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

Are you leveraging AI learning or competing with it?

February 19, 2026 • by Michael D. Watkins in Innovation • 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...

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When AI evolves quarterly, but your organization plans annually

February 18, 2026 • by Michael Yaziji in Innovation • 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. ...

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Endress+Hauser: How to future-proof a 70-year-old market leader

February 17, 2026 • by Goutam Challagalla in Innovation • 1 min read • Podcast available

Family ownership, strategic paranoia, and integrated sustainability: Matthias Altendorf on future-proofing global market leader Endress+Hauser....

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Four lessons from BYD's rise – and why Tesla should be worried

February 16, 2026 • by Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan, Lawrence Tempel in Innovation • 11 min read

BYD overtook Tesla’s EV annual market share in 2025 as it mastered unglamorous fundamentals and built capabilities sequentially while competitors chased disruption and moonshots....

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Long live life on earth

February 16, 2026 • by Julia Binder in Innovation • 9 min read

Our pursuit of longer life cannot happen without a sustainable future for society and the planet. Julia Binder argues that we should target healthier lives for all, rather than for a few...

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Cementing the future: How City Cement is pioneering low-carbon solutions for Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 

February 12, 2026 • by Julia Binder, Esther Salvi in Innovation • 11 min read

As Saudi Arabia builds toward Vision 2030, City Cement’s CEO Majed Al-Osailan is leading a bold shift to make cement viable in a low-carbon future....

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5 myths of entrepreneurship

February 11, 2026 • by Stefan Michel in Innovation • 3 min read

Drawing on his recent IMD podcast with Amar Bhidé, IMD Professor of Management Stefan Michel debunks longstanding misconceptions about entrepreneurship....

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Decoding the New China Playbook: 9 strategic shifts that redefined the dragon in the decade to 2025

February 10, 2026 • by Winter Nie, Yunfei Feng in Innovation • 14 min read

China's economy shows contradictory signals – macro headwinds yet surging innovation investment and competitive intensity. To decode this evolving reality, here are the nine key trends global businesses must understand about operating...

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Getting GenAI to live up to the hype

February 10, 2026 • by Tomoko Yokoi in Innovation • 6 min read

Tomoko Yokoi explains why GenAI isn’t delivering on its promise — and how clearer success metrics, upskilling, and purposeful scaling can finally unlock its value....

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WEF Unplugged: Geopolitics, sustainability, and a look behind the scenes

January 23, 2026 • by David Bach, Julia Binder in Innovation • 2 min read • Podcast available

Live from Davos: IMD’s Julia Binder and David Bach cut through the headlines on geopolitics, AI, energy – and competing visions for the international order....

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