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Harnessing the power of diversity for innovation

February 21, 2022 • by Juliet Bourke in Innovation • 6 min read

What are the two common assumptions around diversity of thinking that need to be challenged within organizations?...

Time to safeguard supply chains against China’s zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19

February 17, 2022 • by Carlos Cordon in Innovation • 5 min read

Restrictions and lockdowns herald even worse disruption for 2022. Multinationals should rethink operations to deal with disruption to manufacturing capacity....

Zhang Ruimin’s vision of leadership for the future

February 9, 2022 • by William A. Fischer in Innovation • 8 min read

The Haier CEO’s reflections on leadership offer insights to anyone struggling to move their organization forward into the unknown....

Shein shows that you can be disruptive without disruption

February 8, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Jialu Shan in Innovation • 7 min read

The fashion brand for young people is enjoying enormous success by focusing on its core market and delivering its value promises in style....

NFTs are not a gimmick. They could radically transform your business

February 3, 2022 • by Arturo Bris in Innovation • 7 min read

The token economy could transform your company, turning on its head the concepts you currently have of business model, customer, shareholder, supplier and user....

What you can learn from successful innovators

January 31, 2022 in Innovation • 3 min read

The key to innovation in rapidly changing times is being able to keep up with new developments. You may have to be willing to throw out your old models of working and...

Questions you need to be asking about your digital transformation

January 28, 2022 • by Didier Bonnet in Innovation • 2 min read

Most companies undergoing digital transformation want to improve their customers' experience, but data shows they aren't succeeding. Why?...

Tesla supply chain: from cautionary tale to role model

January 27, 2022 • by Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff in Innovation • 5 min read

Tesla’s full-year results show that it has navigated the supply chain challenges and chip shortages that have frozen the rest of the auto industry. This is a far cry from the electric...

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Suntory’s growth from Beam integration offers lessons in collaboration and adherence to core values

January 25, 2022 in Innovation • 5 min read

A decade ago, spirits maker Suntory was primarily a Japanese business. Now, it’s well on the way to being a global one, Takeshi Niinami, the first outsider to lead the family-run business...

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Four things you can learn about retail from China

January 25, 2022 • by Winter Nie, Mark J. Greeven, Yunfei Feng in Innovation • 2 min read

If you are in the business of selling to consumers, you would do well to look at China to get a glimpse of the future. There are four major changes on the...

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