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Business Executive Education: The New Flexible IMD EMBA
Interview with Vanina Farber Dean of Executive MBA at IMD
If you are struggling to find an EMBA program that truly aligns with your own...
AI Can Increase Companies’ Profit Significantly
By Ralph Geertsema, OP Lumijärvi, and John Wass
Introduction
Over the recent years, AI has conquered the world by storm and has been widely used so...
Building Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains
By Simon Bowes
On a day-to-day basis, supply chains are disrupted by a wide range of complex problems. The consequences can range from short-term efficiency...
Leadership Development with AI: IMD’s Updated Future-Oriented MBA Curriculum
Interview with Omar Toulan of IMD
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is in first place in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2024 ranking of European MBA...
The Art of Giving Compassionate Feedback: Building Stronger Workplace Bonds
Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco
In this interview, Dr. Bruno Roque Cignacco, author of The Art of Compassionate Business, explores why compassionate feedback is...
Mind the Trust Gap: How Trading Partners Can Stay Closely...
By Kate Vitasek
Team members use much different language when describing “good” versus “typical” trading partner relationships. Through assessments, companies can measure and address relationship...
Why We Need to Learn to Disagree Well in the Workplace?
By David Liddle
Political discourse and debate across Europe – indeed across the world - has become increasingly entrenched, divisive and disrespectful thanks, in part,...
“Can-Lah” The Art of Saying “Yes!”
By Avi Liran
A refreshing guide from one of the top motivational and entertaining speakers in Asia on how to turn those frustrating “NOs” into...
From Cradle to Manager: Children’s Books as a Pathway to Build...
By Jason Woldt and Mary Sue Woldt
What makes a great leader? Can children be trained for leadership right from the cradle? In this article,...
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...
The Great Resignation
By Adrian Furnham
Many believe that the young generation is not interested in working, with some calling them the Lazy Generation. The concept of the...
Rethinking Productivity: The Case for a Four-Day Work Week
By Andrew Barnes
Entrepreneur Andrew Barnes, founder of 4 Day Week Global, discusses the transformative potential of a four-day work week and contends that focusing...
Why and How ‘Healthy’ Leaders Can Boost Employee Mental Health
By Anna Eliatamby
Mental health has a massive impact on our leadership, work, and life. It heavily influences how we lead and the people we...
Taking a Stand against the Gender Gap in Workplace Flexibility
By Fiona Wylie
Workplace flexibility has become a central pillar in the modern employment landscape, reflecting a growing recognition of its importance for work-life balance,...
Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
By Adrian Furnham
There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...
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“two sexes” – Trump Executive Order: From Gender Dysphoria Controversy to Gender Stigma
By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The European Business Review
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed more than 200 of executive actions, of which, one was an executive...
The Empathy Illusion: Why AI’s Perceived Humanity Matters More Than Its Reality
By Luke Treglown
AI is transforming how we work and interact, not just through efficiency but by mimicking human qualities like personality and empathy. As we debate whether AI can truly possess humanity, its growing...
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Scaling You: Leverage the Value of YOUR Time to Scale Your Business Impact
By Elizabeth Eiss
Small businesses often face unique challenges in scaling their impact while juggling limited resources such as funding, sales, customer care, talent, and time. In our previous article, Small Employers 2025: Scaling Impact on Customers,...
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