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Customers and financial institutions must embrace the open-banking revolution

The average person interacts with only one financial institution. Many of us, however, hold a bank account with one institution, and a mortgage with another. But then what happens if we want to start...

How businesses can harness the ideas of the changemaker generation

By Vanina Farber

As more organizations embrace purpose within their corporate strategies, it makes sense to involve the purpose-driven mindset and ideas of young people to challenge existing business models and...

IMD Professor Wins Financial Times’ Management Challenge

The age of hybrid working demands a new type of manager, one that can foster meaningful connections among virtual teams and also cultivate true collaboration back in the office. In the Financial...

‘Unlock the potential of your people by putting them in the driver’s seat’: academic and industry experts aligned over democratizing learning in the workplace

2020 has certainly been a challenging year for most people, industries and organizations. But there are silver linings and one is that technology-powered executive education programs are...

The hidden impact of COVID-19

By Christos Cabolis, José Caballero

As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc around the world, concerns have largely been focussed on its immediate impact on economies and health-systems. Lockdowns have led to business...

Insight Session: Leaders Beware of Your Bias – Affiliate Professor Heather Cairns-Lee

Leaders are asked to take charge in complex situations and they do so through their own lenses, including their mental models, frames and words. These lenses privilege some things and...

MBA Class of 1970-71 celebrates with virtual 50-year reunion

It has been 50 years since the MBA Class of 1970-71 began their studies, but some things never age – the strong bond developed by IMD alumni is one of them. There are 14 active members of the class...

Agile does not mean abandoning traditional skills, just knowing when to use them

COVID-19 has accelerated our evolution to digital, but that evolution is not yet complete; traditional leadership skills can still be just as important as new traits when it comes to...

The principles of post-COVID stakeholder engagement in the pharmaceutical industry

The COVID-19 crisis has brought suffering around the world, with devastating social and economic effects. Health care companies – specifically in the pharmaceutical industry – have scrambled to...

Two ways to make your organization more diverse and inclusive today

“Recently, I heard an executive say, ‘I support inclusion. But it depends who we are including’,” said Professor Toegel. “Sadly, this is still the state of inclusion in many organizations today...

Faculty Q & A: Michael Yaziji

1. What are you working on at the moment?  I’m most excited about innovating in program journeys. I’m integrating participants’ home teams in real depth like I never have before; using...

How jumping to the right S-curve can mean the difference between life and death for your organization

No one claims that  the key to organizational buoyancy is to remain stag nant. But for companies operating in the face of today’s economic fallout, the ability to   determine where and how to  leap...

Chief Happiness Officer transforms organizations by identifying internal barriers

“You’re allowed to do anything that you allow yourself to do,” said Céline Relecom with a professional coach’s precision in identifying the needless internal barriers that we sometimes erect...

‘There will be no COVID-19 vaccine without the right packaging’

Last year, the global pharmaceutical industry purchased some 12 billion vials. Then along came COVID, not only triggering the need for even more, but for the right type. SiO2 Material Science...

Here is how we solved climate change: the view backwards from 2030

In this case study Professor, Lundin Sustainability Chair Knut Haanaes imagines we have turned the corner on climate change — but how? The world is in celebratory mood at New Year 2030, even though...

How to make the Swiss economy more responsible without slowing it down

In the run-up to the popular vote on Swiss corporate responsibility in November, Enterprise for Society (E4S) – the competence hub which brings together IMD, EPFL and the HEC faculty of the...

Business supply chain strategies are evolving, can poor countries benefit?

By Fabrice Lehmann, Carlos Cordon

Multiple sourcing and proximity sourcing are taking shape as long-term trends as global firms hardwire resilience and agility into their supply chains. Less developed countries face considerable...

Survival of the fittest: why you must learn to innovate at speed

A new form of inclusive, fast and intense “crowd-sourced” intervention could transform corporate culture for good, says Louise Muhdi, Professor of Innovation and Strategy. For organisations...

If you want to drive your business, support the potential of your people

In a market environment in which industries are being challenged by digitalization, automation and an unprecedented speed of change, companies can not only survive, but also innovate and thrive...

How and why you should distinguish between stakeholders

By Paul Strebel

Embrace digital - make your strategy process more engaging!

By Knut Haanaes

A few years back the author was involved in an exercise where the strategy processes of a large set of leading global firms were observed. These were all companies you would expect to be...

The continuous attractiveness of Switzerland

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero

Why do MNCs such as Philip Morris and ABB choose Switzerland as a base for their operations? There are several significant factors that define the attractiveness of Switzerland. Among them, one...