Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
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...
Trust-Me: A Concept and Metric to Embed in Leaders, Enhancing their Effectiveness
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 Better Boards Podcast Series: U.S. and U.K. – Two Countries Separated by Common...
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The playwright George Bernard Shaw once noted that England and...
Everybody Loves … Nvidia
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...
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: What do Board Members Need to Think About to...
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Climate change has transitioned from distant environmental concern to pressing...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Behind the Closed Doors of Tech Start-up Boards
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The board is a powerful asset for tech start-ups, with...
You Did Not Fail! You Are Just Rebounding!
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 Better Boards Podcast Series: Can Accounting Save the World and Your Company?
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As we recorded this podcast, the World Economic Forum convened...
Introducing the Concept of Artificial Integrity: The Path for the Future of AI
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...
Innovation, the Art of Abolishing Distance: Building the ATTRACT DeepTech Ecosystem
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 Better Boards Podcast Series: AI – What Questions do Directors Need to Ask?
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There is much discussion about AI, especially after the launch...
Edge Computing in Europe: A Key Driver of Business Innovation
By Ram Ramalingam, Teresa Tung, Nitu Kaushal & Shalabh Kumar Singh
Edge is an essential component of the cloud computing model and has the potential...
The Passive-Aggressive Individual
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...
Why the Ethical Use of AI Matters for Your Career
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...
The Key Success Factors of a Powerful AI Factory
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...
A Practical Guide to Kick-starting Your Cyber Supply Chain Risk Programme
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...
Bitcoin is 15: Towards Adulthood or Speculative Bubble?
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 Better Boards Podcast Series: Leading an Effective Board
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What does good look like? What does it mean to...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Why Story is Mission Critical for Boards
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A crucial yet often overlooked aspect of board effectiveness: stories....
2024: What is the Near Future of Generative AI?
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...
Creating Inclusive Innovation Workplaces: Insights from the Playground
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...
Managing Risk in a Modular Economy
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...
Pivot or Perish: Modern Enterprise Networks Will Drive the Digital Future in Europe
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...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Inspiring Life of a Director
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We all have dreams. When we sit in our offices,...
The Eutopia of Engaging in Unconditional Kindness to Self and Others
By Salvador García Sánchez and Simon L. Dolan
Introduction
“Resilience” seems to be a common term used by professionals in many disciplines. Psychologists and medical experts...
Artificial Intelligence: Will You Be a Saboteur or an Impressionist?
By Gregory Unruh and Fernanda Arreola
The rapid adoption of AI in today's organisations leaves workers with two choices: waste their energy in a futile...
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...
10 Ways Marketing Is Being Transformed by The Advance Of AI
By Hamilton Mann and Joerg Niessing
If you are one of those who has reservations about online systems that track your browsing behaviour, you might...
Enhancing Operating Models’ Artificial Intelligence Quotient (AIQ)
By Hamilton Mann
As organisations tap into the power of Generative Artificial Intelligence to improve business outcomes, it is imperative to examine how it affects...
The Path towards Trustworthy AI is no Tech but a Human Intelligence Test
By Hamilton Mann
In the frenzy to champion the potential of trustworthy AI, the recent moves from tech giants offer a reflective pause about one of...
Have You Ever Met a Psychopath? The Anatomy of the Corporate Psychopath
By Adrian Furnham
When we think of psychopaths, we think of blood-thirsty crazed killers who spend their lives in chains at maximum security prisons after...
On Economic Supply Chain Risk Capital
By Kamil J. Mizgier
Economic risk capital is an established risk management framework used by firms in the financial services industry to drive their capital...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Being an Effective Non-Executive Director
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One of the most frequently asked questions to Better Boards...
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...
(Un)explainable AI: Should All AI Systems Be?
By Hamilton Mann
In the pursuit of harnessing the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), businesses and researchers grapple with paradoxes that emerge when aiming to...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Board as a Team
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The Board as a Team may be a surprising topic....
The Complex Equation of AI in the Work World
By Hamilton Mann
At the imminent dawn of our artificially intelligent societies, a profound question arises: To what extent will artificial intelligence reshape our professional...
Why Strong Technology Leadership Matters to Europe’s Future Competitiveness
The Right Leadership Can Help Bridge Europe's Lag in Technology Adoption, R&D, and Patents
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Svenja Falk, and Surya Mukherjee
Increasing leaders’ technology quotient...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Retention Factor – Why Boards Need to Prioritise...
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When LGBT+ employees feel their employers aren't doing enough to...
Building the Data Foundations of Supply Chain Decarbonisation
By Hervé Legenvre
The journey towards the decarbonisation of supply chains requires harmonised and reliable information on emissions as well as industry collaborations by not-for-profit...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Governance – Are Boards Part of the Problem or...
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So much of the global discussion of corporate governance...
The Art of Future Design — Part II: Deployment, Wholeness, and Impact on...
By Kristine M. Kawamura, Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo
In this article, we extend the logic that was previously published...
A Beauty Premium and a Plainness Penalty: Attractiveness at Work
By Adrian Furnham
Are physically attractive people seriously advantaged at work?
Are they more likely to be selected, promoted, and given higher salaries? Does being physically...
Now It is Time for AI Transformation
By Jacques Bughin and Ivan Gjepali
Unsurprisingly, the focus in the application of AI in business and industry to date has been on the potential...
Digital Strategies for Proactive Supplier Risk Management
By Kamil J. Mizgier
By learning to proactively manage supplier risks through digital strategies, companies can mitigate the adverse effects of disruptions, enhance supply chain...
Banking on Data: the World’s First-Ever Common Currency
By Hamilton Mann
There is no shortage of descriptors when it comes to unveiling the considerable importance of data in our societies. While some refer...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Making it in the Boardroom
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The boardroom is a desirable place, and after a successful...
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...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Building a Successful Employee Engagement Process
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The landscape of employee relations is changing, particularly in...
