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Siobhan Frank, Oxford Executive MBA

Oxford Executive MBA: Shaping Global Business Leaders through Learning and Research

Interview with Siobhan Frank, Oxford Executive MBA In this TEBR interview, Siobhan Frank, Programme Director of the Oxford Executive MBA, highlights the school’s excellence through its world-class...
IMD for Who will Lead the Transition? Why the Future Belongs to Leaders who can Deliver Sustainability

Who Will Lead the Transition? Why the Future Belongs to Leaders Who Can Deliver...

The rules of business are shifting fast. Climate risks are materialising, regulators are tightening requirements, and investors are placing a price on transition plans....
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Fail Faster, Learn Smarter: Why Mastering Failure is the Key to Thriving in the...

By Matthew Egan In today’s AI-driven economy, mastering failure is becoming as critical as mastering success. Matthew Egan highlights how embracing setbacks accelerates learning and...
Accidental Entrepreneurship: When Van Gogh shows up in your Backyard

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...
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When the Lights Go Out: America’s Retreat from Global Humanitarian Aid

By Patrick Reichert and Vanina Farber This piece explores the ripple effects of America’s retreat from humanitarian aid and what it means for fragile states,...
The Digital Phoenix Effect: How Established Firms Can Win in the Platform Era

The Digital Phoenix Effect: How Established Firms Can Win in the Platform Era

By Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza Established companies face persistent challenges of inefficient transactions, shifting customer needs, innovation bottlenecks, underused data, and strategic data gaps....
IMD MBA: From the Sports Field to the Boardroom

From the Sports Field to the Boardroom

How an athletic mindset is shaping tomorrow’s business leaders in the IMD MBA class of 2025. At 6 a.m., while most of his IMD MBA...
Exposing the Racial Bias that Influences Day to Day Business Transactions

Exposing the Racial Bias that Influences Day to Day Business Transactions

By Redzo Mujcic, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School Racial bias may not always be overt. Indeed, individuals may not even be...
ISOPLUS

ISOPLUS – Hidden but Essential

The Energy Transition is an enormous opportunity for Europe to harness its millennia of engineering expertise and lead the world in addressing the existential...
Renata Blanc, Academic Director of the International MBA

Porto Business School: Cultivating Market-Ready Explorers

Interview with Renata Blanc of Porto Business School Portugal is renowned for its early navigators' audacious journeys of global exploration. What better home, then, for...

The Flawed Assumption Behind AI Agents’ Decision-Making

By Hamilton Mann As rational as we humans like to think we are, at the moment of making a decision, a whole range of overlapping...
Iñaki Ereño - Bupa

Healthcare with the Customer Front and Centre: Interview with Mr. Iñaki Ereño of Bupa

The health sector has gone through some testing times since Iñaki Ereño became part of it in 2005, including COVID-19. Now Group CEO of...
Controlled Chaos: Logistics Drives Retail Performance

The Art of Controlled Chaos: How Logistical Inefficiency Drives Retail Performance

By Gilles Paché In today’s retail landscape, efficiency is not always the golden rule. Some of the largest retailers have mastered the art of controlled...
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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...
University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA

Leading Through Uncertainty: How the University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA Shapes Leaders for a Complex...

Far from being another EMBA, the University of St.Gallen’s IEMBA (International EMBA) is a distinctively crafted programme, merging rigorous academics, global immersion, and peer...
IMD

Bridging the Gap between Expertise and Impact: Inside IMD’s New Master’s Degrees

Leadership roles have evolved dramatically over the past decade, calling for professionals who can pivot, adapt, and lead transformation across technology, sustainability, and governance....
Porto Business School's International MBA

Reimagining Business Leadership: Porto Business School’s International MBA

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, leaders must be agile, innovative, and equipped with a global perspective. The International MBA at Porto Business School...
Copenhagen Business School

Redefining the MBA: Copenhagen Business School’s One-Year Global Programme

Interview with Andreas Rasche of the Copenhagen Business School It is quite rare for a professional education programme to feature small classes, in which, for...

How Creating a Learning Culture Can Help Your Company Master Digital Transformation and Gain...

By Daniel Rowles The current pace of change driven by digital innovation can feel overwhelming. With rapid advancements in generative AI and the sheer volume of...
AI - Hamilton Mann

Artificial Integrity

By Hamilton Mann Much has been said about how to instill integrity into AI-generated content. So far, the focus has been on policing training data...
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The Drama Queen Leader: Theatricality and Inappropriate Behaviour

By Adrian Furnham Friendly, dramatic, and attention-seeking, they are difficult to miss. You may find them entertaining in social settings, but what happens when you...
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How Incumbents Can Win the EV War

By Chengyi Lin and Lluvia Shen How should incumbent electric-vehicle manufacturers respond to the growing competition posed by Chinese EV makers? Chengyi Lin and Lluvia...
AI Agents

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...
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How to Better Understand Your Market to Drive Business Growth

By Francis Rodino  If you don’t truly understand your market, you’re shooting in the dark. Successful businesses thrive on market intelligence—knowing exactly who their customers...
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How Operational Research is the Hidden Gem of Business Decision-Making 

By Bob Scott  In today's data-driven world, where the buzz around AI and analytics dominates boardroom discussions, there is a forgotten hero quietly transforming business...
Sales Strategies for Convenience Store Success

Getting Value from Digital Technologies

By Frank Cespedes and Georg Krentzel Companies need digital technologies in an omni-channel buying world where online and in-person interactions are complements, not either /...
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The Future of AI Language Models (LMs): Three Scenarios that could Reshape Business and...

By Hervé Legenvre, Erkko Autio and Xule Lin This article is part six of an ongoing series - AI Power Plays - that explores the...
Swiss School of Business and Management’s Online MBA IT Programs

Exploring the Excellence of the Swiss School of Business and Management’s Online MBA IT...

If you're looking for an IT-oriented MBA program that aligns academic theory with real-world business practice and, what's more, provides the flexibility of entirely...
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Business Executive Education: The New Flexible IMD EMBA

Interview with Vanina Farber Dean of Executive MBA at IMD If you are struggling to find an EMBA program that truly aligns with your own...
Goodbye Industries, Hello Domains: Top-Performing Companies Focus on Customer Outcomes

Goodbye Industries, Hello Domains: Top-Performing Companies Focus on Customer Outcomes

By Peter Weill and Stephanie L. Woerner A domain-oriented company helps serve a customer’s end-to-end need by focusing on customer outcomes rather than only on...
Alena Rykunina

Designing Without Borders: Alena Rykunina on Building Tech for Diverse Users

Interview with Alena Rykunina of inDrive From fintech to global mobility, Alena Rykunina’s career journey reflects a passion for human-centered design and meaningful impact. In...
LSE

How LSE is Equipping the Executives of Today to Lead the Businesses of Tomorrow

Diverse and divided, unstable and uncertain, the world of today is a uniquely challenging environment for businesses. LSE Executive Education is leading the way,...
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Top Picks for 2025: Key Articles for Leaders and Readers

As we move into 2025, leaders are navigating a rapidly changing economic and cultural landscape, where understanding technological innovation, shifting business models, and global...
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Leadership Development with AI: IMD’s Updated Future-Oriented MBA Curriculum

Interview with Omar Toulan of IMD The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is in first place in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2024 ranking of European MBA...
FIRE and SHIELD

Passion and Compassion: The Equilibrium of Leadership

Interview with Elize Dimare and Johnny Sørensen of Fire & Shield Which ability is more important for a business leader: to lead with passion, or...
Ana Doval on Technology Trends

What Does the Global Technology Workforce Really Want?

By Ana Doval de las Heras, SVP at Amadeus Want to know what really matters to your people? Why not ask them? That's exactly what...
Safraz Ali on All Pulling Together: Smartsheet Ramps up the Team Power

All Pulling Together: Smartsheet Ramps up the Team Power

Interview with Sarfraz Ali of Smartsheet In this interview, Smartsheet EMEA VP and General Manager Sarfraz Ali sets out how, with its revamped UI and...
AI

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...
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How European Companies Can Drive Reinvention and Resilience through Generative AI

By Mauro Macchi, Dominic King, and Ladan Davarzani Europe’s economy shows promise, but stock market turbulence, political uncertainty and war could disrupt it any time....

Unlocking innovation with xTech partners

By Alan Thorogood and Stephanie L. Woerner When undertaking a sizable project, a large organization might consider partnering with a small company in order to...
European Automakers

Shifting Gears: How European Automakers Can Survive the EV Disruption

By Juergen Reers, Marcello Tamietti, Philipp Kupferschmidt, Stefan Hattula, and Sheryl Yaping Yu European automakers face growing competition from Chinese and U.S. electric vehicle (EV)...
Elizabeth Eiss

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...
Exploring the Interplay of Art, Fraud, and Emotions

Artful Deception: Exploring the Interplay of Art, Fraud, and Emotions (part 1)

By Dr. Monika Ewa Klein, Dr. Anna Maria Rostomyan and Dr. Ekaterina Safonova  This article delves into the intricate relationship between art, emerging digital technologies,...
Gonca Baybas

Sabanci University: Delivering World-Class Executive Education through EDU

Interview with Gonca Borerkci Baybas of Sabancı University Executive Education Unit (EDU) Since its launch in 2002, the Sabancı University Executive Education Unit (EDU) has progressively...

Art and Business

By Dr. Peter Lorange Art and business are typically seen as two different things. While art tends to be associated with beauty, inspiration, and a...
Kevin Wang

Close Encounters of the 3D Kind: Interview with Kevin Wang of Elegoo

Once firmly in the province of specialists, 3D printing is now being brought closer to the rest of us, due to the pioneering efforts...
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Sorting Out the AI Gold Rush? Ten Opportunities in the Generative AI Value Chain

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...
Organizations

Flat Organizations Can Foment Trust and a Sense of Purpose, but Come with Their...

By Mireia Las Heras and José Pérez del Valle Flat organizations are becoming popular across industries, emphasizing employee autonomy and responsibility. While these models promote...
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Mind the Trust Gap: How Trading Partners Can Stay Closely Aligned

By Kate Vitasek Team members use much different language when describing “good” versus “typical” trading partner relationships. Through assessments, companies can measure and address relationship...