What if volatility became your competitive advantage?
Protecting against disruption is no longer enough. In a post-stability economy, businesses need to reinvent continuously – and learn how to profit from volatility....
September 23, 2026 • by Nadya Zhexembayeva in Strategy • 9 min read
Protecting against disruption is no longer enough. In a post-stability economy, businesses need to reinvent continuously – and learn how to profit from volatility....
September 22, 2026 • by Michael Yaziji in Strategy • 3 min read
Question central planning: why a unit-focused hybrid approach may outperform both centralized control and chaotic AI adoption....
September 15, 2026 • by Nongfei Pan in Strategy • 18 min read
How established companies can create a successful spin-off and then bring it back home. OPPO’s experiment with OnePlus offers a blueprint for established enterprises seeking to sustain performance through breakthrough innovation. ...
September 10, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 1 min read
How can established businesses innovate without undermining their core operations? Issue 24 of I by IMD explores corporate self-disruption, global innovation ecosystems, and the workplace behaviours that influence productivity, risk-taking, and renewal....
September 2, 2026 • by Cyril Bouquet, Nicolas Chauvin, Julian Nolan in Strategy • 12 min read
AI strategy is not about adopting technology. It is about deciding where to compete as value shifts across ecosystems and value chains – and having the organizational levers to make the move....
August 28, 2026 • by Heather Cairns-Lee in Strategy • 7 min read
As Ted Lasso returns to Apple TV, we examine what leadership research says about the show’s optimism, teamwork, motivation, and genuine human concern – and why they beat command-and-control leadership. ...
August 27, 2026 • by Robert Vilkelis in Strategy • 3 min read
Dissent signals are data. Shift from blaming individuals to diagnosing the system, using friction to reveal operational bottlenecks....
August 24, 2026 • by I by IMD in Strategy • 5 min read
The crisis has exposed weaknesses that many companies still share. From chokepoints to sourcing strategies, here are takeaways for executives. ...
August 18, 2026 • by Howard H. Yu in Strategy • 7 min read
AI is taking the effort out of professional services, and customers know it. Businesses must stop selling billable hours and start delivering unreasonable hospitality, writes Howard Yu....
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