How Airlines Manage Conflicts Between Profits and Safety
Henrich GreveMay 15, 2019
By Henrich Greve COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL is an industry in which relatively small mistakes can result in disproportionately dire consequences. While it is best not to think about this when on the tarmac, it is comforting to know that safety, for airlines, is a major priority. Even so, there are limits to how much […]
The Pivotal Management Challenge of the AI Era
Theodoros EvgeniouMay 15, 2019
By Theodoros Evgeniou MANAGERS AND LEADERS have nothing to fear from AI – except missing out. History indicates that major technological changes can take about half a century to go from the first lab drawings to society. Alan Turing first proposed the Turing machine laying the foundations of computation in 1936; the first general-purpose […]
How Strategic Alliances Can Strengthen Investigative Journalism
Mark Lee HunterMay 8, 2019
By Mark Lee Hunter COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN JOURNALISTS and NGOs forge new avenues for mutual value creation – and social impact. Once an American specialty, investigative journalism has become a global movement – and as it expands, it is continuously short on resources. The decline of the mainstream news industry is a major reason. But […]
Latin American Family Firms and the Path to Longevity
Alexandra Albers-SchoenbergMay 8, 2019
By Alexandra Albers-Schoenberg SURVEY OF FAMILY FIRMS shows institutionalisation enables them to overcome the third-generation challenge. The prosperity of countries in Latin America is heavily dependent on companies that are owned and run by families. That’s because these companies make up 60 percent of the region’s gross national product and 75 percent of all […]
What Makes for Inclusive Working Cultures?
Benjamin KesslerMay 1, 2019
By Benjamin Kessler INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO INCREASE women’s cultural fit can also create a better working environment for everyone. Gender imbalance in the workplace is not confined to the gender pay gap or number of women vs. men in senior leadership positions. It also has to do with subtler yet deeper cultural cues about who belongs […]
The World’s Most Talent Competitive Cities
Felipe MonteiroMay 1, 2019
By Felipe Monteiro OUR GLOBAL TALENT Competitiveness Index explains the importance of cities in innovation. If asked “What’s the most talent competitive city in the U.S.?” few Americans would name the top of our global list: Washington, D.C. (1). Often considered to be a (political) quagmire, the greater metropolitan area actually has a tremendous amount to […]
Women Are Risk-Takers, Too: Busting Gender Myths in the Start-up Space
Chengyi LinApril 24, 2019
By Chengyi Lin A tissue of stereotypes and pseudo-science forms the “rational” basis for gender bias in entrepreneurship. “You know, this is just adorable.” This comment from a VC after her pitch, kept ringing in the ears of Jennifer Hyman, CEO and founder of the highly successful fashion company Rent the Runway. “I was […]
The Cure for the Loneliness of Command
Manfred F. R. Kets de VriesApril 24, 2019
By Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries CEOs are quickly derailed without a sense of community. Recently, I was listening to the CFO of a large industrial firm who complained non-stop about her CEO. At the start of his tenure, the CEO regularly interacted with his top team, but now seemed to spend most […]
How Organisations Can Cultivate Innovation Catalysts
Manuel SosaApril 18, 2019
By Manuel Sosa The most innovative leaders possess special skills that cannot be entirely taught. But they can be learnt. Given the highly complex, uncertain and dynamic environments facing all firms nowadays, it is more important than ever to prepare your organisation to tackle any business challenge with an innovative mindset. That is the […]
Three Principles for Targeted Innovation
Marcel CorstjensApril 18, 2019
By Marcel Corstjens Leading consumer goods companies can revive their flagging innovation capacities by investing differently. Disruption in slow motion has been the theme of the consumer goods industry in recent years. Despite rising global demand, the biggest FMCG companies are being outmanoeuvred in the marketplace by agile, digital-savvy upstarts. The little kids are […]