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The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. With the fast-paced democratisation of AI and advanced analytics, problem-solving...

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...

By Fernanda Arreola and Pierre Pezziardi Bureaucracy is important. It makes our life comfortable, because it guarantees that rules will be in place to ensure...

By Jacques Bughin and Duco Sickinghe As the AI boom continues to accelerate, investors are keenly eyeing the generative AI sector for potential breakthroughs. Jacques...

By Peter Lorange No aspect of a person’s behaviour exists in a vacuum, so that there is no clearly delineated boundary between the ways in...

By Bernard Goudard and Fernanda Arreola We have often wondered if there are examples of businesses that have overcome the social challenge of providing equal...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Managing an ever-growing agenda, Company Secretaries today face a plethora...

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Jack Azagury and Dominic King Could generative AI breathe new life into the old continent? Europe’s technology deficit with North America is...

By Fernanda Arreola and Robert Pickering Taking as an example the cloud industry, we help break down the different types of services and innovations that...

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...

By Simon L. Dolan, Adnane Belout, Jean-Luc Cerdin, and Javier Casademunt1 Introduction Organisational resilience refers to an organisation's ability to adapt, respond, and recover from disruptive...

By Avi Liran While you wait for your ship to come in, have you given any thought to building a lighthouse, or even dredging the...

David De Cremer gets to the heart of leadership in the era of rapid AI evolution. Discussing his upcoming book on the topic, he...

By Simon L. Dolan (Alias Dr. Simon) As the human need for constant happiness increases, it becomes commodified – as a goal to be achieved...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Managing an ever-growing agenda, boards today face a plethora of...

By Jacques Bughin and Jeroen Van Hautte What do companies as diverse as Booking.com, Accenture, Revolut, GSK, Walmart, or Unilever have in common? Answer: they have...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Diversity and inclusion are not evenly distributed throughout an...

By Fernanda Arreola and Dr. Michel Philippart Operational excellence is critical to entrepreneurial success, but it is too often ignored by aspiring entrepreneurs. In this article,...

By Tim Good, Andrew Young and Mamta Kapur Europe is currently undergoing a generative AI-driven transformation in the world of work. While leaders are confident...

Technology, says Hamilton Mann, is not in itself sustainable or positive – it depends on how we choose to develop and apply it.  In this...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Boards can be complex structures, which can be overwhelming for...

By Jacques Bughin Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are in the process of defining a future where the battlegrounds of business innovation and...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Boards have an essential role to play. When companies face...

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...

By Jacques Bughin Alongside the lightning-paced advancements in AI, a number of ethical quandaries have emerged, evidenced for example by deep fakes and incidences of...

By Fernanda Arreola and Johann VITREY-TARDIF Innovation is essential, yet not always easy. This article, based on lessons from the perfume industry, discusses how to...

By Adrian Furnham There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...

By Simon L. Dolan, Kyle Brykman and Shay S. Tzafrir Every leader needs to inspire trust in their followers, employees, and stakeholders. Trust is one...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. The playwright George Bernard Shaw once noted that England and...

By Dr. Jacques Bughin Semiconductors are positioned at the forefront of innovation and digital transformation. With companies like Nvidia leading the charge and the semiconductor...

By Peter Lorange and Karin Mugnaini In business, as in a host of other contexts, timing is everything. While sensing the optimum moment for a...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Climate change has transitioned from distant environmental concern to pressing...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. The board is a powerful asset for tech start-ups, with...

By Olimpia Modorcea and Fernanda Arreola Entrepreneurs make economies turn and prosper. They create a large proportion of new jobs, take economies out of recessions,...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. As we recorded this podcast, the World Economic Forum convened...

By Hamilton Mann The concept of "artificial integrity" proposes a critical framework for the future of AI. It emphasises the need to architect AI systems...

By Hervé Legenvre DeepTech technologies have significant effects on the economy and are an avenue to solve many problems humanity faces. However, the vitality of...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. There is much discussion about AI, especially after the launch...

By Ram Ramalingam, Teresa Tung, Nitu Kaushal & Shalabh Kumar Singh Edge is an essential component of the cloud computing model and has the potential...

By Adrian Furnham You must have met a few or maybe you are working with one right now. Who are passive-aggressive individuals and what makes...

By Jack McGuire, David De Cremer, Leander De Schutter, and Yorck Hesselbarth In the contemporary digital era, innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) are profoundly transforming...

By Jacques Bughin More and more companies are leveraging data and deep machine learning algorithms, leading to the emergence of the "AI factory" model. As...

By Dr. Kamil J. Mizgier The digitalisation of global supply chains is unstoppable and there is no doubt about the upside potential it brings in...

By Jacques Bughin Globally, more than 15,000 businesses accept Bitcoin. To date, high flyers such as Microsoft, AT&T, Starbucks, Gucci, and Shopify accept Bitcoin in...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. What does good look like? What does it mean to...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect of board effectiveness: stories....

By Jacques Bughin Generative AI has already made a big splash, but just how wet we're all going to get in the future is still...

By Fernanda Arreola In the pursuit of engaging employees in innovative endeavours, a pressing need emerges for firms to establish new, inclusive settings known as...

By Kamil J. Mizgier The business world is constantly changing, at a pace which humans are not able to catch up with. The premise of...

By Jefferson Wang, Michele Marrone, and Swati Vyas As Europe sets out to deliver on its second digital agenda, companies will need to equip themselves...