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AI-Powered Workplaces: Boosting Productivity Today
By James Campanini For many businesses and consumers in general, there seems to be a level of suspicion or scepticism surrounding the AI technology. The...
Soft Leadership and Women in Leadership
By M.S. Rao The article introduces the concept of “soft leadership” and illustrates what differentiates soft leadership from hard leadership, and explores how to acquire...
future-proof business strategies
We are living in a time that’s both exciting and scary for businesses across the globe. This is because on one hand, businesses have...
Market Your Small Business More Effectively Today
Small business owners need to be aware of how they can achieve marginal gains for their businesses. This is all about standing out and...
financial services disruption
By Jim Tomaney The dinosaurs of old are ready to be challenged by businesses that have evolved and are hungry – This article discusses how...
neo-populism strategies
By Dan Prud’homme, Max von Zedtwitz, and Fernanda Arreola The rise of Neo-populism presents risks to multi-national corporations in  Western markets. The authors outline practical strategies corporations...
diesel pollution Germany
By Stefan Krause and Boris N. Liedtke The German diesel car industry still claims its innocence on the air pollution accusations that have bombarded...
By Linda Naiman Design-led companies such as Apple, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble and SAP have outperformed the S&P 500 by an extraordinary 211%. In this...
Course: IE Business School International MBA Intake Periods: September and January   Click, Enter, Discover Question the status quo as a driven professional, eager to step outside your...
By Ehsan Memari Let’s face it: if you’re looking for a powerful way to promote learning in the workplace, you just can’t ignore mobile. After...
Back in 2017, the Economist titled one of their articles, “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data”. This has been...
progress tracking tools
Whether you’re planning out your career or taking a project from start to finish, you’ll reach your goals faster if you track progress. Biologically, human...
open space office etiquette
Open-space offices are fast becoming the norm. For businesses and workers, they offer many advantages: easier communication for collaboration, lower costs, and greater transparency...
translation equipment for conferences
In today’s global economy, at some point you’ll probably find yourself dealing with customers and clients from all over the world. But how do...
By Jonathan Trevor and Peter Williamson How can leaders today design and manage their organisation to make it deliver both efficiency and flexibility?  The authors...
Do You Need to be Happy to be a Chief Happiness Officer?
Examining the new Happiness at Work initiative at SAP By Steven MacGregor “The term is loaded. It doesn’t mean I’m walking around all day telling jokes...
Use of prototypes slashes design times Prototyping is an incredibly important stage of the design cycle. Once a module or machine component has been designed...
How Football Clubs Are Building Global Brand Equity
Some of the biggest brands in the world are football clubs. You only have to look at the insane amount of money some of...
AV event project manager
Technology is a vital part of any event. For conferences and other high profile events, most attendees will expect to see some kind of...
Agile project management is a popular approach to project management that completes things in small sections called iterations. Each itineration is often reviewed by...
Paul Ingram
BUY DIGITAL COPY Interview with Professor Paul Ingram, Faculty Director of Advanced Management Programme from Columbia Business School Executive Education   Located in one of the...
final-cover
There is a software company that does things differently; not clamouring to be the latest headline, but quietly running the world with precision for 50 years...
AIM Institute
BUY DIGITAL COPY Interview with Mr. Renaud Champion, Executive Director AIM Institute EMLYON Business School As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly plays a big role in today’s...
best online business ideas
Who would mind working at their own schedule from their cozy homes and getting a nice online monthly paycheck? Of course, it does not...
Course: Innovation for Growth In today’s fast-paced market landscape, innovation is key to staying competitive. Stand out as a leader of innovation in your organization...
By Richard Markoff and Ralf W. Seifert In an effort to meet customer demands and gain greater market share, companies offer non-monetary benefits in supply...
future-ready business strategies
By Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner and Nick van der Meulen Transformation is not easy but the companies who have reached “Future Ready” have significantly...
circular economy leadership
By Peter Hopkinson and William S. Harvey The growth of interest in the circular economy has been meteoric with new initiatives emerging weekly. A key...
World’s Most Successful Companies
It’s often interesting and inspirational to learn how hugely successful companies worth billions of dollars started and grew to the behemoths they are today. Take...
Motivational Speaker Can Transform Your Next Event
Planning a business event can feel like a daunting prospect, even for established business leaders. This is for good reason: the evening’s legacy can...
Digital Partnership Strategies Revealed
By Stijn Viaene Going for partnerships as a strategic option for driving business growth implies adopting a certain mindset: a perspective you take on the...
workstyle reform Japan
By Ginka Toegel Ikigai– in Japanese it means, loosely, “what makes life worth living.”  If reforms by the Shinzō Abe government succeed, it may one day...
By Ulrich A.K. Betz Merck, a vibrant science and technology company, celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2018. Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz, VP and Head of...
Future Insight movement
Each company has a goal to grow and stay profitable. They have to decrease their overhead cost while managing expenses to accomplish this objective....
business growth tips
All business owners understand how difficult it can be to expand their company - it takes a great deal of hard work, planning and...
By William S. Harvey, Jonathan V. Beaverstock, and Hongqin Li In the face of danger, every individual is designed to react almost subconsciously and when...
Sergey Khotimski
Started out as a local bank catering to a niche market, Sovcombank became one of the largest in terms of assets and most profitable...
21 Success Principles to Unleash the Leader in You and Achieve Greatness in Your Life
By M.S. Rao When it comes to success, whether in life and career, there is no one-size-fits-all formula to achieve your desired greatness. But one...
VAT Financing Explained: Why It Isn’t Always a Bad Idea
HMRC is an equal opportunity entity when it comes to assessing taxes. Anybody who buys or sells in the UK knows that all too...
Securing a job that requires international travel is extremely exciting, and whilst it can be a great way to see the world, it’s often...
Crypto as a new asset class has opened up new frontiers in investing platforms. The 2017 Bull Run that caught many unaware raised billions...
Most of today’s farmers make decisions such as how much fertilizer to apply based on a combination of rough measurements, experience and recommendations. Once...
Technology has completely changed the way many businesses work, giving the team everything they need to do their job effectively at the touch of...
If you live in the European Union or run a company which does business there, you’ve almost certainly heard of GDPR. An acronym standing...
There are many challenges associated with managing industrial facilities and infrastructure, and the difficulty of those challenges increases exponentially when those facilities are remote...
Personalised clipboards could be the next big thing for your company- and we’re here to tell you why. Personalised stationery has been on the rise...
When you make a purchase such as a car or a house, you can either pay for the item, which for most would be...
            Course: Financial Decision Making for Managers Making the right financial decisions means never going in blind. Face ever-changing market realities with key insights into emerging...
Your Strategy Needs 2 Types of People
By Carsten Lund Pedersen and Thomas Ritter Strategies, when executed to a perfect blend, can even end a World War. This is why organisations and...

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