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Actions, Not Words Yes, Working Parents Can Succeed
By Daisy Dowling Organisations of all sizes and types struggle with the “working parent problem”: how to retain, and foster best performance amongst the significant...
Shifting the Gender Gap to an ‘All Differences Matter’ Narrative
By Lianne Taylor CPsychol This article purposefully shifts the narrative that disadvantages female entrepreneurs to a focus on entrepreneurial differences in thinking, traits and behaviour...
High Performing Negotiations in a Team
By Guido Stein and Kandarp Mehta Whether you’re negotiating solo or with a team, it is crucial to have a smart approach to get the...
Ebb and flow
By Steven MacGregor I spent some time with Oracle a few weeks ago, during the kick-off to their new financial year. 150 senior leaders from...
Fujitsu’s Duncan Tait on the imperatives for unlocking value in the digital age Besides having superior knowledge about optimising digital for their business, what else...
Companies collect tons of data nowadays, but most of them do not yet profit from that treasure. The situation can be compared to the...
Digital Recipe
By Tracey Countryman, David Abood, Aidan Quilligan, Raghav Narsalay, and Aarohi Sen To produce a successful dish of digital reinvention, start by combining six ingredient...
Blockchain’s Potential Won’t Be Realised Until Many Years From Now
Blockchain research and development has been in full swing since Bitcoin became mainstream. Just last month, blockchain startup Kadena raised $12 million for its...
What is the secret to sustain and grow your wealth in the most effective and efficient way? In this interview with Sherilyn Williams Casiano,...
What the French Open can Teach Businesses about Branding
The Ten Key Lessons Every Marketer Should Know By Laurence Minsky and Colleen Fahey Improving one’s brand identity is indeed one of the greatest challenges marketers...
Becoming the Chairman
By Didier Cossin and Michael Watkins The move from CEO to Chairman is a major role shift. Success requires a set of leadership qualities which...
What are the Implications for Selective Distribution? By Xavier Derville and Jean-Noël Kapferer Has the strategy of selective distribution, on which luxury brands depend for survival, evolved in the...
Boost Productivity
By Deborah Sherry Today, businesses are presented with a plethora of opportunities arising from digital transformation. However, not all business leaders know how they can...
By Steven MacGregor With the Chief Wellbeing Officer book released this week, we include an excerpt from Chapter 7 on how to achieve lifelong learning....
Designing Results-Oriented Leadership Development Programmes
By Camelia Ilie, Guillermo Cardoza and Schon Beechler In business, one would typically not make a large investment without an idea of how to gauge...
Germany
By Niccolò Pisani and Omar Toulan Whereas facts suggest that German companies are among the best equipped and most active to pursue global growth, they...
Compliance Strategy
By David de Cremer Compliance strategies are integral in creating a trustworthy, high performing and innovative work culture. As such, it is imperative for companies...
Waking Up to Data Quality
By Tadhg Nagle, Thomas Redman and, David Sammon Bad data impacts managers and their companies far more than most realise today and presents an enormous...
The Three Types of Big Data That Matter for CMOs
By David Dubois and Gilles Haumont Organisations today have massive amount of data at their disposal. However, not all C-level executives have clear typology of the...
Why Businesses Are Increasing Reliance on Blockchain
Not every company will accept Bitcoin as a potential investment. However, businesses cannot deny the potential of the technology behind the cryptocurrency. Blockchain's tamperproof...
By Steven MacGregor We look at agile ways of working this month, including an excerpt from episode 7 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast with global...
Fashion Brands and Social Media: Counterintuitive Evidence
By Matteo Altobelli Marketing budget has been exponentially going digital. In this article, the author explores the social media platforms being used by 108 fashion...
By Adrian Furnham Until recently the concept of office politics was exclusively associated with dirty tricks and Machiavellian manipulation. But recently psychologists using the concept...
industry
By Richard Markoff and Ralf Seifert As the manufacturing industry enters into the fourth industrial revolution or the Industry 4.0, supply chain leaders are challenged...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Leadership
By David De Cremer In today’s more developed global village, responsible leadership is of paramount importance especially from businesses that make use of digital platforms....
By David De Cremer, Jess Zhang, and Leander De Schutter Digital platform businesses are increasingly being confronted with a host of unethical consequences due to a lack of...
Finance leaders are aware of the tremendous impact of technological advancements and of the need to improve their business strategies to keep their competitive...
By Steven MacGregor I’ve been lucky to have had some great conversations this past week without travelling too far from home. Two days spent with...
fintech
By Elena Mazzotti and Francesca Caminiti Propelled by data-driven innovation, fintech companies continue to gain traction – taking some financial firms by surprise. For banks...
By Megan Reitz and John Higgins The need for transparency has never been more important, both in politics and in business. However, new research from...
By Patrick Dailey and Joel Koblentz As the impulse of industry players to stay ahead of the competition skyrockets, how will you drive superior performance...
Circular Economy and Social Enterprise
By Khaled Soufani, Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, Giorgos Dimitriou and Panayotis Kikiras  A holistic approach to circular economy is the one that merges the mission-driven...
By Ben Wilde Better supply chain visibility is what you need to safeguard your brand. Trends ranging from globalisation and social media to rising...
Insights into the Transformation of Business in the Cyber-Age
By Mario Raich, Simon Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo The rapid and disruptive technological developments are leading us into a global all encompassing transformation....
By Joerg Niessing Many companies today understand that the wave after wave of digital technology is a phenomenon they need to respond to as quickly...
The ROI of Wellbeing
By Steven P. MacGregor I was teaching Masters students at IE’s School of Human Sciences and Technology this week. Teaching wellbeing at work to an...
fintech
By Urs Rohner and Howard Yu Artificial intelligence and machine learning are being woven into the fabric of every aspect of our lives. The financial...
Societal Challenges into Business through Value Sharing
By Simona Rocchi, Bahaa Eddine Sarroukh, Karthik Subbaraman, Luc de Clerck and Reon Brand How do brands stay meaningful and relevant in the 21st...
By Tony Bailey As students get their A-level results and graduate from university this summer, a new tranche of young people will enter the workforce....
Hunter or Hunted? How Digital Media and GDPR Increases Importance of Inbound B2B Sales
By Laurence Minsky and Keith Quesenberry Today, through prior digital and social media research, organisational buyers approach their vendor sales teams much more informed. Hence,...
Find Value in the Digital Age
By Omar Abbosh, Vedrana Savic and Michael Moore To grow their businesses consistently, leaders must envision a much bigger picture of where value resides than...
By Steven P. MacGregor The Minister for Development arrives at the office by bicycle, and gets straight to work. Meeting the other ministries is first...
“Keep on climbing, the sky is the limit and believe me you will never reach the top because it’s endless.” In this interview, CEO...
Supply Chain Digitalisation Management Challenge
By Richard Markoff and Ralf seifert As part of the broader Industry 4.0 trend, the digitalisation of supply chains is happening quickly. Much of the...
The Right Business Model At The Right Time
By Adam Bock and Gerard George The combination of globalisation, Moore’s law and ubiquitous information have transformed industries into fluid, rapidly-changing landscapes. Today’s competitor is tomorrow’s...
The Competitive Advantages of the Digital Economy Require a Digital Mentality
By Michael Gravier, Christopher Roethlein, and John Visich In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, supply chain leaders are being challenged by the profound effects of...
Digital Advertising’s Wild West: Deciding Which Media Channel is More Effective is the Key
By Tahir Nisar A digital advertising campaign may be stymied by the difficulty in attributing the value of online investment to various online channels such...
Business Vision
By Mark Anderson How will you cultivate great leadership to drive superior performance? In this article, the author elaborates on the importance of unleashing the...
By Maria Lema and Mischa Dohler Mobile Systems have become commodity and this article thus examines the timely question of what 5G can deliver in...
5g
By William Webb The expectation around 5G surpasses all previous generations. We are told it will herald a digital utopia with services beyond our dreams...

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