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This study offers novel insights into how team structure and flexibility affect pivoting. It details how founding team coordination practices shape individual and collective sensemaking of feedback and efforts to improve a venture idea. Following seven founding teams, we identified how teams with overlapping responsibilities enjoyed the flexibil…

Great leaders prioritize rest and recovery by fostering strong team relationships and respecting out-of-work boundaries, ensuring employees can recharge and thrive.

Business traditionally emphasizes the consequences of downsizing on the leavers, but what happens to those who stay? In the aftermath of corporate restructures, ‘survivors’ find themselves navigating a complex mix of emotions and uncertainty. Alyson Meister and Victoria Kemanian suggest four steps to make sense of change, reshape your role, supp…

Chanel Global CFO and IMD Executive in Residence Philippe Blondiaux explains how finance leaders can sustain a long-term focus on sustainability while addressing short-term challenges.

An increasingly complex business environment demands CHROs to be outward-looking, future-focused, and highly collaborative. Check your readiness using this three-point questionnaire and refer to the tips for guidance if in doubt.

Understanding generational differences is crucial to unlocking potential, retaining talent, and becoming a more effective leader.

Building your own AI models in-house requires deep pockets, access to vast swathes of data, and the right talent. For many organizations, it’s much more practical to use a third-party solution. Annabelle Gawer explains the potential and the pitfalls.

Large behavior models (LBMs) promise to be even more impactful than large language models, says IMD’s Tomoko Yokoi.

Family directors often struggle with concurrent and competing role identities that jeopardize objective decision-making, effective governance, and performance in family enterprises.

We are all impacted by negativity bias. But do you know what it is? Take this short quiz to test your knowledge and find ways to counterbalance its impact.

A five-step approach can help leaders foster sustainable legacies and social progress, while supporting financially sound futures for their organizations.

As AI continues to reshape industries, businesses must navigate the balance between automation and human contribution. How can AI can drive sustainability while empowering both employers and employees through data collaboration, energy optimization, and workforce adaptation? By harnessing AI responsibly, organizations can create a more sustainab…

More than simply a compliance exercise, sustainability reporting regulations offer a chance to develop and strengthen your business, says IMD’s Salvatore Cantale

More than simply a compliance exercise, sustainability reporting regulations offer a chance to develop and strengthen your business, says IMD’s Salvatore Cantale

Leaders, strategists, and decision-makers can play a pivotal role in integrating sustainability into business strategies – and make money in the process. Knut Haanaes, Bryony Jansen van Tuyll, and Øystein D. Fjeldstad outline five steps to make it happen.