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Taking the lead: Mars Petcare and a purpose-led transformation
By Thomas W. Malnight - 4 April 2023
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Become a Better Problem Solver by Telling Better Stories
By Arnaud Chevalier, Albrecht Enders, and Jean-Louis Barsoux - 1 February 2023
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3 Stages of a successful Digital Transformation
By Didier Bonnet - 20 September 2022
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Measuring change is difficult, here are five ways to help
By Bettina Büchel - 2 February 2023
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What Makes a Company “Future Ready”?
By Howard Yu, Jialu Shan, Angelo Boutalikakis, Lawrence Tempel, and Zuriati Balian - 21 March 2022
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How incumbents can win in the disruption battle
How incumbents can win in the disruption battle
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight and Ivy Buche - 1 April 2022
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Do you share the mindset of organizations that know how to survive?
Do you share the mindset of organizations that know how to survive?
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight and Ivy Buche - 16 February 2022
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The Strategic Advantage of Incumbency
The Strategic Advantage of Incumbency
By Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche - 21 December 2021
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Never let a crisis go to waste
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight and Ivy Buche - 24 November 2020
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Put purpose at the Core of your Strategy
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche and Chares Dhanaraj - 1 August 2019
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The Power of Divergent Thinking
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight, Ivy Buche and Victoria Kemanian - 1 July 2019
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How purpose, philosophy and poetry are driving Mahindra
By Rajeev Dubey, Group President & CEO and Member of the Group Executive Board at Mahindra & Mahindra - 1 January 2020
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Transformation journeys: The reasons why and the art of how
By Professor Jean-François Manzoni, Professor Albrecht Enders, Professor Anand Narasimhan, Professor Thomas W. Malnight, ... - 1 February 2018
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How not to define your Purpose
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight and Ivy Buche - 1 October 2019
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How successful companies redefine their business
By Professor Thomas W. Malnight - 26 August 2019
Didier Bonnet
Professor Didier Bonnet
Professor of Strategy and Digital Transformation

Didier Bonnet focuses on digital economics, digital strategy, disruptive innovation, and the process of large-scale digital transformation for global corporations. A globally recognized thought leader on digital…

Ben Bryant
Professor Ben Bryant
Professor of Leadership and Organization, Director of IMD CEO Learning Center

Ben Bryant is a Professor of Leadership and Organization at IMD in Lausanne and the director of the IMD CEO Learning Center. He holds the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair for Responsible Leadership. Ben is a highly skilled…

Goutam Challagalla
Professor Goutam Challagalla
Professor of Marketing and Strategy

Goutam Challagalla, Professor of Strategy and Marketing, focuses on how digital advances and sustainability concerns are impacting companies' business strategies and approaches to marketing. Having helped companies to…

Carlos Cordon
Professor Carlos Cordon
Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management

Carlos Cordon is a Professor of Strategy and Supply Chain Management. Cordon’s areas of expertise are supply chain management, digital, value chains, digital lean and process management, all of which are particularly…

Frederic Dalsace
Professor Frederic Dalsace
Professor of Marketing and Strategy

Frédéric Dalsace focuses on two distinct areas – B2B issues such as customer centricity, buyer-seller relationships, and value management, and sustainability, inclusive business models, and alleviating poverty.

He is Co-…

Albrecht Enders
Professor Albrecht Enders
Professor of Strategy and Innovation

Albrecht Enders' work focuses on strategic decision making. Through his teaching, consulting and writing, he helps companies make important strategic choices, and provides guidance on how to ensure that decision making…

Vanina Farber
Professor Vanina Farber
elea Professor of Social Innovation; Dean of the Executive MBA

Vanina Farber is an award-winning economist and political scientist who specializes in social innovation and the mobilization of private capital for impact investing. Her research focuses on innovative, practical,…

William Fischer
Emeritus Professor William Fischer
Professor of Innovation Management

William A. Fischer is Emeritus Professor of Innovation Management. He co-founded and co-directs the IMD program on Driving Strategic Innovation, in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at MIT and also authors…

Knut Haanaes
Professor Knut Haanaes
Professor of Strategy and International Management, Lundin Sustainability Chair

Knut Haanaes' research and teaching focus on strategy, sustainability, strategic renewal and business models. He says these different pillars enable him to help companies think about their path for the future and take…

Amit Joshi
Professor Amit Joshi
Professor of AI, Analytics and Marketing Strategy at IMD

Amit Joshi, Professor of AI, Analytics and Marketing Strategy at IMD, specializes in helping organizations use artificial intelligence and develop their big data, analytics and AI capabilities. An award-winning professor…

Jean-Francois Manzoni
Professor Jean-Francois Manzoni
President and Nestlé Chaired Professor of Leadership & Organizational Development

Jean-François Manzoni’s research, teaching, and consulting activities are focused on leadership, the development of high-performance organizations, and corporate governance. In recent years, he has been concentrating…

Winter Nie
Professor Winter Nie
Professor of Management

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Winter Nie’s expertise lies at the intersection of change management and leadership, with a focus on strategy, team dynamics, and change initiatives. She has a deep understanding of how people at different levels…

Vikas Tibrewala
Adjunct Professor Vikas Tibrewala
Affiliate Professor of Management

Dr Vikas Tibrewala is Adjunct Professor of Management at IMD. His primary teaching and consulting interests centre around unlocking growth through outstanding strategy development and execution.

Over the last 30 years, Dr…

John Weeks
Professor John Weeks
Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior

John Weeks works at the intersection of leadership, organizational culture, and change. He helps leaders understand how they can manage themselves to lead others more effectively and to have a positive and intentional…

Howard Yu
Professor Howard Yu
LEGO Professor of Management and Innovation

Howard Yu specializes in technological innovation, strategic transformation, and change management and heads IMD’s Center for Future Readiness. He is also author of the award-winning and best-selling book LEAP: How to…

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Victoria Kemanian
Director Business Transformation Initiative and Senior Advisor

Mrs. Kemanian is Director, Business Transformation Initiative and a founding Director of Latitude, a strategy-consulting firm based in Lausanne. Her work focuses on corporate and business strategy, and sustainable…

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Ivy Buche
Associate Director Business Transformation Initiative

Ivy Buche is Associate Director of the Business Transformation Initiative at IMD. She works with IMD faculty on business transformation projects for multinational companies across diverse industries. Her specialization…

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Karine Avagyan
Research Associate

Karine Avagyan works with IMD faculty on academic and practitioner research projects and publications across diverse management areas. Her expertise lies in quantitative and qualitative analysis. She has also…

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Mahwesh Khan
Research Associate

Mahwesh Khan works with IMD faculty on academic and practitioner research projects and publications across diverse management areas. Her expertise lies in working with corporate boards and C-suite on integrating…

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