Embrace change by training senior leaders
Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson, chief human resources officer at Neste, explains why it made sense for the Finnish energy company to engage the executive board with training as it went through strategic change....

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Circularity has evolved from a waste reduction tactic into a strategic driver of business value, helping companies secure resources, manage risk, and deliver superior customer outcomes in an increasingly volatile world.” ...
Continue readingApril 3, 2023 • by Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson in Growth • 6 min read
Hannele Jakosuo-Jansson, chief human resources officer at Neste, explains why it made sense for the Finnish energy company to engage the executive board with training as it went through strategic change....
March 22, 2023 • by Louise Muhdi in Growth • 7 min read
The business landscape is littered with the carcasses of corporations that failed to adapt to shifting externalities. In today’s knowledge-based economy, never has innovation been more crucial to corporate survival....
March 21, 2023 in Growth • 9 min read • Podcast available
Antoine de Saint-Affrique, in a frank and open discussion with IMD President Jean-François Manzoni, explains his no-nonsense approach to problem-solving, the importance of speaking the truth, however uncomfortable, and knowing when it’s...
January 6, 2023 in Growth • 5 min read
By measuring employment at startups across different recessionary scenarios, researchers have been able to predict the potential economic impact of future pandemics...
December 28, 2022 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz, Peter Vogel in Growth • 9 min read
The Ahlström family in Finland recognizes that commercial success depends not only on generating profit but also on making a positive global impact on the lives of others, write Malgorzata Smulowitz and...
November 18, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade in Growth • 6 min read
The world’s largest technology companies have delivered stellar growth, but the good times may prove their eventual undoing, argues Mike Wade, Professor of Innovation and Strategy at IMD Business School & Cisco...
May 19, 2022 • by Patrick Flesner in Growth • 5 min read
Looking out for the following seven signs can help you assess whether your CFO can drive growth successfully....
May 12, 2022 • by Niccolò Pisani, Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, Paolo Taticchi, Tazeeb Rajwani in Growth • 11 min read
In the rush to sign up to the sustainability agenda, companies face a dilemma: how to balance the adoption of sustainable practices with delivering growth....
January 11, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Growth • 7 min read
One Swiss canton is turning the tables on the status quo of economic health, by departing from the norm of taking GDP as the measure par excellence, and looking concomitantly into how...
November 3, 2021 • by Alicia García Herrero in Growth • 4 min read
Faced with an inevitable slowing of economic growth, Xi Jinping is driving a sea change in China, says Alicia García-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
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