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Open banking has transformed the way customers see financial institutions

BBVA has taken a proactive approach to open banking, having moved ahead of PSD2 regulations in Europe. What opportunities in open banking do you see for established banks such as BBVA? In our view...

IMD Professor Alyson Meister named to 2021 Thinkers50 Radar list

As the struggle for finding purpose and meaning in our personal and professional lives grows with each day of the pandemic, Alyson Meister has been named to the prestigious 2021 Thinkers50 Radar...

IMD case takes centre stage in “world cup” of family business competitions

The annual knockout competition, organised by the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, draws on an exclusive selection of case studies about family business to test the...

Why omnichannel will define retail in 2021: the surprising comeback of the physical store

By Carlos Cordon

IMD alumni group devoted to sustainability progress charts impressive growth

It may be made up of a diverse group, but the TOGETHER Initiative is united in one shared goal – a safe and healthy future for the planet. Founded by IMD participants for all IMD alumni, TOGETHER...

‘My IMD EMBA was the accelerator for an incredible journey of self-discovery'

These days Dominik Reinhard mostly has his toes tucked under the table of a Microsoft Teams call, as he executes his role as European Head of Commercial Sales of the Crop Protection Division at R&D...

One education, two different paths – how an IMD MBA has shaped the career trajectories of alumni siblings

In December 2020, Tony Jamous was prepared to weather a possible quarantine and other isolation measures in order to attend one of the most important events of his life :   the graduation of ...

Crypto: To invest, or to not invest, that is the question

At the time of our conversation with Martin, Bitcoin had just broken through the upper limit of $20,000, reaching a new all-time high. We wondered if it was still a good time to invest in...

Turn the marathon into sprints – how to save the Olympic Games

By Carlos Cordon

The organisers of global sporting events are obsessed with delivering massive, money-spinning extravaganzas that few hosts can afford. This unsustainable marathon model has to stop. Short-term...

IMD and ECAL expand partnership with MoU and new executive program

IMD and ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, one of the world’s top design schools, will develop a new design-oriented executive education program as part of an expanded partnership...

Why hidden agendas are stopping you from sticking with your goals

By Alyson Meister

Leading operations of a humanitarian entrepreneurship has opened the eyes of one IMD alumnus

While COVID-19 has received the lion’s share of attention over the past year, those involved in the fight against many of the world’s other deadly diseases have had to tighten their belts as...

Good communication supports teams and enables resilience in COVID-19 times

“You have hired your staff because they are smart. They are, therefore, going to know when things are being held back,” warned Omar Molato MD. Now a consultant for global leadership development...

Homemade jam never tasted so good: focus on the basics in 2021

By Winter Nie and Nikhil Chadha

Supercharge your organizational learning strategy for 2021

By Shlomo Ben-Hur

‘The biggest concentration camp is in your own mind and the key is in your pocket’ 

“Everything can be taken away from us except what we put in our own mind.” These were among the last words Dr Edith Eva Eger remembers her mother saying to her as they rode in a cattle cart to the...

The new business models and tech that will make this an even better ‘roaring 20s’

By Knut Haanaes

5 ways brands can be successful in the new retail space of 2021

By Stéphane J. G. Girod

Accessible wealth management solutions for everyone

What differentiates SwissBorg from other major cryptocurrency trading platforms? Why do you define your products as Wealth and Community Apps? Although crypto has been around for a while it had a...

10 great stories of leadership, strategy and hope in the face of disruption in 2020

Every leader needs to navigate these seven tensions  Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change  Jennifer Jordan,  Professor of Innovation and Strategy  Michael Wade  and  Elizabeth Teracino...

“The EMBA was like running a marathon, but very, very enriching”

Sheer determination and a taste for innovation have been the main motors of Manish Kapoor’s career. For over years, he has successfully turned markets around for American Express India, where he...

Don’t just start a strategy process without thinking about the options

By Bettina Büchel

Once top teams recognize the need to fundamentally revisit their strategy, they need to be critically aware of the key decisions in formulating the strategy process in order to ensure that the...

Is your team trusting or just polite?

By Ben Bryant

Between Samsung explosions and Volkswagen recalls, FIFA’s racketeering and Wells Fargo’s fake accounts, some of the most recent corporate scandals have been mainstream events with far-reaching...

Profile of outstanding EMBA participant: Satakarni Makkapati

Satakarni Makkapati completed IMD’s executive MBA in 2015. Armed with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Satakarni is President at Aurobindo Pharma. Respected for being a classmate whose input...

How to make your business goals more resilient

By Marco Mancesti

How many times have you heard a business goal similar to this: “We will be n°1 in the next 5 years”? Whether you are running a start-up, a department, a much larger organization or a strategic...

Strategy is dead? Long live strategic thinking!

By Paul Strebel

Strategy is a dead concept say Bill Fischer and Michael Wade, two of my colleagues at IMD. The world is moving too fast for strategy. Industry boundaries are blurring, new entrants and technologies...

How the ‘blues brothers’ fixed Serco

Serco is a vast corporation about which most of us know very little. Globally, the public services company operates across four regions – the UK and Europe, ASPAC, North America and the Middle East...

Business Efficiency and Productivity

By Arturo Bris, José Caballero

The actions and policies of the government and their outcomes (e.g., infrastructure indicators) affect the efficiency and productivity of the private sector. In this Criterion of the Month, we...

How negotiations escalate to the point of no return

Executives and dealmakers typically understand the advantages of creating a collaborative atmosphere that favors value creation in negotiations. However, difficult negotiation processes...

What is organizational culture? And why should we care?

By Michael D. Watkins

If you want to provoke a vigorous debate, start a conversation on organizational culture. While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping...