From Fear to Enlightenment: Building Resilience During Covid Year One
Lionel Frankfort
17 hrs

By Lionel Frankfort The four tools and strategies top leaders used most to convert stress and anxiety into positive energy. When I first saw the now-viral chart “Who do I want to be during COVID-19?” (an updated version is below), it resonated with my own journey. During the first two weeks of March 2020, […]
How to Tame a Belligerent Colleague
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
April 5, 2021

By Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries Antagonistic behaviour is usually rooted in low self-esteem. Serge faced a conundrum. One of his business partners was in a legal dispute with Serge’s father, Charlie, and asked for his help. Serge knew that his father was prone to suing everyone who crossed his path – including […]
Who Wins the Market: The Swift or the Smart?
Bart Zhou Yueshen
March 29, 2021

By Bart Zhou Yueshen Both speed technology and information are vital trading inputs. The stock market, as we have recently seen with the GameStop furore, can be a bit of a rollercoaster. Investors are at work trying to use both better information and ever faster trading algorithms to profit from the market. Speed and […]
Regulating the ‘Wild West’ of Token-Based Business
Aly Madhavji
March 29, 2021

By Aly Madhavji Evolving standards of crypto regulation may actually result in sharper oversight than is common in the non-token world. The rise of initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial exchange offerings (IEOs) and token business models have been subject to intense scrutiny over the past few years. A majority of them have been identified […]
Reverse Mergers Went Bust. Will SPACs Follow?
Ivana Naumovska
March 22, 2021

By Ivana Naumovska Despite current exuberance, the signs don’t augur well for “blank cheque” companies. “Be fearful when others are greedy,” wrote Warren Buffett in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders. “And greedy only when others are fearful.” Buffett’s advice was meant for investors who try to time the market – a strategy […]
What Ails Corporate Executive Committees?
José Luis Álvarez
March 22, 2021

By José Luis Álvarez Fragmentation among top leadership teams is widespread. CEOs should pay heed – and sharpen their most important strategy execution tool. Alexander Hamilton, one of the United States’ founding fathers, famously called energy the most important characteristic of the executive branch of government. “A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of […]
The Five Essential Roles of Corporate Ecosystems
Andrew Shipilov
March 15, 2021

By Andrew Shipilov Most firms that try to build an ecosystem would be better off joining an existing one. The first step is for them to know where they would fit. Many companies want to build ecosystems as part of their strategy. They want to become “like Google” or “like Apple” in their attempts […]
What’s Style Got to Do With Strategy?
Phanish Puranam
March 15, 2021

By Phanish Puranam Careful calibration of aesthetics and style can elevate companies and individuals above the competition. There are watches, and there are watches. Even in the rarefied world of luxury watchmaking, the offerings range from merely excellent to heirloom-worthy. Each timepiece is an intricate marriage of two domains, aesthetics and technology, and seeks […]
What It Means to Embark on a Journey of Change
Isabelle Laporte
March 8, 2021

By Isabelle Laporte Many executives have a nagging sense that something is amiss in their lives. But not all of them find the courage – or the tools – to tackle what needs fixing. There is no clear demarcation between anyone’s public and private worlds. What goes on in our personal life affects our […]
Prospects and Pitfalls for the Post-Pandemic Organisation
Phanish Puranam
March 8, 2021

By Phanish Puranam Big changes are coming for organisations and organisation designs. Whether they will be for good or ill depends on how leaders confront three key possibilities uncovered by the pandemic. As a researcher who studies organisations and their designs, I am often asked to make predictions about the future of organisations after […]
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