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IMD elevates virtual reality for executives from a tech-driven to a pedagogically led experience

Team members using IMD’s new VR goggles designed by Jenson8 will be able to access the technology from anywhere in the world, and will use it to interact with each other as a team, as opposed...

Be open and authentic about your mental health struggles, One Mind Executive Vice President tells IMD alumni at annual event

Dare to share the stories of your mental health struggles at work, Daryl Tol, Executive Vice President of One Mind, a brain health non-profit organisation, urged alumni gathered on the IMD campus...

Kazuo Ichijo returns to IMD Faculty

IMD Business School has confirmed that Professor Kazuo Ichijo will become a full-time Faculty Member, accelerating the institute’s commitment to grow Japanese executives as global leaders. Building...

China and US pursuing markedly different digital transformations

Data unveiled on 29 September, shows how the US tops IMD’s Digital Competitiveness Rankings for the fourth year running. China has risen 15 places in that time, from 30^th...

Öykü Işık elected as Digital Shaper 2021 by BILANZ and Digital Switzerland

Öykü Işık, Professor of Digital Strategy & Cybersecurity at IMD, has been elected one of the top 100 Digital Shapers 2021 in Switzerland in recognition of her contribution in the areas of...

‘Be grateful to life and generous to the world’ IMD’s President advises EMBA graduates

Be a generous leader   Congratulating the September 2021 cohort, Professor Manzoni said that a great leader would do well to be generous – to give people the benefit of the doubt, to create value...

Challenge assumptions to navigate the new normal thrown up by COVID

More than 20 young executives gathered at the Grandhotel Giessbach overlooking the pristine waters of Lake Brienz to exchange views and reflect on their leadership styles as part of a one-day...

IMD leadership program recognised with award for activities in wealth management

Robert Hooijberg, Professor of Organizational Behaviour at IMD; Francis Pfluger, Head of Learning Management & Executive Coach at IMD; and Nancy Lane, Research Associate and Executive Coach at IMD...

Alyson Meister nominated for prestigious leadership award

The nomination is closely linked to her article “ What’s your leadership origin story? ”, co-authored with Brianna Caza and Wei Zheng, which was published in HBR last year. It explores...

Deep cultural change journeys for senior intact teams

By 2019 dtac, the third largest cellphone operator in Thailand, was beginning to see results from the strategic turnaround it had started the year before. But much remained to be done regarding...

Putting digital at the heart of business transformation

The business potential of transformational technologies like IoT (Internet of things), artificial intelligence and robotics, is enormous but how do you separate the hype from the reality? For...

The learning Chief Executive: head of Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore on ‘servant leadership’

When Quah Ley Hoon was offered a scholarship by the Singaporean government to study an MBA, she grasped the opportunity with both hands. As a self-confessed Francophile who earned her MA in...

How and why business travel is helping the sector recover from the COVID crisis

Travel’s journey back to health After 18 months of industry disruption, the travel industry is seeing the green shoots of recovery. But the journey back to health will demand agility...

Focus on people and culture for digital transformation at scale

By Didier Bonnet, Michael R. Wade

IMD Global Family Business Center wins the Family Firm Institute International Award

The IMD Global Family Business Center (GFBC) has been bestowed with the distinguished International Award from the Family Firm Institute (FFI). The FFI Committee unanimously agreed on the choice of...

Escape the shackles of a fixed mindset to unleash growth

By Heather Cairns-Lee, Jennifer Jordan

Transformation to sustainability requires listening from leaders

After years of scepticism and resistance, the sustainability message now permeates corporate boardrooms and leadership teams, amid global concerns about climate change, food security and countless...

How companies and talent can gain from a shared purpose

By Alyson Meister, David Bach

J.M. Huber Corporation wins 2020 IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award

With sustainability rapidly becoming business critical as a licence to operate, the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award acknowledges and motivates family-owned enterprises that strive...

Fulfilling Africa’s promise – first Kwera graduates focus on sustainability

Wongani Chisati and Kennedy Black are celebrating their achievements. The two young Malawians graduated this spring, having had their studies funded by Kwera, an educational social enterprise set up...

What is the future of the European Union?

By Arturo Bris

After Brexit and other recent anti-Europe sentiment rearing its head in national elections around Europe, is there reason to be optimistic about the Union? IMD Professor Arturo Bris answers looks at...

Leading in Turbulent Times

By Tawfik Jelassi, Karine Avagyan with Michelle Perrinjaquet.
Contributors: Lars Häggström, Feena May.

Organizations today operate in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment. However, even more challenging for top management is the increasing necessity to lead in...

Keeping the momentum of High Performance Leadership

Adrian Zwingli is a self-professed entrepreneur and as well as founder and chairman of SwissQ, a Zurich-based tech company. Adrian has done a number of programs at IMD including High...

The four tiers of conflict of interest faced by board directors

By Didier Cossin, Abraham Hongze Lu

Conflicts of interest abound at the board level. They constitute a significant issue in that they affect ethics by distorting decision making and generating consequences that can undermine...

EMBA graduate says IMD helped build his career and seal a record deal

Paul Krell just experienced the most bitter-sweet success of his career. He was involved in selling a company, Sequent Medical, which he helped grow from scratch and that he considered his “baby”...

IMD ranked #1 in open programs by the Financial Times for sixth straight year

15 May 2017 – IMD has been recognized once again among the world’s best business schools by the Financial Times in its 2017 Executive Education Rankings. IMD came in at #1 in open programs for the...

Corporate governance experts at IMD For annual conference

Fifty international academics and leading corporate governance practitioners have come together for an annual lecture at IMD with the IMD Global Board Center.

New IMD digital series: bootcamp, strategy, leadership, execution and more

The pace of digital transformation continues to speed up dramatically. No industries have been left untouched any many business risk being left behind. That’s why IMD business school is launching a...

Can we calculate the future?

By Stéphane Garelli

Modern economics is increasingly focusing on identifying possible choices rather than on calculating outcomes... So why are we so obsessed with mathematics...? The tragedy is that our...

IMD’s MBAs wrap up innovation week with exciting new projects

                                                                                                                                         IMD’s MBAs have just completed their whirlwind week of...