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AI, culture and well-being: New Spotify CHRO unveils her top priorities

8 hours ago in Artificial Intelligence • 6 min read

Spotify CHRO Anna Lundström drives AI readiness, culture, and personalized well-being to empower employees and sustain Spotify’s innovative, human-centric growth....

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Can NIO reinvent the automotive industry, Mark Zhou?

February 24, 2026 • by David Bach in Leaders Unplugged • 2 min read • Podcast available

Chinese auto startup NIO went from zero to nearly a million customers in under ten years. Mark Zhou, who leads product and R&D, discusses how; and explains why community – not hardware...

The silent surge: How Samsung’s “boring” strategy paid off

February 24, 2026 • by Howard H. Yu in Strategy • 6 min read

Samsung Electronics jumped 13 places in the latest IMD Future Readiness Indicator by transforming itself from a lagging supplier to a central player in the AI boom. Howard Yu explains why the...

5 ways to reconnect with your inner child in the workplace

February 24, 2026 • by Francesca-Giulia Mereu in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

Our previous brain circuit on this subject explored what your inner child can do for you, such as take risks or look at a situation differently. Here are five ways to reconnect...

How to succeed as an enterprise co-pilot: Three priorities for the modern CFO

February 24, 2026 in CFO Horizons • 5 min read

Schindler CFO Carla De Geyseleer explains how today’s CFO acts as a strategic co-pilot, uses sustainability to drive growth, and develops future finance leaders....

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The confidence myth holding women back at work

February 23, 2026 • by Ginka Toegel in Videos • 9 min read

In her latest book, The Confidence Myth, IMD Professor Ginka Toegel examines why confidence is so often misinterpreted at work – and how organizational systems shape who is seen as confident and...

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Building a healthy community creates a healthy society

February 23, 2026 • by Gladys Moran in Wellness • 4 min read

The physical, mental, and emotional well-being of your people is an often overlooked metric that will lead to improved results for your organization, suggests Gladys Moran...

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Sustainability is dead – true or false?

February 23, 2026 • by Julia Binder in Brain Circuits • 2 min read

Myths abound when it comes to corporate sustainability. Can you tell fact from fiction? Test your knowledge on the common misconceptions here....

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Growing longevity market needs new types of leaders

February 20, 2026 • by Jennifer Borrer, Lisa Casper, Saule Serikova in Leadership • 10 min read

The fast-growing sector needs a unique leadership archetype to realize its full potential. After interviewing key players in the industry, senior executives at WittKieffer offer a blueprint for success....

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Why you need to agree to disagree

February 20, 2026 • by Nathalie Ducrot in Coaching Corner • 5 min read

Elizabeth faces a career crossroads and works with a coach to clarify her ambitions, negotiate her future, and harness the power of constructive disagreement...

Navigating uncharted waters: Wärtsilä’s journey to decarbonize global shipping and energy

February 19, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Esther Salvi in Best Practice in Sustainable Business Transformation • 9 min read

Wärtsilä is reengineering shipping and energy, balancing future fuels, regulation, and real-world infrastructure to turn decarbonization from ambition into action....

Are you leveraging AI learning or competing with it?

February 19, 2026 • by Michael D. Watkins in AI • 3 min read

As AI reshapes business operations, your leadership development efforts must focus on enabling humans to continue to add distinctive value. Michael D. Watkins explains how to use the 75/25% rule to guide...

Entry-level hiring is declining. What could go wrong?

February 19, 2026 • by Robert Hooijberg in Talent • 6 min read

Cutting entry-level roles may save costs today, but it endangers the development of future leaders and the skills organizations will urgently need....

Strategic leapfrogging: Moving past AI maturity models with diagnostic precision

February 18, 2026 • by Faisal Hoque, Paul Scade in Artificial Intelligence • 11 min read

Transform your AI adoption strategy from a high-stakes gamble into a portfolio of calculated moves using this plan, write Faisal Hoque and Paul Scade....

Why your personal brand matters

February 18, 2026 • by Cindy Wolpert in Brain Circuits • 3 min read

How people engage with you is shaped by your brand. If you are known to be reasonable, pragmatic, and strategic, they will want to work with or for you. But if you...

When AI evolves quarterly, but your organization plans annually

February 18, 2026 • by Michael Yaziji in Artificial Intelligence • 7 min read

Organizations should let departments choose the right balance between humans and AI, and focus on outcomes, not rigid processes, to keep pace with rapid technological change. ...