Laugh and the World Complains to HR: Humour at Work
By Adrian Furnham
But it was just “workplace banter”! Another pale, stale, frail male attempts to defend himself against a range of accusations of “inappropriateness”...
Does Generative AI Generate Jobs?
By Jacques Bughin
The evolution of AI and its quick adoption by organisations has predisposed many workers to the fear of losing their jobs to...
Leo Messi and Larry Ellison have more in common than you think
By Steven P. MacGregor
I was watching through a crack in my fingers. And there it was, inevitable really. Number seven. My football team, Glasgow...
Strategic Responses To Neo-Populism
By Dan Prud’homme, Max von Zedtwitz, and Fernanda Arreola
The rise of Neo-populism presents risks to multi-national corporations in Western markets. The authors outline practical strategies corporations...
[VIDEO] Steven MacGregor with Chief Wellbeing Officer
The second part of the SAP case looking at the new humanizing business initiative within EMEA Commercial Sales. How do we move towards a...
5 Keys to Resolving Cross-Functional Rivalries in your Digital Transformation
By Bhaskar Ghosh, Nigel Stacey, Raghav Narsalay, Aarohi Sen, and Paul Barbagallo
The challenge is as old as business itself: How do you get people...
Navigating the New Frontier: Embracing Talent 5.0 While Paving the Way for Talent 6.0
By Iolanda Triviño, Simon L. Dolan, and Pedro Cesar Martinez
In the changing world of employment, it's more important than ever to understand the shifts...
Old and New Takes on Selection Interviews
By Adrian Furnham
Nearly all selection processes involve the famous trio: application form, references and interview. Both the selectors and the candidates seem to like...
The Five Paradoxes of Brexit
By David De Cremer
Brexit – despite all the promises made – is not necessarily about creating a better economic future for the country but...
Strategising GenAI: Open Source or Proprietary LLMs?
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 Use of Dopamine to Enhance Resilience in a Post COVID-19 Era: Lessons From...
By Simon L. Dolan and Kyle M. Brykman
Introduction
Resilience is an emerging concept in business and psychology. Its origins are in the school of thought...
Berkeley Executive Education: Creating A “New Thinking For The New Economy”
Interview with Laura Tyson, Interim Dean, Haas School of Business
Located in the heart of the world’s innovation center, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business...
How Should a Business Self-Cannibalize During Digital Transformation?
By Jacques Bughin and Nicolas van Zeebroeck
Engaging in digital transformation is a dilemma. Either the transformation is aggressive enough to scale,- but brings the...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Increasing the Quality of the Dialogue in the...
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It sounds all so easy – you create a board...
Key Changes In Management: Implications From The Corona Crisis, Particularly On Family Businesses And...
By Dr. Peter Lorange
Introduction
In this paper I shall discuss what I see as some major implications for management practices when it comes to several...
A New Business Leadership Paradigm to Understand Signals and Timing: When to ENTER a...
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 Better Boards Podcast Series: How can Boards Convert Sustainability from a Wish to...
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Boards have an essential role to play. When companies face...
FED Up With Big Data Hype? How Central Banks Struggle with Digital Disruption
By Christopher Surdak
Since releasing his latest book, “Jerk: Twelve Steps to Rule the World,” Christopher Surdak has spoken with thousands of business and governmental...
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...
[Podcast] Christmas reflections
A 'back to the roots' episode recorded in the childhood home in Motherwell, Scotland as Dr. MacGregor reflects on the seven episodes of the...
Covid-19, Stress, Self-Esteem, Values, and Psychological Well-being: How to Assess Risks of Becoming Depressed,...
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan and Dr. Salvador Garcia Sanchez
A few years back, we published several books dealing with Stress, Self -Esteem, Health and...
Enterprises Must Establish Algorithmic Governance in Advance of Regulatory Mandates
By Mark Esposito, Aurélie Jean, Terence Tse and Guillaume Sibout
In AI, as in myriad other fields, past and present, technological developments go blazing ahead...
Introduction to the Female Leadership In Our Time
“I believe that true passion has no gender and focusing on your goals and dreams helps you to overcome gender and cultural boundaries.”
Simonetta...
Nike Okundaye, Artist & Founder, Nike Centre for Art and Culture
Yes! Income is key to decent living and decent living provides the necessary tools for a woman to occupy her rightful and respectable position...
Heartfulness
By Steven P. MacGregor
The human heart is the engine room for everything you do. Every beat of that engine, which may beat up to...
Why Guanxi Matters in Business Relationships with China
By Bang Nguyen and David De Cremer
Business relationships between China and Europe have existed for quite some time and with the a renewed focus...
How Businesses Are Getting Back on Track in China
By Svenja Falk, Frank Riemensperger and Serena Qiu
Two months ahead of most other businesses in dealing with COVID-19, companies in China offer key insights...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Mastering Internal Board Evaluation
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Corporate Governance Codes worldwide state that an internal board evaluation...
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...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Can AI Make Better Business Decisions?
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In this episode of the Better Boards Podcast, Professor Katja Langenbucher...
Values, Values on the wall, Just do business and forget them all: Wells Fargo,...
By Avi Liran and Simon L. Dolan
There is a growing discrepancy between the values stated on the wall and values in action. In the...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Steering the Shift – Board Leadership in Times of...
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When organisations face a need for transformation, Boards must become catalysts...
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...
Hacking Trustworthy AI
By Jacques Bughin
In the aftermath of the initial AI tidal wave that has rolled across business and industry, there are signs that the emphasis...
Leadership Innovation: Huawei’s rotating CEO system
By David De Cremer and Tian Tao
The CEO of an organisation is where the buck stops, and to whom all credit is due for...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Boardroom Awakening – Can Corporate Governance Survive the...
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The ESG narrative has become familiar but does not yet...
Europe Must Invest in Technology, Talent, and Trust to Realise the Potential of Generative...
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...
You Must Innovate Your Governance too! The Risk for Startups and SMEs
By Fernanda Arreola
While startups and SMEs are often lauded for their agility and innovation, one critical dimension is frequently overlooked: governance. This article explores...
Less digital, more well? A conversation on digital wellbeing with data scientist of the...
By Steven P. MacGregor
I still remember the anticipation of opening the pack. I’d often look at the five cards side-on first to see if there...
Why Forecasting is Fixated with Accuracy: The Risk of Ignoring Feedback
By Dr. Claudio Antonini and Dr. Kamil Mizgier
When it comes to building models for the purpose of forecasting, system designers are naturally concerned that...
Episode 28: Designing the new workplace with Akka Architects CEO Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes
We continue our look at wellbeing in the built environment with Akka Architects CEO Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes. Coinciding with the launch of The Recovery...
Fixing the Progression Paradox: One Way to Accelerate Social Mobility
By Simon Eaves, Camilla Drejer and Dominic King
Socio-economic background continues to weigh on career progression in the UK. Despite this, a new Accenture study...
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...
Reclaiming SaaS Value in the Agentic AI Era
By Jacques Bughin
As agentic AI takes over task execution, the foundations of traditional SaaS begin to crumble. Interfaces lose value, orchestration gains power, and...
The Road Ahead for Large Language Models is Brighter than Claimed
By Jacques Bughin
1. LLM is dead, long live LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs) have been the talk of the town for the past two years,...
Strategic Insights: Taking Over a Start-Up vs. an Established SME
By Fernanda Arreola, Damien Guermonprez, and Renaud Redien-Collot
The skills required to successfully lead one type of enterprise may not fully apply or be relevant...
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...
The Coronavirus Threat – The issue of reopening our economies or continuing the lockdown,...
By Dr. Peter Lorange
Over the last few months, almost all countries in the world have been faced with the challenge of how to handle...
How the Next Wave of Innovators will Change the Fabric of the World
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier and Vedrana Savic
The next wave of innovation will see products and services combining technology from across the digital, physical and biological...
