The Human Premium: Why Human Talent Becomes More Valuable in the AI Era
By Elizabeth Eiss
For small business owners, the conversation around AI often starts in the same place: efficiency.
How can we do more with less?
How can...
The Three Questions That CERN Is Trying to Answer and Their Impact on Innovation
By Fernanda Arreola and Gregory C. Unruh
CERN’s three fundamental questions inspire innovation by fostering principles thinking, system cycles, and strategic foresight, enabling entrepreneurs to navigate...
Architecting a New Agentic SAAS Pricing Strategy: Why and How
By Jacques Bughin and Philipp Remy
As autonomous software performs more operational work, enterprise pricing is shifting from user access toward measurable execution and outcomes.
Enterprise...
How Nexans’ E3 Framework Sets a New Standard for Strategic Procurement
By Hervé Legenvre
This article examines how Nexans E3 strategic framework applied to procurement act as a source of meaning and purpose for buyers, suppliers and wider...
Why AI Can’t Say “I Don’t Know”: Understanding the Illusion of Omni-knowledge in Large...
By Fernanda Arreola and David Jaidan
Skillful orators know that, to convince their audience, it can pay to deliver their message with a tone of...
Beyond SaasPocalypse: How Agentic AI Is Reinventing Software Economics
By Jacques Bughin and Filip Van Innis
Historically, enterprise software was priced on a per-seat basis. Today, in the era of generative and, especially, agentic...
Empowering People with AI: Revolutionizing the Management of Human Resources for a Brighter Future
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Pedro Cesar Martínez Moran and Dr. Dave Ulrich
Among the disciplines currently under invasion by AI, human resources is...
The OpenClaw Paradox: High-Performance Agents in Search of a System
By Jacques Bughin, Ph.D.
If you don't want your agents to turn into a collection of digital loose cannon, you'd better make sure you have...
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones: The Psychology of Microaggressions
By Adrian Furnham
Most would agree that saying something deliberately calculated to hurt another individual is, at best, small-minded. Nevertheless, even the saintliest of us...
Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Timing Decision but a Commitment Decision
By Jacques Bughin
Artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate strategy beyond tools and timing. Jacques Bughin argues that it is a commitment to redesigning operating models...
Belt Up and Belt Out: Corporate Benefits of Psychological Safety
By Adrian Furnham and Dr Amanda Potter
At your last departmental meeting, did you join in, or did you zone out? Did you buckle down,...
Gain Founder Freedom in 2026: Solve SMB Capacity Challenges
By Elizabeth Eiss
Small and medium-sized business owners are no strangers to hard work. They build, sell, manage, problem-solve, and adapt, often simultaneously. Yet for...
Where’s Your Sense of Justice?
By Adrian Furnham
Is the world a just place – or just a place? Then again, should we just pessimistically expect the unjust and so...
The Last Mile Problem: What Executives Need to Know About Self-Driving Vehicles
By Alessandro Lanteri, Massimiliano (Max) Cappuccio and Mark Esposito
The autonomous vehicle revolution is real, but not imminent. Here’s how to navigate the gap between...
The Next Wave of AI: from Generation to Agency
By Jacques Bughin
If you're quietly patting yourself on the back for finally getting a grip on AI and its impact on your organization, here's...
Europe’s Reinvention Challenge: Turning Heritage into a Competitive Edge
By Mauro Macchi, Dominic King, Ladan Davarzani
Adapting to change is a long-standing European strength—evident in everything from art and science to industry and institutions....
Europe’s Innovation Opportunity: How America’s Brain Drain Could Fuel the Next Porto Digital
By Juliana Queiroga
As U.S. research faces disruption, Europe must move beyond funding to capture global talent. By adopting Brazil’s Porto Digital model, Europe can...
The Collapse of Unhappiness in Middle Age: New Evidence and Challenges for Well-being
By Pedro César Martínez Morán and Simon L. Dolan
The graph of happiness against age is traditionally shown as U-shaped, with the index of happiness...
How Do 200-Year-Old Institutions Innovate? The Example of Business Schools
By Fernanda Arreola and Dr. Gregory C. Unruh
When we think of innovation, our minds often jump to startups or young tech firms. But what...
Addiction Has No Boundaries: We Must Start Talking About It
By Fernanda Arreola, Nora Guessoum, and Elizabeth Walker
Addiction often hides in plain sight, crossing social, professional, and cultural boundaries with ease. In this article,...
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...
Ten Things Every Manager Must Understand About China’s AI Strategy
By Jacques Bughin
China’s AI strategy reshapes competition far beyond foundation models and chatbots. As Jacques Bughin explains, managers must look at scale, integration and...
Algorithmic Attachment: How AI-Based Employee Monitoring Shapes Workplace Trust, Autonomy, and Well-being
By Dr Madeleine Roantree and Professor Adrian Furnham
Although AI-driven monitoring and performance tools are designed to optimise productivity, they may have an adverse effect...
Virtual Working: When It Comes to Sensitive Conversations, the Medium Affects the Message
By Dr Melissa Dunlop and Professor Adrian Furnham
The remote-working era brought us many challenges in communicating effectively with our fellow humans via a computer...
How 5G-FRMCS Can Accelerate EU’s Rail Transformation
By Séverine Mastikian, Maros Mraz and Vikas Dubey
As Europe pursues climate change targets and digital sovereignty, its rail network risks falling behind. Legacy systems,...
Can European Business Leaders Afford to Deprioritize Climate Risk?
By Matias Pollmann-Larsen and Dominic King
As European companies grapple with severe disruption on multiple fronts, climate risks might seem a distant threat. However, our...
Managing in the Age of Superstar firms
By Jacques Bughin
Superstar firms are reshaping global markets through scale, innovation, and strategic agility. Jacques Bughin examines how these companies achieve and sustain dominance,...
Scaling You: How Small Business Owners Can Grow Without Burning Out
By Elizabeth Eiss
If you’re a small business owner or solopreneur, your greatest asset - and your greatest bottleneck - is often the same thing: you.
You...
Presentations, Speeches, and Talks: Getting the Gift of the Gab
By Adrian Furnham
If the very words “Ladies and gentlemen, unaccustomed as I am…” bring you out in a cold sweat, just breathe deeply into...
Nine Logics of AI Deployments and the Artificial Integrity Imperative
By Hamilton Mann
In attempting to visualize the issues implicit in the adoption of AI in business, we commonly picture a two-dimensional relationship, such as...
Well-Being at Work Challenges and Solutions for Mental Health and Risk
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan
The well-being of employees is a critical component of organizational success. The multifaceted challenges that hinder mental health and risk...
Why Europe’s Innovation Pipeline Keeps Breaking Down
By Juliana Queiroga
European research institutions produce world-leading, breakthrough technology that should yield commercial advantage. Yet, too many innovations fail to reach the market successfully....
Ban Introduced on English Higher Education Providers Entering into NDAs About Sexual Misconduct, Bullying...
By Chloe Holmes
On 1 August 2025, new legislation (the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023) was passed, which prohibits higher education providers in...
Evolutionary Forces at Work: Keeping Abreast of Employment Law
Interview with Tessa Harris of Redmans solicitors
Employment law, like so many aspects of 21st-century life, is subject to constant evolution. It’s challenging for employers,...
Beyond the Regulatory Checkbox: Navigating Europe’s Shifting Sustainability Rules with Strategic Intent
By Jens Laue, Matthew Robinson, Monique de Ritter and Michela Coppola
As Europe recalibrates its sustainability regulations, it may seem natural for businesses to ease...
The Generative AI Gold Rush Revisited
By Jacques Bughin
The generative AI landscape has rapidly evolved, turning emerging concepts into proven drivers of business value. Jacques Bughin revisits ten key AI...
The Impostor Syndrome: Fraudulence, Fear of Success, and Perfectionism
By Adrian Furnham
Many of us, at one time or another, may have thought, “One day, they’re going to see through me.” If you’re one...
Day-One Rights vs Six-Month Threshold: Where the Employment Rights Bill May Land
By Alex Hodson
During the most recent general election, the Labour Party pledged to abolish the two-year qualifying period required for employees to bring an...
Accidental Entrepreneurship: When Van Gogh Shows up in your Backyard
By Fernanda Arreola and Sabine Bacouel-Jentjens
In the spring of 2020, during a global pandemic, a revolution began in a quiet French village when an...
On Ultraintelligence and Ultra Risks
By Dr. Claudio Antonini and Dr. sc. ETH Zurich Kamil Mizgier
What is your pet goldfish's take on the “Offside” rule? Chances are, it’s a little...
Cultivating Endurance: Sharing a Case for Empowering an Organization’s Resilience and Enhancing Wellbeing
By Dr. Anat Garti and Dr. Simon L. Dolan
In a world wired for stress, success takes more than strategy. This article shows how to...
Scaling You: Onshore, Offshore, and AI – Finding the Right Fit for Your Business
By Elizabeth Eiss
This article continues my Scaling You series where I share strategies to help solopreneurs and small business owners grow without burning out. One of...
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: Structure Your Board Portfolio Career Across – The Different...
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Beyond listed corporations, there is a vibrant world of start-ups, scale-ups,...
Family Businesses and the War for Talent
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Welcome to The Better Boards podcast series, the podcast for Chairs,...
Unveiling the Shadows: Understanding and Transforming Hidden Societal Risks
By Dr. Pedro Cesar Martinez Moran and Dr. Simon L. Dolan
In today’s ever-evolving world, it’s crucial to look beyond the surface and recognize the...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Governance Experts as Non-Executive Directors – A Perfect Fit?
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Governance experts and Company Secretaries are a prime but often overlooked...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Role of the Board in Owner-led Organisations
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Owner-led organisations are the backbone of economies worldwide. Yet when the...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Overcoming Misconceptions and Lies in the Boardroom
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When pressures mount, Boards often default to easy narratives. Yet, today...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Beyond Minutes – Reimagining the Board Secretary in the...
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The role of the Board Secretary is at a crossroads. Traditionally,...
