Why Venture Mode Outperforms Bureaucracy in Modern Business
Interview with Hunter Hastings
Organizations create more value when entrepreneurial leadership replaces bureaucracy, empowering teams to innovate faster and respond directly to customer needs.
Hunter Hastings...
Why Enterprise AI Fails at the Final 30%
By Dr. Florian Rehm
AI programs rarely fail because models underperform; they fail when organizations cannot redesign decisions, accountability, and workflows around probabilistic systems.
Enterprise AI...
Transforming Innovation Into the Next Big Thing: Europe Has the Ingredients. Not the Recipe.
By Denis Barrier
Europe was at the top of twentieth-century technology. The AI era demands a different model — one that turns financial investment in...
The Rearchitected Firm: Moving Beyond Hierarchies in an Age of Agentic AI
By Jacques Bughin
As AI begins to coordinate work, not just automate it, firms may evolve from static hierarchies into computationally adaptive organizations.
Artificial intelligence is...
Are You Asking AI to Fix a Problem that Was Always Structural?
By Stuart J. Green
AI makes existing operating models run faster, so what was already misaligned now misfires at machine speed, and the window for...
Competing for Control: Why Europe’s Hidden Champions Must Become Hybrid Champions
By Maria Zaffaroni
For decades, Europe’s Hidden Champions built global leadership through specialization, engineering precision, and industrial discipline. Yet competition is shifting beyond products toward...
Can Meta Remain in the Big Tech Club?
By Igor Pejic
Meta is taking its ad machine to the next level, but legal challenges threaten its core business and its AI strategy misses...
Radical Renewal – Why it is Critical for Companies and Why they Fail in...
By PhD Nando Malmelin and Matti Pihlajamaa
In volatile environments marked by geopolitical shocks, sustainability pressures, and rapid advances in AI, incremental improvement alone can...
AI Shopping Agents are Quietly Reshaping SMB Visibility
By Suhaib Zaheer
AI shopping agents are reshaping how customers discover products, forcing SMEs to rethink visibility, performance, and trust as decisions shift beyond traditional...
A Nordic Model for Powering the AI Revolution Sustainably
By Eva Sóley Guðbjörnsdóttir
A Nordic blueprint for AI infrastructure demonstrates scalability and sustainably, combining clean energy, efficient cooling and heat reuse, to balance technical...
Why Your KPIs are a Sign of Management Failure
By Daria Guristrimba
Daria Guristrimba, founder and CEO of Globe7, challenges the modern obsession with KPI-based leadership. She argues that heavy reliance on KPIs signals...
The Efficiency Paradox: When Operational Success Masks Strategic Risk
By Andrew Bryant CSP
The pursuit of operational efficiency is one of the defining leadership challenges of the AI era. But efficiency without effectiveness is...
Why Digital Transformation Fails Without an Operating Model
By Sergei Irisov
Digital transformation frequently fails not because of technology, but because organisations attempt to modernise systems without redesigning how decisions are made and...
Europe’s Innovation Opportunity: How America’s Brain Drain Could Fuel the Next Porto Digital
By Juliana Queiroga
As U.S. research faces disruption, Europe must move beyond funding to capture global talent. By adopting Brazil’s Porto Digital model, Europe can...
How Do 200-Year-Old Institutions Innovate? The Example of Business Schools
By Fernanda Arreola and Dr. Gregory C. Unruh
When we think of innovation, our minds often jump to startups or young tech firms. But what...
What Can the Boardroom Learn from the Musician?
By Ben Hughes
This article explores what business leaders can learn from musicians, highlighting resilience, improvisation, purpose-driven work, and deep listening. Drawing parallels between the...
How Fintechs Can Build a Strong B2C Foundation
By Eugenia Mykuliak
Before shifting from B2B to retail, fintechs must ask themselves the big question: are they truly ready? Retail markets have their advantages...
10R for Circularity in the Jewelry Industry
By Javier Cabello Llano, Professor Ambika Zutshi and Sahan J. Fernando
The jewelry industry is facing rising pressure to ditch wasteful, exploitative practices and embrace...
Business Beyond the Algorithm: Understanding Data for Effective AI Deployment
By Dr. Nadia Morozova, Tamara Miner, and Karen Taylor Crowe
Successful deployment of AI solutions continues to be a challenge for many organizations. In this...
What Dentistry’s AI Revolution Teaches Other Industries
By Frank Cespedes and Ben Plomion
If you're looking for an instructive case study of the absorption of AI technology into a somewhat conservative industry,...
Why 996, 5-Day, and 4-Day Workweeks Impact Freelancers and Full-Timers Differently
By Pavel Shynkarenko
Rigid work models like China’s 996 or the standard 5-day week no longer fit today’s blended workforce. Freelancers and full-timers work on...
How Small Businesses Can Stay Seen in an AI-Driven Search World
By Ali Khan
As AI reshapes online discovery, small businesses must prioritise trust and reliability over traditional SEO. Fast, secure, and structured websites, combined with...
Intel Corporation: Gordon Moore’s Unique Leadership Strategic Laws and a Mysterious Strategic Turning Point
By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera
This is a peek at Gordon Moore, the co-founder and emeritus CEO of Intel, who has been noted...
The Future of SEO: How AI Is Reshaping Search Algorithms
By Jason Khoo
Artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting SEO with smarter, more contextual search algorithms. AI technologies in search can impact rankings and SEO strategy,...
The Business of Belonging: Why Emotion and Exclusivity are the Future of Sports Events
By Jaime Byrom
Belonging is redefining the business of sport. Jaime Byrom, Founder and Executive Chairman of BEYOND Hospitality Group, explores how emotional connection and...
The Hidden Secrets of High-Performing Corporations
By Michael J. Provitera and Mostafa Sayyadi
We aim to expand Kotter’s change model to address both scholars and practitioners throughout the world to initiate...
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...
Surviving Among Giants: How HMD Thrives Through Partnerships
By Hervé Legenvre
In less than a decade, HMD has created a niche in the mobile phone market despite fierce competitors. Here is a look...
How to Attract and Keep Users on Peer-to-Peer Platforms
By Dr. Oliver Rossmannek
The users of peer-to-peer platforms come and go, but they do so in very different ways. I outline four unique paths...
BYD’s Rapid Ascent to the Global EV Leader
By Jiayi Huang and Xiangming Chen
From a battery maker to the world´s leading electric vehicle producer, BYD's spectacular rise is an eventful journey fueled...
Scaling You: Do Less to Achieve More with Effective Outsourcing
By Elizabeth Eiss
You built your business from the ground up—every decision, every detail. But what got you here won’t get you to the next...
Panasonic: A World-Leading Company
By Michael J. Provitera and Mostafa Sayyadi
Management knowledge, beginning with globally well-known author and management consultant Peter Drucker, grew and then flourished in the...
Franchising Explained: Unlocking Growth Opportunities and Navigating Risks
Franchising is a business model that allows companies to expand quickly by allowing independent entrepreneurs, known as franchisees, to operate their own branches under...
How to Lead Successful Change Management for Good
By Knut Haanaes and Julia Binder
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. This...
Business Models and Global E-commerce
By Syed Balkhi
The e-commerce industry is more volatile than ever. The rise and fall of the global trends influence the e-commerce businesses’ decisions and...
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...
For Creators, the Creator Economy is Just Getting Started in 2025
By Charles Haynes
The creator economy is maturing at an incredible speed. In 2025 we should expect to see a greater breadth of content creators...
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“Does Everyone Hear Me OK?”: How to Lead Virtual Teams Effectively
By Sergey Gorbatov
In today’s world, virtual teams are no longer the exception – they’re the norm. Whether your team is fully remote or operating...
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...
Japan’s Hidden Gems: What Are Japanese Companies’ Most Powerful Secrets?
By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael J. Provitera
Japanese companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Honda, and Toyota remain leaders in leadership development and process management. The...
Symbian or Uber? Thriving or Collapsing in Digital Business Ecosystems
By Jacques Bughin
"In an avalanche, no snowflake ever felt accountable,"
- Voltairei
What makes successful digital business ecosystems? Beyond a common evolutionary vision, we discuss the...
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Deconstructing the Myth of Entrepreneurship
By André Laplume and Sepideh Yeganegi
In the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, individual visionaries often hog the spotlight. Yet, beneath this glare lies a startling...
The Evolution of Open Innovation: The Time Has Come to Achieve and Measure Results
By Filippo Frangi
In a world of continuous challenges, Open Innovation has become essential for companies, driving significant transformations and providing support during a period...
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...
Bridging Theory and Practice: A Practical Framework for Leading in a VUCA World
By Dr. Chang H. Kim, Dr. Peng Liu and Dr. Lei Liang
In today’s dynamic business environment, characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA),...
Navigating the Future of Online Advertising with WEB3
By Frank Cespedes and Ben Plomion
For years, digital ad spend was a steadily growing portion of marketing budgets, reaching over $601 billion globally in...
Platform Thinking: What Established Firms Can Learn From Big Tech and Digital Start-Ups
By Daniel Trabucchi & Tommaso Buganza
The platform revolution has already taken place, but we link the idea of platforms with Big Tech like Amazon...
Part B: Designing Organisational Ecosystems and Overcoming Barriers to Implementation
By Jonathan Trevor and Kazuhiro Asakawa
In the second of a two-part series on aligning organisational ecosystems to be fit for purpose and high-performing, this...
What Does EVhype Teach Us, and How Can We Consider the Lessons in AI’s...
By Luca Collina MBA
Drawing parallels between the initial exuberance for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), this paper argues for paying heed to...
Aligning Organisational Ecosystems to be Fit for Purpose
By Jonathan Trevor and Kazuhiro Asakawa
In the first of a two-part series, we explore how firms are reaping the benefits of leveraging a network...
