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Omnipotent leaders – Fighting Back – Systems

Omnipotent leaders may seem untouchable, but systems crack. From mass mobilisation to quiet non-compliance, discover how pressure builds and where resistance begins.

Change Management Leadership Organizational Change
By Vanina Farber
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Omnipotent leaders – Fighting Back – Systems
By Vanina Farber
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Omnipotent leaders may seem untouchable, but systems crack. From mass mobilisation to quiet non-compliance, discover how pressure builds and where resistance begins.
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Do you know the environmental cost of GenAI and how to mitigate against it?

CEOs now expect GenAI to transform their businesses – but many underestimate its environmental cost. Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of the environmental impact of GenAI, and read on for ways to mitigate it. CEOs now expect GenAI to transform their businesses – but many underestimate its environmental cost. Take this short quiz to te…

By Tomoko Yokoi
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Do you know the environmental cost of GenAI and how to mitigate against it?
By Tomoko Yokoi
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CEOs now expect GenAI to transform their businesses – but many underestimate its environmental cost. Take this short quiz to test your knowledge of the environmental impact of GenAI, and read on for ways to mitigate it. CEOs now expect GenAI to transform their businesses – but many underestimate its environmental cost. Take this short quiz to te…
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Lifepreneurs – Rethinking the default

Women’s realities are often overlooked, but lifepreneurs—entrepreneurs innovating from experience—are turning struggles into profit and systemic change.

Finance Innovation
By Vanina Farber
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Lifepreneurs – Rethinking the default
By Vanina Farber
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Women’s realities are often overlooked, but lifepreneurs—entrepreneurs innovating from experience—are turning struggles into profit and systemic change.
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How to lead without authority: 7 lessons from times of crisis

Leadership comes in many forms, from the boardrooms of global corporations to grassroots efforts in highly challenging circumstances. Mary Meaney Haynes shares lessons from leading a humanitarian effort for Ukrainian refugees – despite having no formal authority, title, position, or power. Leadership comes in many forms, from the boardrooms of g…

By Mary Meaney Haynes
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How to lead without authority: 7 lessons from times of crisis
By Mary Meaney Haynes
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Leadership comes in many forms, from the boardrooms of global corporations to grassroots efforts in highly challenging circumstances. Mary Meaney Haynes shares lessons from leading a humanitarian effort for Ukrainian refugees – despite having no formal authority, title, position, or power. Leadership comes in many forms, from the boardrooms of g…
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Putting boardroom gender balance plans to the test

A new law requires large listed companies in the EU to appoint members of the underrepresented gender (usually women) to 33% of all director roles.

Leadership
By Jennifer Jordan and Alexander Fleischmann
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Putting boardroom gender balance plans to the test
By Jennifer Jordan and Alexander Fleischmann
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A new law requires large listed companies in the EU to appoint members of the underrepresented gender (usually women) to 33% of all director roles.
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Opportunities for Consumers – Negative Electricity Prices

Subsidies of renewables has led to electricity prices frequently falling to less than zero leading to opportunities for consumers

Sustainability
By Robert Earle and Karl Schmedders
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Opportunities for Consumers – Negative Electricity Prices
By Robert Earle and Karl Schmedders
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Subsidies of renewables has led to electricity prices frequently falling to less than zero leading to opportunities for consumers
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Would you get hired today? Actionable steps to widen your talent pool

A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the skills every business needs to excel. Take this short quiz to test your organization’s ability to widen its talent pool. A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the skills every…

By Lara Carty
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Would you get hired today? Actionable steps to widen your talent pool
By Lara Carty
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A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the skills every business needs to excel. Take this short quiz to test your organization’s ability to widen its talent pool. A deeper understanding of expertise has the potential to transform how you define, assess, and develop the skills every…
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People, Culture, and Strategy – The Boards Role

#post_excerptHannele Jakosuo-Jansson of Neste and Finnair shared key insights on board roles in CEO transitions and culture shifts with IMD’s High Performance Boards program.

Board Business Transformation Strategy
By Didier Cossin and Yukie Saito
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People, Culture, and Strategy – The Boards Role
By Didier Cossin and Yukie Saito
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#post_excerptHannele Jakosuo-Jansson of Neste and Finnair shared key insights on board roles in CEO transitions and culture shifts with IMD’s High Performance Boards program.
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6 new roles for marketing managers utilizing AI

As AI systems become increasingly adept at generating creative content across multiple modalities, Michael Yaziji identifies six new roles the marketing manager can undertake to become the orchestrator of an infinitely productive AI team. As AI systems become increasingly adept at generating creative content across multiple modalities, Michael Y…

By Michael Yaziji
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6 new roles for marketing managers utilizing AI
By Michael Yaziji
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As AI systems become increasingly adept at generating creative content across multiple modalities, Michael Yaziji identifies six new roles the marketing manager can undertake to become the orchestrator of an infinitely productive AI team. As AI systems become increasingly adept at generating creative content across multiple modalities, Michael Y…
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6 things you need to know about the Cali Fund

Launched in February 2025, the Cali Fund of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is set to mobilize new streams of private-sector funding for biodiversity. It is expected to raise roughly $1bn per year. Adrian Dellecker sets out its business implications. Launched in February 2025, the Cali Fund of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodi…

By Adrian Dellecker
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6 things you need to know about the Cali Fund
By Adrian Dellecker
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Launched in February 2025, the Cali Fund of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is set to mobilize new streams of private-sector funding for biodiversity. It is expected to raise roughly $1bn per year. Adrian Dellecker sets out its business implications. Launched in February 2025, the Cali Fund of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodi…
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3D Chess – Adapting To A New Geopolitical Game

It may feel like Donald Trump is capsizing the geopolitical boat, but could he just be accelerating a longer-term trend in the balance of global power?

Geopolitics
By Richard Baldwin
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3D Chess – Adapting To A New Geopolitical Game
By Richard Baldwin
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It may feel like Donald Trump is capsizing the geopolitical boat, but could he just be accelerating a longer-term trend in the balance of global power?
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Spot the mistake: Is your communication really inclusive?

Being an inclusive leader involves listening, questioning your assumptions, and admitting that you don’t know it all. Spot how you can make the following scenarios more inclusive and read on for tips on communicating more inclusively. Being an inclusive leader involves listening, questioning your assumptions, and admitting that you don’t know it…

By Heather Cairns-Lee and Alexander Fleischmann
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Spot the mistake: Is your communication really inclusive?
By Heather Cairns-Lee and Alexander Fleischmann
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Being an inclusive leader involves listening, questioning your assumptions, and admitting that you don’t know it all. Spot how you can make the following scenarios more inclusive and read on for tips on communicating more inclusively. Being an inclusive leader involves listening, questioning your assumptions, and admitting that you don’t know it…
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6 ways the CSO role is evolving – Innovation

Once corporate activists, today’s CSOs are business integrators. 6 ways the CSO role is evolving: strategist, risk mitigator, innovator, regulator, storyteller, and leader.

Sustainability
By Natalia Olynec
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6 ways the CSO role is evolving – Innovation
By Natalia Olynec
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Once corporate activists, today’s CSOs are business integrators. 6 ways the CSO role is evolving: strategist, risk mitigator, innovator, regulator, storyteller, and leader.
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Health check for leaders: can your drive for perfection lead you to burnout?

All leaders are driven to succeed. But is your ‘be-perfect driver’ impelling you to chase the unachievable? Answer these eight questions honestly to check whether you need to watch out for potential burnout – and discover how to regain your equilibrium. All leaders are driven to succeed. But is your ‘be-perfect driver’ impelling you to chase the…

By Audrey Bartolomei
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Health check for leaders: can your drive for perfection lead you to burnout?
By Audrey Bartolomei
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All leaders are driven to succeed. But is your ‘be-perfect driver’ impelling you to chase the unachievable? Answer these eight questions honestly to check whether you need to watch out for potential burnout – and discover how to regain your equilibrium. All leaders are driven to succeed. But is your ‘be-perfect driver’ impelling you to chase the…
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Intelligent Organizational Sensory System – Strategic Agility

An intelligent organizational sensory system detects, processes, and acts on change signals, giving your company a strong competitive edge.

Strategy
By Michael D. Watkins
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Intelligent Organizational Sensory System – Strategic Agility
By Michael D. Watkins
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An intelligent organizational sensory system detects, processes, and acts on change signals, giving your company a strong competitive edge.
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