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The key to putting customers at the center of your business

December 1, 2021 in Strategy • 2 min read

Companies that put customers at the center of their strategic focus perform better, but doing this requires more effort than many realize....

Opting out of Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Why businesses are fighting consumerism

November 29, 2021 • by Julia Binder in Strategy • 4 min read

Do consumer incentives have negative consequences on people and planet? Julia Binder, Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation at IMD, explores the risks....

Key factors to consider when developing an inclusive strategy

November 26, 2021 • by James Henderson in Strategy • 2 min read

Having a more inclusive strategy has been proven to have a positive effect on the bottom line. There are strategies that can help you do it well....

Have you considered the actual relationship between E, S, and G?

November 23, 2021 • by Christos Cabolis, Karl Schmedders in Strategy • 2 min read

ESG are generally lumped together as one set of goals, but they don't always have a symbiotic relationship. Have you looked at the relationships between them?...

Three things leaders who are prepared to survive a crisis understand

November 17, 2021 • by Sameh Abadir in Strategy • 2 min read

Leading through crisis is difficult, but we have studied those companies that have prepared and identified three common principles....

Outsourcing offshore? How to pick the perfect partner (and get customers on board)

November 12, 2021 • by Gary Gregory, Liem Viet Ngo in Strategy • 7 min read

Offshore partners can benefit customers, here's what to look for when outsourcing....

There’s a new world order – is your strategy keeping up with it?

November 5, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller in Strategy • 2 min read

Relevance is a quality that leaders formerly tended to overlook, but the new business landscape is making it a key driver of business strategy....

Do you know the three paradoxes of leading virtual change?

November 4, 2021 • by Jennifer Jordan, Ask Agger in Strategy • 4 min read

The pandemic has left companies across the globe trying to navigate the issues in an entirely new framework – the virtual world. Yjod requires adjustments to leadership that require understanding the paradoxes...

Are you struggling despite “winning”?

November 3, 2021 • by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg in Strategy • 3 min read

Winning leaders are reporting having mixed emotions, feeling just as exhausted as their more unfortunate peers, and on top of that being puzzled by their reactions to their own flourishing during a...

Questions you need to ask to develop an effective strategy office

November 1, 2021 • by Bettina Büchel in Strategy • 3 min read

This is never going to be a one-size-fits-all proposition, but you can use the ISC framework to guide your strategy formulation and execution. This framework comprises three different diagnostic points....

Cull or cultivate? Protecting your entry-level leadership pipeline