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RFID: Yesterday’s blockchain

By Ralf W. Seifert, Richard Markoff

RFID has become a useful part of the supply chain toolbox while not being the revolution it was once promised to be. By looking back on RFID, practitioners can begin looking for the blockchain...

Propelling family enterprises toward the future: IMD center of excellence names new Director Peter Vogel

IMD Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship Peter Vogel has taken up the Directorship of the IMD Global Family Business Center

What teams don’t, can’t, daren’t or won’t discuss

By Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux

“Leadership is believing that everybody else has a superhero inside of them”

David Marquet speaks at IMD’s High Performance Leadership (HPL) and Advanced HPL’s 100th program alumni event

Incorporating industrial robots in the forthcoming IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking

By Christos Cabolis

On September 26, we are launching the third edition of the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking (WDCR). It assesses an economy’s aptitude to adapt and explore digital technologies that...

How a chocolate company cleaned up its supply chain and started the transformation of an industry

By Benoit F. Leleux, Jan Van der Kaaij

What gives a brand the ability to stand head and shoulders above a saturated marketplace? What enables it to win loyalty and enthusiasm from its employees and its audience? What gives it staying...

Changing lives – 60 at a time

IMD’s High Performance Leadership (HPL) and Advanced High Performance Leadership (AHPL) celebrate 100th program

"IMD broadened my vision"

Interview with Smita Suchde Gruetter, IMD EMBA graduate (2016), serial entrepreneur and philanthropist

IMD partners dominate 2019 Top 100 Swiss Startup Award

Almost one third of the most pioneering young companies in Switzerland featured in this year’s Top 100 Swiss Startup Award have benefited from the support and expertise of IMD EMBA and MBA...

MBAs coding their way to the future

“I thought machine learning was like something out of science fiction,” said IMD MBA 2019 participant Chaoyi Zhu. “But during the MBA Digital Analytics week, I learned how it works and it’s the...

IMD sustainability progress confirmed by EcoVadis

IMD has stepped up its action and measurement efforts in the area of sustainability in recent years. EcoVadis announced the business school’s Silver rating for 2019, showing a clear...

IMD EMBA alumnus Michael Hengartner named new President of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH) Board

This week, the Swiss Federal Council elected Michael Hengartner as the new President of the ETH Board, taking up office on 1 February 2020. IMD EMBA Dean Stefan Michel said, “I congratulate...

'HAVE' the right mindset for agile work

By Tomoko Yokoi

Interpose century-plus living against a backdrop of faster, smarter and cheaper technology, and we will see a significant churn in the labor market as traditional jobs disappear and new ones appear...

Philanthropic impact investing: Four keys to success

By Vanina Farber

Impact investment is a rapidly growing phenomenon that has sparked enthusiasm across a wide range of actors, including investors, policy-makers, entrepreneurs and citizens. Impact investments are...

How to avoid being blindsided by disruption

By Christos Cabolis, Tawfik Jelassi, Omar Toulan, Anouk Lavoie Orlick

In an age of disruption, incremental change does not prepare companies for the future. Firms need the courage to embrace radical change to renew themselves and stay relevant. The first three...

Getting diversity & inclusion right

By Josefine van Zanten, Alyson Meister

A good number of Fortune 500’s have been setting best practices and leading the way in the complicated field of Diversity and Inclusion, yet, others are still questioning the why’s and how’s of...

Put purpose at the core of strategy

By Thomas W. Malnight

Putting purpose at the core of corporate strategy is a critical driver of growth, profitability and organizational relevance. To achieve this, purpose must play two distinct roles to: (1) redefine...

Future proofing and turbocharging organizations – IMD wins coveted award

The Brandon Hall Group selected two cases by IMD faculty on change strategy and innovative learning programs for its Excellence Gold Awards

Ikea v Pepperfry: India the venue for a David and Goliath furniture fight

By Amit M. Joshi, Ivy Buche

Do Social and Environmental issues affect the talent appeal in a country?

By Christos Cabolis

Organizations need two diversity & inclusion policies – one for people and one for the planet

By Susan Goldsworthy

If we want to continue to flourish on this earth, we need to act to protect our planet. Organizations have a critical role to play if they can move from denial to awareness, from defense to...

Achieving strategic agility: Why strategic planning needs to be revisited

By Bettina Büchel

Many senior executives are mired in a “strategic decision-making conundrum”. On the one hand, rigid strategic-planning processes are hampering the ability of companies to respond to uncertain...

Think direct eye contact makes someone trustworthy? It can be a sign of something much darker

By Jennifer Jordan

We usually interpret someone looking us straight in the eye during an interaction as a sign of trustworthiness. In fact, it can be rather unsettling when someone avoids eye contact. But research...

Meet the Chief Transformation Officer: 8 key tasks for this new role

By Michael R. Wade, Tomoko Yokoi

Not to be confused with the Chief Technology Officer, the CTO’s most common mandate is to harness organizational change to drive new growth. While such positions are not entirely new...

Perspectives from women of impact

IMD and UBS have released a report titled ‘Perspectives from women of impact’ based on interviews with 40 women – some entrepreneurs, others born or married into wealthy families

Formula One motor firms are becoming textbook cases in how to successfully branch into other sectors

By Tawfik Jelassi, Benoit F. Leleux, Anouk Lavoie Orlick

Formula One race cars are the most technologically advanced cars in existence. Every car is equipped with 120 sensors which generate over a million pieces of information every second. This torrent...

Is creating a separate digital organization to drive digital transformation a red herring?

By Goutam Challagalla, Tasadduq A. Shervani

Virtually all firms are investing heavily in digital initiatives. One key question they grapple with is whether these digital initiatives should be housed in the current business or in a...

The Disruption-Fit Leader

By Marco Mancesti

Seeing change as a source of opportunity is probably the best possible antidote in a world that is at times unpredictable, but not only. It is a question of establishing a balance between positive...

Hodl my Lambo: Simple investing rules you can borrow from cryptocurrency traders

By Nikolaus Obwegeser, Remy Assir, Tomoko Yokoi

Financial literacy is extremely low, and many people lack a basic understanding of financial management. Financial investments are inherently complex, and simple rules beyond “don’t put all your eggs...

Developing people in a time of digital disruption

By Jennifer Jordan, Anouk Lavoie Orlick with Lindsay McTeague.
Contributor: Pascal Wicht.

We are unquestionably in an age where digital is revolutionizing all we do in the organization – including how we manage people. This article is meant to provide you with insights into the...