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From dealing with burnout and bullsh*t to the joys of friendship and climbing mountains, IMD professors offer a varied choice of summer reading material...

May 13, 2026 • by Konstantinos Trantopoulos , Shlomo Ben-Hur, Michael R. Wade in Management • 13 min read
Human Resources today requires not just the adoption of AI tools, but leaders who will deliberately reshape how the HR function operates, governs, and develops people, say Konstantinos Trantopoulos, Shlomo Ben-Hur, and...
Continue readingJuly 1, 2022 • by Anand Narasimhan, Stefan Michel, Karl Schmedders, Robert Hooijberg, Susan Goldsworthy, Alyson Meister, Katharina Lange, Shlomo Ben-Hur in Management • 7 min read
From dealing with burnout and bullsh*t to the joys of friendship and climbing mountains, IMD professors offer a varied choice of summer reading material...
June 30, 2022 in Management • 1 min read • Podcast available
Yale Professor Zoe Chance discusses her latest book with IMD Professor of Strategy and Political Economy David Bach...
June 29, 2022 • by Öykü Işık, Philipp Leo, Fabian Muhly in Management • 9 min read
Cybercrime is booming and growing in sophistication. Business leaders need to ask themselves some searching questions before their organization is exposed to a potentially crippling assault....
June 29, 2022 • by I by IMD in Management • 2 min read
There are a lot of sources for trauma affecting people across the globe right now. As a leader, you can help employees who are struggling....
June 28, 2022 • by Anand Narasimhan in Management • 10 min read
The future of the plastics industry hinges on a shift to a circular business model and the recruitment of the brightest and the best young people, Lucrèce Foufopoulos says in an I...
June 24, 2022 • by Sameh Abadir, Niccolò Pisani in Management • 3 min read
In turbulent times, you need leaders who are like Swiss knives: take this self-test to find out if you are up to the challenge....
June 23, 2022 in Management • 1 min read • Podcast available
The award-winning IMD professor Amit Joshi discusses how firms can avoid the pitfalls of rolling out Artificial Intelligence...
June 21, 2022 • by Tiziana Casciaro, Julie Battilana in Management • 14 min read
Good leaders must uncover the basic human desires of their teams so together they can reach greater heights....
June 17, 2022 • by Michael R. Wade, Massimo Marcolivio in Management • 10 min read
Digital transformation initiatives often fail because they lack clear objectives. Michael Wade and Massimo Marcolivio explain how to communicate the ‘good numbers’....
June 15, 2022 • by Susan Kersch-Kibler in Management • 12 min read
The Russian invasion has disrupted Ukraine’s $1.5 billion surrogacy industry and posed logistical and ethical challenges for agencies operating in the country. Susan Kersch-Kibler, founder of the Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency,...
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