD Professor of Strategy and Innovation Patrick Reinmoeller shares his strategies for leaders to preserve vital social capital connections during times of change....

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How to make your ‘imposter’ monster a trusted friend

October 11, 2024 • by Séverine Jourdain, Nathalie Ducrot in Audio articles • 9 min read

Most of us have an inner demon that says we are not good enough, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Here's how to deal with 'imposter syndrome'....

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What kind of leader are you ?

October 11, 2024 • by Michael R. Wade in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Tradition and emergent types vary greatly; both have advantages and disadvantages. Take this short questionnaire to see where you are on the spectrum of old-school vs new-era leader – and how to...

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Strategy stack: An integrated approach to decision-making

October 10, 2024 • by Albrecht Enders, Ajay K. Kohli, Andreas König, Arnaud Chevallier in Audio articles • 18 min read

The ways popular frameworks are used fall short in today’s rapidly changing environment. Here is a new way to make better-informed strategic choices....

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Command and control kill creativity and fresh thinking

October 10, 2024 • by George Kohlrieser in Brain Circuits • 6 min read

Command and control kill. If you want your employees to express their creativity, build corporate playgrounds where they can experiment, take risks, and embrace failure....