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Is your leadership energizing or enervating?

Evaluate if your leadership energizes or exhausts teams with a practical disruption checklist focused on curiosity, psychological safety, and growth.

Change Management Disruption Leadership Organizational Transformation

By Shelley Zalis

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AI safety governance: What business leaders must do

IMD experts explain how leaders can strengthen AI safety governance, guide responsible implementation, and manage rising autonomy and business risk.

By Michael R. Wade, Howard H. Yu, Amit Joshi, Naomi Haefner, Faisal Hoque, José Parra Moyano and Mark J. Greeven

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Corporate spin-off innovation strategy: OPPO and OnePlus

Explore how OPPO’s OnePlus experiment offers a four-step corporate spin-off innovation strategy to drive breakthroughs and bring new capabilities home.

Why cybersecurity starts with your people

Learn how AI expands cybersecurity risks and why targeted training and a culture of trust are the first line of defense for organizations.

Leadership Technology Management

By Naomi Haefner

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Time out need not be time wasted: The real value of executive learning

Measure the real ROI of executive learning. IMD’s four-step framework helps CHROs link training to business impact, retention, and performance.

Leadership

By Johanna Leppävirta

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Corporate innovation strategy: Self-disrupt or fall behind

Explore corporate innovation strategy with insights from OPPO and OnePlus, global innovation ecosystems, and the workplace habits that hold businesses back.

Why trust in negotiation leads to better outcomes

Discover why trust in negotiation builds influence, strengthens confidence, and helps leaders secure better outcomes, even when walking away matters.

How to reassure people about AI: A checklist for CHROs

CHROs can help businesses move past mistrust of AI and support workforce adoption. Ask yourself these six questions to make sure you’re easing the way and not piling on top-down pressure.

Is your leadership machinery impeding progress for women?

Explore the Power Triad and a practical checklist to dismantle systemic barriers to women in leadership and equalize executive opportunities.

Culture Diversity and Equity and Inclusion Leadership Talent Management

By Ginka Toegel

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Why the CFO must shape the system, not just support it

CFO leadership, portfolio management, capital allocation, and AI are redefining finance – shifting the role from reporting performance to shaping sustainable growth.

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Is your leadership machinery impeding progress for women?

Uncover how redesigning leadership machinery removes systemic barriers to women in leadership with measurable governance and sponsorship.

Leadership

By Ginka Toegel

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9 September 2026

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Reconciling the rift: A playbook for toxic workplaces

Explore a actionable playbook to bridge the rift between official narratives and lived workplace realities in toxic environments.

Culture Leadership Talent Management Team

By Robert Vilkelis

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Reconciling the rift: A playbook for toxic workplaces

Learn how to disrupt executive echo chambers, align KPIs, and restore trust with a systemic approach to toxic workplaces.

Human Resources Workplace Well-being

By Robert Vilkelis

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8 September 2026

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Six new AI imperatives for every CEO and Board

Discover six AI leadership and governance imperatives that help CEOs and boards turn technology investments into lasting competitive advantage.

By Faisal Hoque, Paul Scade and Pranay Sanklecha

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How price regulation can lead to higher prices

Discover why price regulation can lead firms to set higher initial prices, especially when costs are volatile and competition is strong in regulated markets

Strategy

By Harry J. Paarsch and Karl Schmedders

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