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‘Look, listen, learn, lead’ to negotiate change management

Hoon Ping Ngien is no stranger to the ins and outs of government organizations. He has served as Deputy Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Finance, and spent close to two decades in the Ministry...

The incredible lightness of being: use humor to inspire your team during a crisis

Blockchain could return us to travel: here’s what you need to know

By Arturo Bris

Blockchain technology could be our ticket to safe travel in the new COVID-era normal, allowing us to board a plane feeling safer from the virus that we do in the street, says panel of...

The innovator’s edge: start with a problem and develop a passion

By Jim Pulcrano

Profit or ethics? The false data dilemma

By Amit M. Joshi

The future of energy production straddles innovative technologies and business models

The energy industry is in flux. Lockdown and social-distancing measures triggered delays in project construction and extreme disruption plagued global supply chains. But even more challenging were...

Commit to a daily emotional workout to improve your leadership

‘Businesses can create shared value in tackling global challenges by pursuing smart sustainability’

At the intersection of the economy, environment and society, sustainability is a crucial issue for all industries and all sectors, says Professor Knut Haanaes, and not one will emerge from the...

Three ways Venezuela can develop a more competitive economy

By Arturo Bris

Digitize supply chains but don't expect a universal approach

By Carlos Cordon

Why globalization is going nowhere, despite the current panic

By Christos Cabolis

Globalization, that is the increased interdependency among economies with respect to trade of goods and services, as well as the flow of capital, people and ideas, has long had its pluses and...

Surviving and thriving through a crisis: leadership insights

By Jean-François Manzoni

Ensure your family business is fit for purpose in a post-COVID world

By Peter Vogel

There are various factors that contribute to the multi-generational success of family businesses, with six being particularly relevant: long-term perspective, financial prudence, emotional connection...

Survive disruption through innovation, culture and agility

By Omar Toulan

Firms today face unprecedented turbulence, but companies like Swisscom have been successfully dealing with disruptions for decades.  In an OWP liVe “Courageous Conversation”, Professor of...

Board lessons from humanitarian governance

Guns, germs and geopolitics lead the concerns of non-profit boards, says Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, but they should not overshadow how the organization is run.

Take your company from victim to victor

By Arnaud Chevallier

How COVID-19 exposed the fault lines of product complexity

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

As supply chains rebalance and return to something like normal after digesting the shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, discussions are shifting to lessons learned. Much of the focus has been...

"Hordes of zombies and fallen angels point to horror recovery"

By Karl Schmedders

An uncontrolled experiment that will force rapid, massive innovation

By Patrick Reinmöller

A revolution in adoption, but digital transformation challenges await

By Didier Bonnet

Update: IMD prolongs suspension of face-to-face executive programs on its Lausanne campus to 8th June 2020

The spread of COVID-19 these past weeks is affecting the lives of people worldwide and challenges all of us. The health and safety of our participants and clients is of utmost importance and in...

Method in the madness: organizing information flows

By Arnaud Chevallier, Albrecht Enders

Psychology skills for leaders navigating through the waves of the corona crisis

COVID-19 is forcing world leaders to practice crisis management in its purest form. Initially, crisis responses tend to be constructive and characterized by decisiveness, effectiveness and...

José Lopez, lifetime believer in Business as a Force for Good, passes away

IMD is mourning the loss of much-valued IMD community member José Lopez, who passed away on Sunday 29^th March. An IMD Executive in Residence for many years and former Member...

Coronavirus and the global economy: yes, there really is cause for optimism

By Arturo Bris

As the markets bounce in the wake of the US government's US$2 trillion giveaway, stand by for some (slightly) sunny thinking.

Digesting the shocks: how supply chains are adapting to the COVID-19 lockdowns

By Ralf W. Seifert with Richard Markoff.

Rethinking global models and supply dependencies

Coronavirus: your guide to winners and losers in the business world

By Michael R. Wade

A sector-by-sector look at who is benefiting, who is in trouble and who could go either way.

A call for action to Switzerland’s economic decision-makers

By Arturo Bris, Michel Demaré

Firmenich turns hand to sanitizer to support Geneva’s healthcare

The IMD-Pictet sustainability award winner becomes the latest industry player to down tools and turn to the coronavirus cause

Reflections on the economic implications of COVID-19

By Christos Cabolis

Coronavirus entered our lives and our vocabulary in just December 2019 but has quickly become a daily feature of them, and a global public health crisis. The repercussions are not symmetric, as...