Open Minds Build Innovative Societies
By David De Cremer And Alain Van Hiel
Being marked as an innovative country is crucial in how able and savvy one’s nation is considered...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Being on the Board – Keeping it Simple
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Amid global uncertainty, are boardrooms needlessly complex? Is It possible...
United Airlines, Artificial Intelligence, and Donald Trump: Reawakening Values in the Era...
By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan
Society has evolved and not all aspects of our lives were able to cope up with the changes...
Why Meta is Positioning Itself as the Champion of Open-Source AI
By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio
This article is part one of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...
How Banks Grow Now
By Piercarlo Gera, Alessandro Secchi and Luca Gagliardi
Spending on customer loyalty keeps going up, but returns are diminishing. This article will tackle how banks...
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...
Choosing Your Path: DBA vs. PhD – Empowering Your Future in Management Education
By Prof. Jean Luc Cerdin, Prof. Simon L. Dolan and Prof. Michel Kalika
PhD or DBA? As the world of work evolves, this analysis explores...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Beyond the Obvious – How to Get Chair Succession...
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Chair succession is a pivotal moment for boards. It presents an...
Is Compassionate Leadership a Driver of Huawei’s Business Success?
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
In this article, the authors trace giant telecom Huawei’s success to its founder’s commitment to compassionate leadership. In...
Becoming the Leader You Are: The 6S-Model of Leadership Development
By Vivek Sharma and David De Cremer
Real leadership? It starts when you stop following everyone else’s playbook. The 6S-Model reveals why authentic leaders are forged...
The Mindful Entrepreneur with Malte Krohn
Kicking-off our Q2 theme of "Starting Up" we talk to Malte Krohn, a design and innovation expert and author of the forthcoming book, The...
Unveiling Stealth Innovation: The Secret Weapon of Companies that Want to Hide Their Revolutions
By Fernanda Arreola
One of the most frequent questions I receive is if an innovative idea should be kept secret or not? My answer is...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Gender Equality in the Workplace Starts at the Top
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Despite living in an era of rapid technological advancements, ground...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How to Lead Through Complexity
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Every year, the world's preeminent leadership advisory firm, Egon Zehnder, conducts...
Savvy and Skillful: A New Look at Office Politics
By Adrian Furnham
Until recently the concept of office politics was exclusively associated with dirty tricks and Machiavellian manipulation. But recently psychologists using the concept...
Focus on Value: What Your Company Does Matters more than Where It Sits
By Rachael Bartels and Kathleen O’Reilly
Companies everywhere must find new sources of value creation both inside and outside traditional industry boundaries.
For decades, industry definitions...
Susan Gunelius, President & CEO, KeySplash Creative Inc.
I’ve found that the best way to deal with gender bias is with a strong offense, meaning you need to be smart and not...
Human Resourcefulness for the Smaller Business: Interview with Elizabeth Eiss
There are a host of recruitment platforms geared towards large enterprises. But what of the smaller business or one-person outfit looking to take on...
Kathryn Finney, Founder & Managitng Director, digitalundivided (DID)
My philosophy for success and leadership is that leaders don’t necessarily have to have all the right answers every time, but they should trust...
Artificial Intelligence: Just Who Is In Charge Around Here?
An Exclusive Interview with Professor David De Cremer, Founder and Director, Centre on AI Technology for Humankind, NUS
The employment of artificial intelligence is proceeding...
Innovating Your Team’s Conditions for Success: Use the 3 Cs!
By Fernanda Arreola and Dan Hammond
As leadership roles move from merely directorial to creating great conditions for team success, leaders should employ the three...
[Podcast] Designing Positive Cultures with Santander’s Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode
Here we talk with Santander's Global Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode about The Santander Way; eight behaviours, three values and four leadership...
AI Agents will Empower Autonomous, Scalable and Networked Organizations
By Alessandro Lanteri and Mark Esposito
The rapid development of AI technology has brought in agentic AI systems with the ability to be autonomous and...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Governance – Wicked Challenges in Healthcare
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Healthcare in the U.K. is state-funded and led by way...
Small Employers 2025: Scaling Impact on Customers, Community & Capital
By Elizabeth Eiss
Small businesses, the backbone of the global economy, face unique challenges in scaling their impact while juggling limited resources. In 2025, the...
The Rise of Dual-Sided Artificial Intelligence (DSAI)
By Hamilton Mann
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a « Dual-Sided Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) » is taking centre stage, highlighting both unprecedented advancements and...
Hugging Face: Why Do Most Tech Companies in AI Collaborate with Hugging Face?
By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio
This article is part five of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...
Designing a Corporate ESG Programme that Attracts, Nurtures, and Retains Women
By Chaitra Vedullapalli
Inclusion is the new kid on the block that every company interested in advancement is courting. And one of the best methods...
Not Lost in Translation: Making the Data Make Sense
Interview with Fleur Hicks, award-winning CEO of management consulting firm onefourzero
Where can managers turn for help in navigating the vast sea of data that...
Unraveling the Neurobiology of Trust and Its Application to Leadership Roles
By Simon L. Dolan, Kyle Brykman, Javier S. Casademun, and Miriam Diez Pinyol
Trust, a cornerstone of human relationships, is deeply rooted in neurobiology and...
Competitive Advantage Rewired
By Adrian T H Kuah, Mark Esposito & Terence Tse
Is competitive advantage still an applicable concept so many years after its introduction? Our research...
Sharmla Chetty, Regional Managing Director, Duke CE South Africa
It has been critical for me to embrace tough assignments. It is easier to take the path of least resistance... It’s far better to...
The Art of Future Design — Part I: Framing, Assessing, and Identifying Relevant Contexts
By Kristine M. Kawamura, Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo
Our desire to design a better future for those coming behind...
Business as Usual?
By Mark Esposito, Terence Tse, and Lisa Xiong
“We are running out of water.”(Famiglietti (NASA), 2015)1
The constantly evolving world we live in continues to pose...
The Rearchitected Firm: Moving Beyond Hierarchies in an Age of Agentic AI
By Jacques Bughin
As AI begins to coordinate work, not just automate it, firms may evolve from static hierarchies into computationally adaptive organizations.
Artificial intelligence is...
Effective Due Diligence – Often Harder Than You Think!
By Peter Lorange
To undertake due diligence (“DD”) when considering investing in a new project is paramount. However, in reality, to do this well can...
What do Babies, Astronauts and Executives have in common? with Oracle’s Yazad Dalal
In a continuation of the "Starting Up" theme we talk to Oracle's Head of EMEA Strategy for Oracle Cloud HCM and 'Oracle for Startups'...
How to Change the World with Low-Tech Innovation?
By Fernanda Arreola and Pierre Daems
Fernanda Arreola and Pierre Daems explore how small, accessible changes can lead to significant impacts, while providing a practical...
The Service Revolution, Intelligent Automation and Service Robots
By Jochen Wirtz, Werner H. Kunz and Stefanie Paluch
Are there parallels between the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century and the changes now being wrought on twenty-first-century society...
There Will Be No Human-Centered AI without Humane Economics.
By Hamilton Mann
Digital technologies, while enhancing efficiencies, can exacerbate environmental degradation. AI, despite its potential to support sustainable development, is not exempt from these...
The Power of Three: Insights from A Kabbalistic Tradition for Business and Life Success
By Simon L. Dolan
Drawing from Kabbalah, this article explores how balance, integration, and the “Power of Three” can shape sustainable leadership and lasting success.
In...
Equipping for Tomorrow: Unlocking New Skills for the Future of Work in 2033
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Mario Raich, and Iolanda Triviño
In an ever-evolving job market, embracing the future requires us to adapt and acquire...
Why Go to University? Serious Vocational Guidance
By Adrian Furnham
University is often treated as the default path to success, yet its value is increasingly questioned. Adrian Furnham challenges conventional assumptions by...
Smart Moves for Europe’s Energy Intensive Industries
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sytze Dijkstra, Lasse Kari and Gargi Chakrabarty
Europe needs to keep producing chemicals, steel, and cement while reducing emissions from those industries....
Chatpocalypse Now: with ChatGPT the Question is Not, “Is this Technology Ready for Us?”...
By Christopher Surdak, JD
The rise of AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants is transforming the way we communicate with businesses and each other, with ChatGPT...
Winning Strategies for the High-Stakes AI Arena: Unveiling an Innovative AI Research and Development...
By Aurélie Jean, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse and Danny Goh
Artificial intelligence and its rapid emergence have proven to be a double-edged sword. While its...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Mastering Internal Board Evaluation
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Corporate Governance Codes worldwide state that an internal board evaluation...
Working From Home: 3 Things You Should Know So You Don’t End Up Living...
By Steven P. MacGregor
Working from home has put our health, wellbeing and workplace performance to the test for over a year now. My work...
Keneilwe Mampuru, Founder & Head Designer, Kente by Keneilwe
I would like people to think of my brand as not just a fashion label, but as a brand that stands firm against the...
The Business Imperative of Female Leadership in AI
By Ana Paula Assis
AI has emerged as a transformative force that is reshaping businesses, economies, and societies worldwide. Business leaders in 2024 are at...
