Better Networking Begins With Your Beliefs
Ko KuwabaraSeptember 28, 2020
By Ko Kuwabara It doesn’t take very much to bridge the “knowing-doing” gap in networking – even during a pandemic. Be honest: What do you miss least about working life before Covid-19? After the long commute, a close second might be networking events. It’s well known by now – and research confirms it – that […]
What the War Between Alibaba and Tencent Says About Strategy
Guoli ChenSeptember 28, 2020
By Guoli Chen In emerging markets or nascent industries, plan-as-you-go has proved to be a winner many times over. Cross the river by feeling the rocks. – Chinese proverb When Alibaba Group went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on 18 September 2014, CEO Jack Ma said of the record-setting […]
How to Make the Most of a Chief Sustainability Officer
Guoli ChenSeptember 21, 2020
By Guoli Chen Shift the focus from doing less bad to doing more good. A novelty in the C-suite not so long ago, the chief sustainability officer (CSO) is fast becoming a fixture in companies of note as climate change and inequality increasingly dominate global attention. In the past year alone Citigroup, General Motors […]
The Central Conundrum of Covid-19 Entrepreneurship
Vikas AggarwalSeptember 21, 2020
By Vikas Aggarwal A recently released report reveals how one entrepreneurial ecosystem is responding to the pandemic. To get to the top and remain there, businesses must constantly develop new capabilities as they leverage existing ones. Keeping both priorities in play is tricky in the best of times, which is why legacy companies of late […]
Reconceiving Innovation for Covid-19
Manuel SosaSeptember 14, 2020
By Manuel Sosa Covid-19 is an opportunity for businesses to build a new normal that is more human-centric, imaginative and agile. For certain firms, Covid-19 has infused new meaning into the old cliché that a crisis is just an opportunity in disguise. Before the pandemic, digital companies such as Amazon and Zoom were competing not […]
How I Taught the ‘Team from Hell’ to Trust Each Other
Manfred F. R. Kets de VriesSeptember 14, 2020
By Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries Virtual team coaching can help turn around dysfunctional teams. Effective organisations rely on teamwork, not least because it facilitates problem solving. Many leaders, however, are ambivalent about teams. They fear overt and covert conflict, uneven participation, tunnel vision, lack of accountability and indifference to the interests of […]
The World’s Most Innovative Countries, 2020
Bruno LanvinSeptember 7, 2020
By Bruno Lanvin Who will finance innovation beyond Covid-19? Necessity is the mother of invention. Indeed, during the global coronavirus crisis, the world needed to move work, education and play to the digital realm very quickly. One example of an accelerated adjustment is how Slack, the online collaboration hub, has managed to innovate to […]
How Consumer Nudging Can Solve the Plastic Packaging Waste Crisis
Michael PeshkamAugust 31, 2020
By Michael Peshkam Until there is a major change in consumers’ behaviour towards plastic packaging waste, the widespread and tangible shifts the situation calls for are unlikely. Two overarching shifts need to take place to effectively tackle the plastic packaging waste challenge. The first is connecting consumers with the packaging they use via digital technologies […]
Can Investors Save the Planet While Making a Profit?
Daniel GospodinovAugust 31, 2020
By Daniel Gospodinov Sustainability is fast becoming a core investment focus. Here’s what the industry can learn from the most successful climate impact funds. Globally, climate change has dominated the public space in the past couple of years. A vast increase in climate change articles in the last two years, emerging ‘climate idols’ such […]
Beyond Covid-19: Remodelling the Future of Fashion
David DuboisAugust 24, 2020
By David Dubois The industry is set to become less cyclical, less vicarious and more transparent. If Covid-19 hasn’t killed them, fashion brands throughout the world will have experienced an unprecedented slowdown since the start of the pandemic. Amid fashion show cancellations, Boston Consulting Group estimates that this year’s sales will decrease by 30 percent […]