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Florence Gaub on reading the future: War, weak signals, and wild scenarios
June 11, 2026 • by David Bach in Leaders Unplugged • Podcast available
NATO futurist Florence Gaub on war, weak signals, Gen Z, and why leaders need not only foresight, but also science fiction to future-proof their organizations...
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Jake Sullivan on power, production, and the remaking of the global order
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on why the post-Cold War world is over – and who is shaping the new rules of global business
Podcast Series

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

Antoine de Saint-Affrique

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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Tech & Sports: Could your next coach be a computer?
July 23, 2024 • by Amit Joshi, Michael R. Wade in Podcasts • 2 min read • Podcast available
As AI is applied to ever more tech, the era of health apps may soon be replaced by something altogether more powerful...
‘Cognitive’ technology and smart thinking: redefining city living
July 9, 2024 • by Michael R. Wade, Joseph Bradley in Podcasts • 2 min read • Podcast available
TONOMUS is creating a ‘cognitive’ city in the desert of Saudi Arabia. Joseph Bradley, the company’s CEO, shares what he’s learned since taking on the hugely ambitious project....
Pt 2. Specialization in action: inside a VC’s playbook for success
July 2, 2024 • by Raphaël Grieco, Karl Schmedders in Podcasts • 1 min read • Podcast available
In her second conversation with IMD, Evgenia Plotnikova, General Partner at Dawn Capital, discusses the importance of specialization...






