China

Will China lead the twin transformation post-covid?

By Jacques Bughin and Sybille Berjoan The Covid-19 pandemic has led many corporations to retrench in the short term—but the saying goes that no matter...
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...
Kevin Peters

All Change – but which Platform? Confronting Shift in the Telecom Sector

Interview with Kevin Peters, President and CEO at NetNumber All technology-based companies operate in an arena of constant change. However, perhaps no sector is subject...
David-De-Cremer

Artificial Intelligence: Just Who Is In Charge Around Here?

An Exclusive Interview with Professor David De Cremer, Founder and Director, Centre on AI Technology for Humankind, NUS The employment of artificial intelligence is proceeding...
industrial manufacturing trends

The Current Frontier in Industrial Manufacturing: Bringing Software Systems to Market

By Bianca Schmitz, Olaf Plötner, Viktor Jarotschkin and Johannes Habel Industrial manufacturers increasingly market software systems that help customers optimize value chain processes. However, many...

Innovation – now and for generations to come

By Ulrich A.K. Betz Merck is well known as a vibrant science and technology company. But the company's drive to improve the well-being of humanity...

The Future of Digital Identity Verification 

Interview with Andreas Bodczek, CEO of IDnow The digital revolution is making a significant impact on every industry, and IDnow, being the leading provider of...
Bitwarden CEO Michael Crandell

Cybersecurity: The Future of Passwords and Passwordless – Interview with Michael Crandell, the Chief...

Digital security remains a core concern for businesses, as the scary headlines continue to shriek of stolen and encrypted data, phishing, breaches, and intrusions....
woman with hope and Resilience

The Resilience Rings: A New Neuropsychological Framework for Building Resilience

By Javier S. Casademunt and Simon L. Dolan Mental health problems, especially in the workplace, have become the current global pandemic that COVID-19 left behind....
higher education

Disrupting Higher Education – ChatGPT and Generative AI

By Nancy W. Gleason The way we assess learning and credential talent is disrupted by ChatGPT. It is forcing higher education to strip down and...
WHY THE ETHICAL USE OF AI MATTERS FOR YOUR CAREER

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...

GLOOM vs. BLOOM OF THE FUTURE OF WORK: Can We Chart A Positive Roadmap?

By Mario Raich, Simon Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo As the digital era is continuously in its process to ripen, discussions of destructive unforeseen...

DART: On Target to Meet the Needs of the Travel Industry

Insights from Riversoft CEO, Alex Kuo In the fiercely competitive world of the post-pandemic travel industry, travel suppliers are looking to provide a leaner, more...
Negotiating With Kidnappers

A Lesson In Extreme Negotiation: Negotiating With Kidnappers

By Kandarp Mehta and Guido Stein This article is a case analysis based on real events. The case analyses how a young British man who...
Investor uses artificial intelligence for stock market analysis and forecasting, finance, analytics, investment, automation, growth

AI Bubbling or Not? What Does the AI Future Look Like in Today’s AI...

By Jacques Bughin AI leaders are delivering extraordinary growth, but their stock prices may already assume an even more extraordinary future. So, is AI really...
The Next Wave of AI: from Generation to Agency

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...
Accelerating Business Process

Accelerating Business Process Optimisation with Machine Learning

By Geetika Tandon and Andrea Jooyeon Huh While not without a few challenges, “The promise of machine learning is rooted in its ability to identify...

Countdown to Cybersecurity in the Quantum Era: Will Businesses be Ready in Time?

By Tom Patterson and Laura Converso Leaps in quantum technology and hybrid approaches are shortening the time to Q-Day, when adversaries can use quantum computing...

Corporate Foresight In An Ever-Turbulent Era

By Alex Fergnani, Andy Hines, Alessandro Lanteri and Mark Esposito Nobody knows what the future holds in store. How, then, should businesses prepare for the...
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...
operations and supply chain management

Compliance is Riskier Than Ever

By Gerry Zack, CEO, Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Over the years, there has been a steady growth of compliance-related risks that bring untimely...
AI supply chain

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chain Planning: The Future is Here & Now

By Mark Balte According to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) Digital Economy Model, by 2023 over 50% of all worldwide nominal gross domestic product...
superficial chain and being authentic

Authenticity at Work: Be Honest, is it a Good Thing?

By Adrian Furnham It is often said that honesty is the best policy. But if we apply that maxim invariably and unquestioningly, does that automatically...
Riversoft

What’s Next for TravelTech? Insights from Riversoft CEO, Alex Kuo

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented, and continues to present, enormous challenges across the spectrum of industry, not least for the travel and tourism sector....
banking

Actionable Advice To Scale Your Business in an Uncertain Economic Climate

ECOMMPAY’s business development manager Daniella Sjarki gives an overview of the latest payment preferences and technologies to help your business gain a competitive advantage...
AIM for a Thriving Planet

AIM for a Thriving Planet

By Chris Nichols, Philippa Hardman, Michael Chaskalson and Helen Sieroda The first article in this series introduced Team Mindfulness using the AIM model and explored...
Daversa

Refining the Search for Executive Talent in Europe

Interview with Daversa Partners’ Wendy Colvano - Director & Head of Europe With investors looking towards Europe as a hotspot for business acceleration, the need...
gold

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...
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...
global trends

The Imperative of the Vigilant Corporation

By Jacques Bughin After COVID-19, now comes the appalling Ukrainian-Russian war, and the threat of stagflation. But if turbulent times rule –doesn't it pay to...

Understanding People: Applying Behavioural Science to Business

Interview with Dr. Tim Mullett, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School In business, understanding your clients, partners, and, perhaps most importantly, your...

Thriving amidst disruption with a Warwick Executive Diploma

The world which we are living in today is changing dramatically, and at a rapid speed. None of us can stand still or rely...
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...
marketing strategy ideas

Senior Leadership: Learning to Embrace Uncertainty

“The only constant you’ll have in your career is uncertainty.” – Ian MacMillan, The Dhirubhai Ambani Emeritus Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Wharton...
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Agility and Resilience: The Essential Qualities of Leadership in the Digital Age

By Katharina Lange Transforming an organisation is never an easy task, especially when competitive pressure becomes merciless. There always seems to be a faster, better, bolder,...
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...
Middle Managers

How Middle Managers Can Make Your Company’s Innovating Engine Hum

By Ben M. Bensaou To adapt in a competitive, changing world, every business needs to operate an innovating engine, which requires contributions by employees at...
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,...
innovation strategy

Innovation (not) at the Core

By Claudio Cisullo A common mistake in industries faced by severe performance pressure is to turn to well-known innovation tools and strategies. Especially in sectors where...
Strategic Leadership

Strategic Leadership for Growth in Turbulent Times

By Peter Lorange In uncertain times, strategic leadership is crucial for navigating growth. Dr Peter Lorange, Honorary President of IMD, explores how executives can harness...
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...
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...
TRIP framework

TRIP Framework: Re-Thinking Organisational Competitiveness in Digital Spheres

By Mike Cooray and Rikke Duus Across industries, organisations are in search of new ways to enhance their competitiveness in the midst of digital disruption...
Online Payment Fraud

The Most Common Forms of Online Payment Fraud and How Merchants Can Combat Them

By Pavels Smirnovs Online shopping has grown dramatically in popularity and scope over the last decade, with the events of 2020 forcing ever-greater numbers of...

A Compass for Chief Executive Officers and Chief Learning Officers

By Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas Based on a 5 year study of the executive development industry, comprising interviews with over 200 executives, CLO’s, CEO’s,...

Enhancing Value Through Customer Centric Supply Chain

An exclusive interview with Allan Dow, President, Logility In today’s fast-changing marketplace, Allan Dow, President of Logility, knows all too well that a customer centric...
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...
Board Membership

Board Membership: Navigating the New Uncertainties

Remember when there was an invisible line separating business from political and social movements? Corporate leaders largely kept quiet about their beliefs and values, trying...
psychological safety at work

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,...
digital twin technology

Digital Twins 101: The Virtual Strategy Reshaping How Businesses Operate

By Terence Tse Does your company run complex machinery for which downtime would mean serious costs? A digital twin could be just what's needed. If your...