How Firmenich boosted creativity with AI
Swiss flavor and fragrance company Firmenich shows how AI can be used to collaborate with humans to stimulate their intelligence, creativity, and learning....
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Lenovo: A master class in successful scaling
Lenovo's 40-year journey from a cramped guardhouse in Beijing to global technology giant offers a compelling illustration of the seven qualities that enable scale-up success. ...
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How to improve representation in your visual communication
February 7, 2023 • by Rebecca Swift in Innovation • 5 min read
In this series, Rebecca Swift, VP Global Head of Creative Insights at Getty Images, examines the steps brands can take to make their visuals more inclusive....
While the world trades punches, New Zealand shows the way ahead
February 6, 2023 • by Chuin Wei Yap in Innovation • 7 min read
In pursuit of its mission to advance sustainable trade, the Hinrich Foundation, in partnership with IMD’s World Competitiveness Center, released the Sustainable Trade Index in November 2022. Against a backdrop of gloom,...
Destination perfection: what we can learn from the Swiss railways
February 6, 2023 • by John Sills in Innovation • 6 min read
While other companies have slipped off track when it comes to dealing with customers, the heart-warming reaction from Swiss train staff when a problem arose shows what can be achieved with more...
AI-enabled executives: how ChatGPT will sharpen strategic thinking
January 30, 2023 • by Michael D. Watkins in Innovation • 5 min read
Combinations of executives and purpose-built AI systems will soon work together to enhance decision making, problem solving and strategy formulation...
Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for people, profit, and planet  Â
January 17, 2023 • by Faisal Hoque in Innovation • 5 min read
The union of digital, biological, and physical innovations promises to fundamentally transform business models. As they ride the curve of exponential transformation, leaders must never lose sight of the human element in...
How Twitter is redefining the family-run business
January 5, 2023 • by Arturo Bris in Innovation • 4 min read
In a context in which private equity is infiltrating family-run businesses, Twitter could be considered the latest rendition of the family-run firm....
Hallelujah: this time the quest for purpose and meaning may be more than empty promises
December 29, 2022 • by Michael Skapinker in Innovation • 10 min read
Michael Skapinker, who once shared the quiet pessimism of Leonard Cohen, explains why a new era of positive change may be upon us....
How working for the collective good helped bring a family closer together
December 28, 2022 • by Malgorzata Smulowitz, Peter Vogel in Innovation • 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...
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