Charting the Future

The operating theater is an emotionally and cognitively demanding arena where anesthesiologists and surgeons operate under time pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility. Team interactions in such settings frequently reveal humor, irony, or cynici...

Reframing the psychology of organizational change helps leaders move from control to co-creation, enabling power-with models that thrive in complexity.

Progressing to senior leadership begins by upgrading your mindset. Here’s how to get started.

Cement is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonize. Holcim’s Ram Muthu explains why execution, policy, and infrastructure matter most.

Elite athlete habits can help leaders perform longer. Olympians share practical ways to build longevity, manage energy, and achieve goals with less stress sustainably.

Standard Chartered’s Tanuj Kapilashrami oversaw a fundamental workforce transformation from a jobs-based to a skills-powered model. Here she shares five key steps to make the transition.

IMD’s David Bach and Julia Binder reflect on WEF 2026, global power shifts, values-based realism, and quiet corporate activism behind the scenes.

Davos 2026 laid bare transatlantic cracks, AI’s reality check, and sustainability’s reset—urging leaders to embrace values-based pragmatism.

Transformational leadership is recognized for bringing family members together; however, its role in multi-unit complex family firms that rely on nonfamily managers is poorly theorized. We find that transformational family chief executive officers...

The case describes Hilti's transformation from a premium tool maker to a solution provider in commercial construction, while keeping its innovation leadership. Confronting industry pain points such as lost tools, downtime, safety risks and thin margins, Hilti created Fleet Management FM. This subscription bundles NURON tools, repairs, loaners, theft coverage, and Hilti's ON!Track asset management system into predictable monthly payments. IoT connectivity delivers real-time insights on utilization, battery health and maintenance. Moving towards end-to-end optimization E2E, FM digitally connects warehouses, vans and administrative processes, unlocking measurable productivity and margin improvement. FM also operationalizes circularity: productivity analyses right-size tool parks often by 2030 fewer assets, tools are refurbished or donated for a second life, and non-usable materials are recycled via a global network of local partners. The case illustrates how business model innovations with global coverage necessitate fundamental organizational transformations that can take many years. It allows students to develop concise, concrete and convincing value propositions in a B2B market environment. It also facilitates a discussion on solution readiness offering, supplier, contract, and customer and the identification of a sustainable competitive advantage based on the VRIO framework.