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AXA CHRO Sandrine Girszyn outlines three people priorities for 2026: AI adoption, employee mental health, and building a continuous learning mindset.

Quantum computing could break current encryption. Businesses must adopt post-quantum cryptography now to protect sensitive data from future cyber threats.

Economic success and sustainability help organizations navigate uncertainty through scenario planning, innovation, and long term strategies that create breakthrough products.

AI in finance function helps CFOs drive speed, scale and governance, reshaping decision making and productivity across core financial processes.

Despite massive investments, sustainable business still isn't very profitable for most companies. Here's a fresh approach for resetting sustainability for customer value—and profitability. Store aisles packed with products labelled "environmentall...

Sustainability succeeds when it creates customer value. Companies must move beyond virtue signaling and design innovations that boost performance and profits.

In September 2024, Starbucks' then-CEO was abruptly fired after 17 months in the role; the decision followed three quarterly drops in consumer traffic and declining operating revenues. The board then turned to Brian Niccol, a veteran fast-food com...

Ecosystem competition is reshaping strategy as firms shift from linear advantage to value networks. Mark Greeven explains how leaders must rethink growth and governance.

IMD’s AI Safety Clock moves to 23:42—18 minutes to midnight—as rapid AI advances, agentic systems, and military use outpace oversight and global regulation.