Tool up: How to use AI as your personal thought-leadership partner
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Huawei’s innovation strategy as old rules stop working
Faced with restrictions on advanced technologies, Huawei has been forced to rethink how to raise performance. So, in a very different way, has Elon Musk. Together, they reveal something about how organizations...
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Building the brain vs. wiring the body: Why your AI strategy is obsolete
To unlock true competitive advantage, leaders must learn to integrate the refined intelligence of American AI models with the coordinating power of China. Howard Yu explains why most Western companies are on...
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What does the SpaceX IPO tell us about what it takes to be future ready?
he SpaceX IPO illustrates a key finding of the latest Future Readiness Indicator, today’s winners are no longer asset-light, but asset heavy. Does this mean that vertical integration should be top of...
Florence Gaub on reading the future: War, weak signals, and wild scenarios
June 11, 2026 • by David Bach in Leaders Unplugged • 2 min read • 
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NATO futurist Florence Gaub on war, weak signals, Gen Z, and why leaders need not only foresight, but also science fiction to future-proof their organizations...
Why CSRD double materiality assessments are bound to fail – and how leveraging misunderstanding can solve it
Double materiality assessments will keep producing misalignment because key concepts – materiality, risk, impact and fairness – are fluid and open to interpretation. ...
Publicis Sapient on AI: A three-step guide to psychological safety
While it is normal to be nervous about AI, organizations must create a psychologically safe environment in which their employees can innovate and experiment, says Publicis Sapient’s Kameshwari Rao ...
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Tool up: How to use AI as your personal thought-leadership partner
Turn AI into your thought-leadership partner: four key practices to sustain flow, align ideas, and boost strategic clarity.
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