The Corporate World’s Comeback: Time to Seize the Opportunity
By Anna Saghabalyan and Paul Argenti
Since the start of the COVID Pandemic, the world’s attention was focused on the calculation of two sets of...
AIM for the New Frontiers of Work
By Chris Nichols, Philippa Hardman and Michael Chaskalson
Earlier articles in this series have introduced Team Mindfulness using the AIM model and explored how the...
The Challenge of Digital Transformation
By Nicolas van Zeebroeck and Jacques Bughin
The typical rationale put forward for failing digital transformation is linked to ill-designed processes, absence of organizational commitment,...
How to Make Sense from and with AI?
By Imène Brigui
As a consequence of Hyperconnectivity, tremendous growth of iOT and mobile technology expansion, data is becoming highly accessible to companies : large,...
Making the Case that Everyone is a Disrupter: A Book Review of ALIEN Thinking
By Kyle Scott
Innovation is the key to success and the essential ingredient for staying ahead of the competition. Unfortunately, modern life does not give us...
When Leadership Drives Innovation: The case of WeLink
By David De Cremer
Ask any executive how they would like the ideal work force to act and many of them would probably say something...
Is a Cashless Society Realistic? The Rural Challenge to the Post-Pandemic “New Normal”
By Aaron van Klyton and Juan Fernando Tavera-Mesías
Mobile banking and digital payments (“m-payments”) were already core features of government development policies aimed at beefing...
Data Protection: Lightening the Load of Compliance
Interview with the DPO Centre CEO and Founder Rob Masson
Does compliance with the data protection regulations have to represent a huge and costly burden...
ZeroBounce COO Brian Minick on Getting Better at Email Marketing
Few can doubt the power of email after a year like 2020. It went from being an essential communication tool to the primary channel...
Uncovering the Path to our Dreams: CoachHub’s Coaching Program Points the Way
Interview with CoachHub Senior Behavioural Scientist Windy Tshepiso Maledu
In a virtual work environment, the challenge is to enable everyone to feel seen and heard. Here,...
Leading in an Age of Disruption
By Hannes Gurzki and Joachim Junghanss
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, few people would have expected the acceleration of digital technology and the new ways...
What are Key Aspects to Influence Business Transformation?
Regardless of the business specialization, companies need to keep pace with the increasing market demand. It will be driven by commonly outlined requirements. Technology...
Innovation and New Technology for Business
Today's technology is driving businesses to innovate in ways that will really work. The sheer number of innovative ideas that have been introduced over...
All You Need To Know About Creative Workflow Management
Creative work is not only exclusive to creative businesses like marketing agencies, graphic design companies, and advertising agencies. Now even relatively “rigid” industries like...
Veins and Wires: Reflections on UrbanTech Transformation
By Dr Mike Cooray, Dr Rikke Duus and Marius Sylvestersen
What kind of urban environment would you like to live in? In this article, we...
Board Membership: Navigating the New Uncertainties
Remember when there was an invisible line separating business from political and social movements? Corporate leaders largely kept quiet about their beliefs and values, trying...
Five Questions for Business Leaders in Search of Next-Level Data Analytics
By Andrew Dunbar
It’s the mantra of the digital age that big data can address most challenges that impact 21st Century businesses. At every stage...
What Do You Need to Know About dropshippingXL?
Dropshipping is a very popular and profitable business model for entrepreneurs. You can open a dropshipping store without having to worry about inventory or...
Intelligent Automation: The Catalyst for the Future of Supply Chain
Ever since the pandemic hit the global market, many businesses are increasingly relying on automation technologies to operate at a faster pace. Robotic Process...
How B2B Marketers Can Stay Customer-Centric
By Mairead Brady, Warwick Business School (WBS)
WBS Core Insights: Future of Work
To adjust to the new post-pandemic normal it is vital that businesses move...
How a Cloud Data Warehouse Can Help Build a Data-driven Culture
Data is crucial for every enterprise and for every department within it, from marketing and sales gaining a better understanding of the customer journey...
AIM for a Thriving Planet
By Chris Nichols, Philippa Hardman, Michael Chaskalson and Helen Sieroda
The first article in this series introduced Team Mindfulness using the AIM model and explored...
How have business priorities changed pre- and post-Covid?
By Francois Lacas, Deputy COO at Yooz
The global pandemic has dramatically refocused business priorities for businesses across the UK.
In a life before Covid, businesses...
Interview With Ewald Raben On Occasion Of 90th Anniversary
This year is the 90th anniversary of Raben Group. Can you think of some things that you did right in the last 20 or...
Breakthrough or Breakdown? Diagnosing chronic stress and risk factors in elite athletes in view...
By Simon L. Dolan and Sara Martinez Espejo
Why are elite athletes more susceptible to stress?
Can sports athletes be prepared to better cope...
Will China lead the twin transformation post-covid?
By Jacques Bughin and Sybille Berjoan
The Covid-19 pandemic has led many corporations to retrench in the short term—but the saying goes that no matter...
Facial Recognition and GDPR: How to Stay Compliant?
By Andrey Koptelov
The advent of facial recognition technology (FRT) has introduced a range of exciting possibilities to enhance cybersecurity and public safety. However, the...
How To Lead With Compassion On The Return To The Office
By David Liddle
Managers are about to face one of the biggest challenges of their careers as organisations start to gear up for a gradual...
The Need To Rethink Risk Governance
By Pedro B. Agua
The approach to corporate risks is a growing concern within corporate governance. Excessive attention to compliance and too much focus on...
How European Companies Can Become Growth Leaders
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan and Regina Maruca
Accenture’s recent survey of 700 C-suite executives of large businesses in Europe reveals confidence that new global...
Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines
By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo
Every generation wants to improve on the previous generation; however, this generation risks...
Threats and Negotiations: Don’t Be an Idiot with a Gun in Your Hand
By Philippe Roy
You’re thinking of using threats in a negotiation? Well, if you stick out your gun, you’d better be ready to shoot, otherwise...
Extending The Time Equation: How TimeXtender Helps Businesses Save Considerable Time, Money by Automating...
Time is finite.
We cannot produce more time for ourselves. We can only improve what we do with our time. This is the essence...
Five Critical Aspects of a Successful Transformation from Matrix to Agile
By Yves Doz and Maria Guadalupe
Created in the 2000s by software developers, the Agile way of working is fast becoming the defining approach across...
Manage the Human Side of Innovation: Tools to Help Your Team Succeed
By Stefano Mastrogiacomo
For companies to keep pace with the current upheavals, good teamwork and thus the relationships between team members are crucial for team...
To Elevate a Brand: Dream, Do and Dare
By JP Kuehlwein and Wolf Schaefer
There are brands that are seen as peerless and priceless. They are able to sustain appeal, a price premium...
What Motivates People To Become A Leader?
By Tina Kiefer, Warwick Business School (WBS)
“I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”...
The Way to Integration is Open: Interview with Kleber Bacili, CEO and Founder of...
Open banking offers businesses in the finance industry an opportunity to integrate their systems, using API management platforms from specialist third-party providers. One such...
TimeXtender Helps European Companies from Numerous Industries Manage Their Data
Managing corporate data is mission critical for any company or organization and for good reason. When having an abundance of high-quality data and instantaneous...
Are You Prepared to Take the Risk?
Interview with Iain Wright, CFIRM, Outgoing Chair, Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
Risk is a fact of life for businesses of all kinds – large...
Designing A Customer Value-Centric Growth Strategy
By Thales Teixeira
It has been five years since I published the first article on Decoupling theory here in the European Business Review, explaining how,...
Are you ready to become a Composable Enterprise?
By Kleber Bacili, founder and CEO, Sensedia
Over the year, it’s likely your organisation has faced unprecedented challenges; the pandemic has forced leaders to re-think...
The Four Ways of Organizing Innovation
By Christoph Burger, Christoph Räthke, Bianca Schmitz and Jens Weinmann
How have innovation practices changed in the last years? We conducted around 20 semi-structured interviews...
The Issues That Shape Strategy
By Leonardo Meeus
Companies do not only compete in markets; they also compete on social and political issues. Depending on the business opportunities or threats...
Internalising Values in Organisations
By William S. Harvey, Sharina Osman and Marwa E.A. Tourky
We read a lot about the importance of organisations being led by their values, but...
What is Cloud Integration
The onset of cloud integration has changed the world of business. It helps companies, regardless of size and industry, handle data more effectively than...
5 Ways for Business to Grow in 2021 With COVID-19
All who own a company are sick about Covid-19. The truth is that the virus must always be considered. Businesses should monitor changes resulting...
Developing a Strategy for Managing Non-Financial Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Risks and Opportunities
By Tim Bovy, Ian Hodges, and David Ryan
In Business, everything flows from strategy. Strategy requires that organisations prepare detailed assessments of risks and opportunities,...
Your Business and Privacy by Design
With the world and technology changing fast, at the turn of the millennium, cybercrime and hacking have been rising. Developed countries are seeing growing...
Europe Should Aspire to Lead the CRISPR Revolution
Whilst European politicians engage in the brinkmanship of what is becoming known as the ‘vaccine wars’, another biotech rivalry is quietly brewing on both...
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