Agile Anarchy is the Name of the Future
By Guido Stein and Alberto Barrachina
To build agile organizations you must understand human relationships
1. Change> Transform Your Approach to Transformation
This technical note explores some...
Select out: Why selection often goes wrong and what to do about it
By Adrian Furnham
The process of selecting people, in business as in social relationships, tends to focus on the “good” characteristics we are looking for....
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...
Under Cyberattack: Learning For Leaders Through Play
By Nora Grasselli and Bethan Williams
How are team dynamics affected by our evermore global and virtualized business context? An innovative game created at ESMT...
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...
Business and Governments and Civil Society and a Healthy Planet
By Sylvain Guyoton and Hervé Legenvre
The following discussion took place In April 2020. We aimed at confronting our points of views on the contradictory...
Building the Future on a Century of Heritage: A family business on the move–for...
Interview with Max Viessmann, CEO of Viessmann Group
If knowledge is power, then shared knowledge must surely be the way for a company to maximise...
Robots Are Cleaning Up – And Much More Besides!
Interview with Claus Risager, CEO at Blue Ocean Robotics
The potential of robots to assist and even replace humans in a variety of work areas...
Response to COVID-19 Global Pandemic Highlights the Role of National Cultures
By Bhaskar Pant
The novel coronavirus has affected countries around the globe. It is non-discriminatory in terms of who it hits. It is oblivious to...
Wharton LIVE: Best-in-Class Online Learning
When Wharton’s campus closed in March, more than 40 students from Shanghai were in California en route to Philadelphia for a finance program. The...
Episode 29: Home/Office insights from the Netherlands with Steve Longhorn and Elyse Nijsse
In this special joint episode which closes the Q2 theme of Wellbeing in the Built Environment we talk to experts in Facilities Management and...
Free Flow of Data: What the Corporate World Can Learn from Science
By Andreas Deppeler
It is often said that the digital economy runs on data. Digital technologies have transformed the economy and society – and data...
Sustainability is A Mindset, A Never Ending Journey
Interview with Franziska Gsell, Chief Marketing Officer of IWC Schaffhausen, chairwoman of the company’s Sustainability Committee
Franziska Gsell has been the Chief Marketing Officer of...
Mind How You Grow: A Partnership to Improve Your Processes
Interview with Mr Giuseppe Zagami, the president of Mind The Value
Fast-growing Italy-based company Mind The Value has made a name for itself with its...
Disruption Strikes, You’re in Charge, Now What: When Companies Tackle Great Challenges
By Luis Ballesteros, Michael Useem, and Tyler Wry
Summary
Natural disasters have been growing in their social impact in recent years, but humanitarian assistance has...
Distinguish Crisis from Disaster: 5 Notes for Making Decisions
By Axelle Bagot and Houman Harouni
One of the most common forms of leadership failure is treating a crisis like it is a disaster, and...
How Leaders Can Overcome their Biases to Succeed in the Post-Crisis World
By Nikolaus Obwegeser, Noemie Tentillier, and Tomoko Yokoi
Research has shown that our ability to deal with a crisis is heavily dependent on our perception...
How to Manage the Reputation of Your Business during the Pandemic
By William S. Harvey
Reputation is an invaluable intangible asset that impacts on how your staff, customers and other key stakeholders perceive your organisation. This...
Science for a Better Tomorrow
By Ulrich A.K. Betz
The future holds daunting challenges for the human race, and some good news wouldn’t come amiss. Here, Ulrich Betz gives us...
A Wake-up Call for the Corporate World
By Christoph Burger, Antony Froggatt, Catherine Mitchell, and Jens Weinmann
New regulations and opportunities in the decentralized energy market can be good for the planet...
Cross-border and Cross-cultural: the KEDGE Global Executive MBA Programme has a Worldwide Reach
Interview with Professor Hervé Remaud, Director KEDGE Global Executive MBA KEDGE Business School
Time will tell whether history will record the Zeitgeist of our times...
Get Ready for Disruption: WBS Prepares Executives for a Volatile Future
Interview with Tim Wray Director of Executive Education Warwick Business School
We live in turbulent times, and business leaders need to draw on a range...
What Makes You an Effective Leader in Crisis Situations?
By David De Cremer
For many organizational leaders and entrepreneurs, the coronavirus crisis represents a very challenging environment to lead and motivate their teams.
What do...
Hybrid Strategies and the New Face of Retail
By Omar Toulan and Niccolò Pisani
How has the digital disruption affected the way customers shop and the factors that influence their decisions? One need...
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...
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...
Developing Future Business Leadership with a Truly Global Mindset
Interview with Director Anke Middelmann, Global Executive MBA of SKEMA Business School
With seven campuses across five continents, Business School has already lived up to...
The Top 10 Young Leaders Of Europe Poised To Transform The World
By Paula Hass and Valentina Loiz
The future of Europe depends on the ideas, ambition and determination of young people. The young achievers on this...
Optimising the Supply Chain: The Visible Effect of Elemica’s Digital Supply Network
Interview with Rich Katz, CEO of Elemica
Elemica is the industry leader in business to deliver a digital connection between manufacturers and their suppliers, logistics...
Data-driven Decision Making that Uses Data, Mind and Heart
Interview with Heine Krog Iversen, CEO and Founder of TimeXtender
TimeXtender’s mission is to help companies to extract the maximum-possible advantage from their data resources...
Experience the true La Dolce Vita at Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni
The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni is one of the most well-known and prestigious hotels in the world. The Villa is steeped in history and...
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...
Taming complexity with intelligence: a movement to help businesses along the SAP S/4HANA...
Interview with Mr. Bjoern Braemer, SVP & Global Head of the SAP S/4HANA Movement
SAP S/4HANA is the digital core that is enabling organisations around...
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...
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,...
Business Software Solutions from the Can-Do Partner Next Door
Interview with Michał Sztanga, Managing Director of Future Processing
Michał Sztanga, managing director of Polish software developer Future Processing, explains how his company takes “getting...
Scandinavian secure-sharing software as a service: The ultimate solution for decision-makers
Interview with Møyfrid Øygard, Managing Director at Admincontrol
Admincontrol provides software solutions for secure collaboration and easy sharing of documents in business processes, such as...
The Coach Route to Transformation: Helping Individuals and Organisations to Arrive at their Full...
Interview with Ms Gina Lodge CEO of The Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC)
Businesses across all industries have discovered that executive coaching is one of...
“Managing by Values” (MBV): Innovative tools for successful micro behavioural conduct
By Anat Garti and Simon L. Dolan
“Values values on the wall, just do the business and forget them all” wrote Liran and Dolan (2016)1...
Wharton: Where Entrepreneurs Learn the Business of Business
How Wharton Executive Education gave one European entrepreneur the business skills to launch his company
After more than 20 years in R&D management positions –...
The Coming Food Industry Revolution: You can have your cake with wine and...
By Kevin Parker and Boris Liedtke
Balancing food supply and demand in a manner that has a positive environmental impact and ensures a healthier life...
Changing Perceptions: the Island of Jersey brings digital ideas to success
Interview with Tony Moretta, CEO of Digital Jersey
The European Business Review caught up with Tony Moretta, the CEO of Digital Jersey. Jersey has just...
Will the machines really make us more human?
By Steven P. MacGregor
Learning another language isn’t an easy thing to do (and I’m very aware how lucky I am being a native English speaker)....
Leading with Care and Authenticity: Going Back to Basics with Toyama&Co.
Interview with Claudio Toyama, CEO of Toyama&Co.
In today’s time of unprecedented change, leaders who can create positive influence that reaches every level of an...
Beyond Collaborative Intelligence we can see a Meta-Mind Society Surfacing and we can Dream...
Facts, Fads and predictions about the joint venture of Human Mind and AI algorithms
By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Claudio Cisullo and Bonnie A....
The Sleeping Giant: Voice in the Enterprise
By Laurence Minsky, Eric Turkington, Colleen Fahey and Will Hall
One of the important market disruptions taking place today is the ascent of voice technology....
Three Trends Driving the Geospatial AI Revolution
Geospatial AI, the intersection of geospatial data and artificial intelligence, is the new frontier of technological innovation that promises to transform entire business industries....
Custom-built Programmes for the Future Workforce
Interview with Professor Ann Bartel, A Faculty Director of Custom Programmes at Columbia Business School Executive Education
Being one of the Top Executive Education Programmes...
Dare more AI, Germany!
By Olaf Groth, Tobias Straube and Toni Kaatz-Dubberke
We are in the middle of a cognitive revolution. Germany must be more ambitious with its strategy...
Current Development in Psychometric Tests
By Adrian Furnham
Finding the right person who is well suited for a job position is vital in any organisation’s success. There are numbers of...
