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Olympian insights: Leadership meets elite sports
November 4, 2025 • by Susan Goldsworthy in I by IMD Podcasts • Podcast available
Oliver Zeidler shares his journey from swimmer to World Champion rower, balancing sport, business, and a beginner’s mindset....
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Gideon Rachman (FT): Can liberal democracy win in the 21st century?
Gideon Rachman on Trump, China, and Europe’s resilience – and why liberal democracy, though under pressure, still has a future.
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CEO Dialogue
Jean-François Manzoni, President of IMD, hosts frank discussions with CEOs of companies including Nestlé, AstraZeneca and many more.

Leaner, cleaner, faster, stronger: How ABB is reshaping an engineering icon for the future

How Hindustan Unilever is winning over India’s middle class

Why Novo Nordisk’s CEO has learned to trust his gut feeling

ACWA Power’s Marco Arcelli: ‘I’m the Chief Facilitating Officer’

Henkel’s Carsten Knobel: A CEO who sticks to his strategy

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Should I Fly
In a rapidly warming, post-pandemic world, Jim Pulcrano and Patrick Reinmoeller set out to answer one simple question: Should I fly?

The Interview
With great power comes great responsibility. Leaders of organizations from Alvanon to Zurich Zoo share insights on their own journeys.

It is a strength, not a weakness to say ‘I don’t know’

The Interview: Didier Cossin on high-performance boards

ACE Founders, with Ian Charles Stewart and François Randin

‘Cognitive’ technology and smart thinking: redefining city living

How AI gives Taobao’s one billion customers the personal touch

Reframing the role of anxiety in leadership

Management under the microscope
With the help of some of the world’s leading academics and executives, Professor Michael Wade turns six “accepted truths” on their heads.
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