Training Future Leaders Through a Transformational Educational Experience
Interview with Dr Gary Stockport, Dean EMBA & Professor of Strategy
The world of business education is an intensely competitive one, and executives looking to...
“Net better Off?” Why companies should scale new, tech-based flexible work...
By Jacques Bughin, Sybille Berjoan and Yuhui Xiong
By 2022, Shopify, a well-known global next-generation e-commerce platform had secured a perennial flexible work arrangement scheme...
Thriving as an Ecosystem Partner
By Arnoud De Meyer and Peter J. Williamson
More and more companies are choosing to join an established or emerging business ecosystem as part of...
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...
A Vision of the future: Building a Smart Nation in Brunei
Interview with Ms. Suzanna Suharju, CEO of imagine
Digitalisation is a cornerstone of the government of Brunei’s vision for the country’s future. And award-winning Bruneian...
Strategic Leadership and Decision Making under Extreme Crisis: Looking at complexity...
By Pedro B. Água
Eleven years have elapsed since the 11 of March 2011, when one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in history did hit...
What The War In Ukraine Means For Business
By Paul Bracken
The war in Ukraine has far reaching implications for business. Companies will face more complicated political and social issues than the stark,...
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...
“I Don’t Want Us to Lose the Momentum We Have”: A...
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor, The European Business Review.
Recently we had the privilege to sit down with Julie Teigland, EY’s Managing Partner for...
The Alternative to Food System Chaos: Interview with Meiny Prins, CEO...
Our systems of food production and distribution are fundamentally flawed, jeopardising both the planet and its inhabitants. But, as Meiny Prins, CEO of Priva...
Strategies for Sudden Shock- Market Rewards Good Performance Also During Tough...
By Olli-Pekka Lumijärvi, Olga Nissen and Alexandra Oborina
Every company’s strategy aims to grow revenue, profit, and market capitalization. When global economy was accelerating, these...
Finding Focus Post Pandemic: Growing a Resilient Business in a Volatile...
By Steve Lewis
Steve Lewis took the reins as CEO of global re/insurance advisor Pro Global just before the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic....
Leading in a Post-COVID World
By Daniel Breitenstein
As we look beyond COVID-19, Daniel Breitenstein, General Manager of Astellas Pharma Germany and Head of the DACH Region, shares how collaboration,...
Switching Off the Always-On Culture
By Avi Liran and Marianna Pascal
In mid-November 2021, Portugal made it illegal for bosses to contact employees after work. Legislators wanted to protect employees from...
Building the Strategic Architecture of the Post Pandemic Corporate Landscape
By Dr. Mark Esposito, Dr. Alessandro Lanteri and Dr. Terence Tse
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a major disruptor for tried and tested approaches...
Five SAP Security Activities That Organisations Should Consider with the New...
By Dudley Cartwright
Stephen McBride, Forbes Magazine contributor and editor of RiskHedge Report, predicts in his article that the largest cyberattack in history is imminent, with the...
How European Companies can use the Cloud to Increase their Competitiveness
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan, Surya Mukherjee and Gargi Chakrabarty
Most European business leaders think of cloud as shared, public data centers to host workloads...
Making a Mid-Career Pivot with the Advanced Finance Program
Suzanne Ley spent more than 15 years in corporate and investment banking when she decided she needed a new challenge. “The dynamics of the...
Want to Succeed in Business? Get your Culture in Good Shape
Interview with Mr. Ian Johnston, Partner at Heidrick & Struggles
It’s common to refer casually to a company’s “culture”. But what does that really mean...
Leaders’ Behaviours and Organisational Cultures Needed for Success in a Post...
By Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic
The global pandemic has changed all aspects of our lives including the way that we are now working. As organisations are...
Leading in an Age of Disruption
By Hannes Gurzki and Joachim Junghanss
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, few people would have expected the acceleration of digital technology and the new ways...
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...
How To Lead With Compassion On The Return To The Office
By David Liddle
Managers are about to face one of the biggest challenges of their careers as organisations start to gear up for a gradual...
How European Companies Can Become Growth Leaders
By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan and Regina Maruca
Accenture’s recent survey of 700 C-suite executives of large businesses in Europe reveals confidence that new global...
Are You Prepared to Take the Risk?
Interview with Iain Wright, CFIRM, Outgoing Chair, Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
Risk is a fact of life for businesses of all kinds – large...
An Effective Intersection of Automation and Productivity: Interview with TimeXtender CEO,...
In a post-COVID world, it is hard to say which work models are still conventional and part of the status quo. Such lines have...
Diamonds In The Rough: Spotting Opportunity During A Crisis
An exclusive interview with Cedar Rose founder and non-executive director Christina Massaad
After helping kickstart digital transformation across the MENA region, Cedar Rose is now...
Retail Growth Strategies: Surviving COVID-19
By Omar Toulan and Niccolò Pisani
The economic turbulence spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the retail sector. On...
Time for change: Why the consulting sector needs a new commercial...
By Leon Gauhman
Leon Gauhman, chief strategy officer at Elsewhen, explores how big consulting can revive its damaged reputation in the wake of bungled Covid-19...
Using the Triaxial Model of Values to Build Resilience in a...
By Anat Garti and Simon L. Dolan
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began at the end of 2019 in China and quickly spread globally. Millions of...
Why Is Digital Transformation So Hard? Leaders Must Manage Multifaceted Change,...
By Joerg Niessing and Fred Geyer
Leaders understand that digital transformation is an imperative. Shareholders demand it. Customers expect it. The commercial impacts of COVID-19...
COVID-19 vaccines to save the world: don’t neglect supply chain challenges
By Gilles Paché
Since the spring of 2020, due to the spread of a new, very virulent coronavirus, the planet has been going through an...
The New Strategic Reality as a Consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Dr. Peter Lorange
The new reality of COVID-19 has been with us since the end of the first quarter of 2020. This has led...
Why are some firms becoming more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic?
By Peter Lorange
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide recession of immense proportions. Many companies are closing down, either for good or temporarily. ...
Crisis Leadership in Action: A Balancing Act between the Past and...
By David De Cremer
The year 2020 will remain in our collective memory as a “crisis” year. It is the year where COVID-19 hit the...
Keeping Resilience in VUCA era: The Organization Should Learn from the...
By Weixu Ding and Jianhua Mao
The COVID-19 outbreak started at the end of 2019 that has hurt the world's economy, cultural exchanges, people's healthy...
Organizational Preparedness with COVID-19: Strategic Planning and Human Creativity
By Yingying Zhang-Zhang and Arup Varma
COVID-19 arrived with force and unpredictability, dragging sectors and industries to an unprecedented and uncertain situation. Companies and organizations reacted, but most...
Where does adaptability fit in for businesses during Covid-19?
By Paul Williamson
The coronavirus pandemic has had an unforeseen effect on industries across Europe, pushing many businesses back to the starting line after being...
Coronawashing: How Can Firms Establish Moral Authenticity?
By Glyn Atwal and Maya Kaiser
The Covid-19 pandemic represents both challenges and opportunities for brand marketing. Spreading rapidly around the globe, the novel coronavirus...
Leadership in Times of Crisis
By Lucy Franklin
What a difference a few weeks makes. When planning for the new financial year, I doubt anyone in Europe saw this coming...
Covid-19, Stress, Self-Esteem, Values, and Psychological Well-being: How to Assess Risks...
By Dr. Simon L. Dolan and Dr. Salvador Garcia Sanchez
A few years back, we published several books dealing with Stress, Self -Esteem, Health and...
How Leaders Can Overcome their Biases to Succeed in the Post-Crisis...
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...
“The COVID-19 Crisis” as an Opportunity for Introspection: A Multi-level Reflection...
By Simon L. Dolan, Mario Raich, Anat Garti and Avishai Landau
The current period of misery and even despair surround us. It is perhaps an...
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...