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What drives an economy to be highly talent competitive?

By Christos Cabolis

Lat week, the IMD World Competitiveness Center, launched the final ranking for 2020: the IMD World Talent Ranking! It captures the capacity of an economy to develop as well as attract talent...

Change your brain, change your life: three scientifically proven techniques to boost mental health and well-being

You, too, can cultivate compassion, reduce stress and find happiness by using mindfulness and mental training techniques, said Professor Tania Singer in her OWP live keynote address.  What if...

‘People will work and consume where, when and how they want’ – Zoom CIO Advisor

Companies must now learn how to overcome the twin challenges of managing a hybrid workforce and the needs of remote consumers, according to Zoom CIO Advisor  Magnus Falk.  The lightning fast adoption...

Crowdsourced innovation, conquering commoditization, political CEOs and top teams’ COVID-19 responses at OWP liVe Day 3

IMD’s professors shared insights to help participants enhance leadership skills and cultivate winning performance amid global uncertainty on the third day of OWP liVe. How quickfire...

Spitch’s robo-bankers are learning Swiss German!

How does Spitch serve clients with Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies? There are two ways Spitch serves its customers, which range from large banks with millions of customers to...

How diversification, purpose and stakeholder power turned OCP around

Making money and doing good are often portrayed as antitheses. But Mostafa  Terrab , chairman and chief executive  officer  of Morocco’s OCP Group,  says  such apparent opposi tes  can be...

Cracking the transformation puzzle, leaders' self-care, digital marketing and data ethics at OWP liVe Day 2

Participants  and  IMD ’s  experts   shared   insights   to  enhance leadership  skills  and  unlock the secrets of winning  performance  amid global uncertainty  on the second day of   OWP  liVe.  ...

Tough negotiations, AI-informed decisions, the secrets of agile leadership and the rising demand for sustainable strategies at OWP liVe

The opening of the second  OWP liVe virtual program revealed the tricks of effective negotiation techniques, how to debias your decision making with technology, and why sustainability and...

Choose your goal wisely and work harder than everyone else, says Peter Schmeichel

Posed in front of a giant picture of himself clutching a winning trophy, Peter Schmeichel could hardly have picked a better location to kick off  IMD’s OWP liVe.  The much-decorated former...

Jean-François Manzoni to lead IMD for another five years

The Foundation and Supervisory Boards of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) have renewed the presidential mandate for Professor Jean-François Manzoni for a period of...

'Supporting your people is the only way to unlock true value' - OCP's Terrab

What has been the key enabler in driving OCP’s transformation, and why? Honest clarity. As we defined our vision to feed the planet to feed the world, we knew that this had to be sustainable...

Redefine stakeholder capitalism for real impact with three guiding principles

By Paul Strebel

Redefine stakeholder capitalism for real impact with three guiding principles by Paul Strebel

We must shift from a broken economic system to a more inclusive and ecologically sustainable world, say E4S leaders

The COVID-19 crisis has destroyed economic activity and shredded capital, but it also presents a rare opportunity to build our economies back up better, more resilient, inclusive and...

Brown-Forman wins 25th IMD Global Family Business Award, sponsored by Pictet

Brown-Forman, one of the largest American family-owned companies in the spirits and wine industry, has won the 2020 IMD Global Family Business Award, sponsored by Pictet. The winner was revealed...

European economies take 8 out of top 10 spots in 2020 World Talent Ranking

In order, from first to fifth were: Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Iceland, and Sweden. This year’s results — which use hard data from 2019 and survey answers from January to April 2020 &mdash...

Team first, ego second: Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel reveals his recipe for success

From victory with Denmark in the UEFA Euro 1992 to five Premier League titles under Alex Ferguson, Peter Schmeichel etched a career into the history of football as one the greatest players to...

FinTech Chain Mail: how to de-risk financial systems through the adoption of central bank digital currencies

How would you describe Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and what is their status today? CBDCs are the digital equivalent of physical cash as they also represent a claim on Central Banks...

Get to know: Katharina Lange, IMD Professor of Leadership

What are you working on at the moment?  Since starting at IMD last year, I have intensified my work on resilience  as the pandemic has spurred interest in this topic  –  I feel a little like a...

‘COVID-19 has created serious challenges for the home care industry’ says David Fraser, EMBA 2010

Research shows that COVID-19 has hit the elderly especially hard – in the United States, more than one-fifth of all Coronavirus deaths in the spring occurred in nursing or care homes. But that isn’t...

Jebsen & Jessen Family Enterprise: Masters of entrepreneurial partnerships

By Benoit F. Leleux with Marta Widz.

Receiving one of the most prestigious accolades for "excellence in family business" was a memorable moment for Hans Michael Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen – the two principal shareholders of Jebsen ...

Talent competitiveness and leadership quality

By Arturo Bris with Christos Cabolis, José Caballero.

Public policies can strongly influence the quality of leadership capabilities and competencies available in a particular country. For example, policies that increase education expenditure...

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...