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Inspiring Inclusive Innovation
Rotman professor, Sarah Kaplan, champions inclusive product and service innovation—for social good and competitive advantage
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How to Transition to the C-Suite
5 key capabilities for a successful shift to the C-level, from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)®
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Creating Resilience to Cyber Risk
Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan, calls on executives to look beyond IT driven cybersecurity and create holistic resilience to cyber risk
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Time to Apply Generative AI
MIT Sloan’s Paul McDonagh-Smith encourages an optimistic approach to employing generative AI at work
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Three key areas of expertise at emlyon business school
emlyon business school benefits from three deep and longstanding areas of expertise which it leverages to support companies meet the fast-developing challenges of business today
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Delivering Genuine ESG
In a recent webinar Rotman’s Walid Hejazi and two senior ESG executives showed the true path to ESG—deflecting scepticism and debunking myths
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Don't Resign, Reassign!
The iOpener Institute’s job crafting initiative can help you improve your happiness at work—small changes to make a big difference
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Leading Strategy Execution
John O’Dwyer and Kelly Murumets discuss project and strategy execution, the focus of Rotman’s timely GettingItDone® workshop
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Alleviating Burnout at Work
Dr Amy Bradley and Dr Katherine Semler explain what organizations can do to help tackle burnout
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Should Employers Help with Inflation?
IMD’s Anand Narasimhan offers advice to employers on helping employees through the cost-of-living crisis
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Learning Business Readiness
Rotman’s ‘Business Readiness Certificate’ for young professionals and graduates with non-business degrees: Stephanie Hodnett, Executive Director of Rotman Executive Programs in conversation
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If Remote Working Is Here to Stay
With Georgetown’s Professor Jason Schloetzer, we consider a future of work increasingly characterized by remote working – and ask: how can we help our people thrive in these new conditions?
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Developing High-Potential Executives at Orange
Orange Business Services places its trust in HEC Paris to train its high-potential employees
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Think You’re Not Creative? Think Again….
HEC Paris’ Anne-Laure Sellier debunks the myth that creativity can’t be taught
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The Danger of False ESG Claims
University of St Gallen compliance expert explains how good ESG (Environment Social Governance) intentions create legal, ethical, or reputational liability
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Progress in Gender Equality
Gender parity may be some way off but the Swiss example shows that progress is being made
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Pandemic Driven Innovation and Transformation
HEC Paris’ Christopher Hogg describes how the crisis stimulates innovation and accelerates the economic transformation of companies – and how to capitalize on it
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Ecological Transformation at HEC Paris
HEC Paris is already on the road to ecological transition says François Collin
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No, Robots Aren’t Destroying Half of All Jobs
LSE’s Professor Leslie Willcocks with eight important qualifiers to the widespread idea that ‘47% of jobs will disappear to automation’ by 2030
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How to Become a Transformational Leader
A two-part, practical guide to becoming a transformational leader—based on a talk at the LSE Festival with Dr Rebecca Newton, Professor Sandy Pepper, and Dr Emma Soane
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Building a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
For HEC Paris Professor, Matteo Winkler, diversity is about headcount, whereas inclusiveness is making each head count
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Stimulating Radical Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Warwick Business School’s James Hayton helps corporate entrepreneurs find new markets, technologies, and business models
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How Is Exec Ed Innovating with Program Design to Meet the Needs of the Modern Learner?
A new Accelerated Management Development Program from Michigan’s Ross School of Business shows how top business schools are evolving their offering to better meet the changing requirements of executives taking the step up to leadership
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The Challenge of Data Transformation in Companies
HEC Paris’s Julien Lévy considers a central driver of the digital revolution
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Embedding UN SDGs Into Business Practice
With many of the ‘Why?’ arguments behind alignment with the UN’s SDGs hard-won, Rotterdam School of Management’s Eva Rood moves on to consider the more complex ‘How?’
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Post-Pandemic Corporate Finance
Rotman School of Management’s David Goldreich discusses business finance, valuation, and planning for a post-pandemic recovery
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2020 Leadership Lessons for 2021
Mark Threlfall and colleagues offer twelve thoughts for Christmas to help us prepare for a better New Year
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The Promise and Perils of Social Media
MIT Sloan’s Professor Sinan Aral on the rise of fake news and how we tame it
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Distance Learning Reimagined
Warwick Business School’s Dot Powell, Pietro Micheli, and Tim Wray discuss what the past few months have shown about remote learning—what’s effective and how organizations and individuals can benefit
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Kind, Calm, and Safe: Leading in a Time of Covid-19
Are there some early leadership lessons we might draw from comparatively successful outcomes in the global pandemic? If so, then the work of Dr Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, Canada, is a good place to look
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A Leadership Stimulus Package
Rotman School of Management’s Nouman Ashraf offers a prescription for better post-pandemic leadership
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Leadership for a Nimble Response
MIT Sloan’s Deborah Ancona explains why ‘distributive leadership’ is need for organizations to offer nimble responses to today’s unprecedented challenges
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The Purpose of Answers
Oxford’s Educational Approach for the 2020s: A Conversation with Andrew White and Caroline Williams of Oxford Saïd Business School
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Coaching for Effective Leadership
Hult Ashridge’s Erik de Haan discusses leadership shadows, derailment, and the positive impact of executive coaching
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Ethical Decision Making in a Crisis
Hult Ashridge’s Roger Delves discusses the tension between personal values and organizational imperatives—and why otherwise ethical people sometimes make unethical decisions
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No More Nine-to-Five
Three Rotman experts discuss the challenges and opportunities for those leading a remote workforce
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How B2B Marketing is Learning from B2C
B2B marketing practice will follow the lead set by B2C marketers in the years ahead
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Embracing Change to Drive Innovation
Columbia professor Angela Lee reveals the root causes of resistance to change
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Executive Presence
MIT Sloan’s Rob Salafia explains the importance of executive presence and offers advice on how to develop it
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Business for Society and the Environment
IMD's Frédéric Dalsace believes a new era of business engagement with CSR can mean real change
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Mind-and-Machine
Kellogg School of Management’s Brian Uzzi on how AI can offer the best of both worlds
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Leadership for Industry 4.0
The 4th Industrial Revolution will require a major shift in management outlook and performance—a step up from ‘Level 1’ to ‘Level 5’, says Prof Vlatka Hlupic
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New York Smart; World-Class Ready: Executive Education in the Big Apple
A conversation with Fenwick Huss, Willem Kooyker Dean of Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, and Clayton Shedd, Executive Director of Executive Education
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Inclusion by Design
Rotman’s Geoff Leonardelli explains the thinking behind an innovative program promoting diversity and inclusion
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Mastering Supply Chains
Sustainability and ethics are central Schulich SEEC’s signature Masters program – as supply chains face new legislation on sustainability
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Mindsets for Change
IMD’S Robert Hooijberg discusses how to develop mindsets for enabling organizational change
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Finance for a Sustainable Future
RSM’s Dirk Schoenmaker on combining financial/economic with social/environmental thinking for businesses to operate with purpose and profit
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Virtual Learning at Aston
How Aston University’s virtual classroom creates a positive approach to learning
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Networks for Entrepreneurship
HEC’s Etienne Krieger stresses the value of trust in building support networks for entrepreneurial projects
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Empowering the Family Enterprise
The Kellogg Center for Family Enterprise has a mission to support and sustain family businesses – the bedrock of the global economy
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Transformative Online Learning
INSEAD’s designs for highly personalized online learning to scale digital transformation
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Nordic Leadership Expedition
Hannes Leroy, associate professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), describes a leadership development experience that is a force for positive change
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Innovation and Strategic Stability
Rotman’s Angèle Beausoleil argues the need for design-led innovation leadership
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The Dynamics of Innovation
Etienne Krieger considers the competing forces of customer-oriented and scientist-oriented innovation
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Diversity Beyond Fairness
Well-managed diversity can drive business success in our connected world
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Re-building Trust in Business
What’s Love Got to Do with It? Insight from Henley Business School
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Using Pretotypes to Drive Innovation
IMD’s route to transforming technology into working solutions quickly
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Beyond Greenwashing
Professor Michael Lennox on how companies must integrate environmental sustainability as a core value in their mission
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Enabling Leaders to Develop their People
David Dinwoodie describes how CCL are helping managers to become more actively involved in the development of their own staff
BOOK REVIEW
Solve Big Problems – Sell the Solutions
New book reveals the techniques top strategy consultants use to solve complex business problems and sell their solutions
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A Mindset for Sustainability
IEDP talks to Matt Gitsham on embracing a globalized business mindset to tackle societal issues
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Managing the Risk of Disruption
Cass Professor Elena Novelli offers five strategies for survival in the face of disruptive technology business models
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Neuroscience for Business Impact
The Wharton School’s Michael Platt is at the forefront in accessing the business benefits of neuroscience
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May, BREXIT and the Human Brain
A neuroscience perspective on Theresa May’s approach to the BREXIT negotiations
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4 Levers for an Agile Culture
Margaret De Lattre on how to shift your organization’s culture to be both efficient and more agile and flexible
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The Entrepreneur as Explorer
HEC Academic Director Albert Meige suggests three key characteristics entrepreneurs share with explorers
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Non-Profits and For-Profits Come Together
IMD offers a space for Non-Profits and For-Profits to learn to collaborate for a better world
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In Defence of the Levy
Lynette Ryals, Pro Vice Chancellor and Director, Cranfield School of Management, addresses critics of the UK’s Apprenticeship Levy
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4 Ways to Avoid Burnout
Prof Richard Jolly suggests what to do if you or your team are at risk of burnout
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How Women Can Win at Negotiations
5 ways women can advocate for themselves at critical points in their careers
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The Rise of Andragogy
The growing understanding of the theory and practice of teaching adult learners
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5 Predictions for L&D in 2018
FT | IE Corporate Learning Alliance predicts there will be more than just AI to concern L&D professionals this year
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Chinese Leadership: 5 Critical Differences with the West
Ashridge Executive Education's China representative Barbara Wang explains how cultural understanding is vital for leadership in China
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The Changing Workplace
How generational change is changing the way we work – what leaders really need to know
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Learning Ecosystems: Power of Collaboration
An interview with Dr Katharina Lange, Executive Director at Singapore Management University - ExD
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Moving up to Leadership
How to approach the first 100 days in a new position ― lessons for business and politics
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Six Qualities of Good Leadership
Six traits that get to the heart of what makes effective ethical leaders
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Vermeer’s Blue Ocean Thinking
A strategy to differentiate your business in the market and create spaces for ‘blue’ growth
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Leading Corporate Sustainability
What are the leadership skills required in companies committed to sustainability?
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Leadership Skills for a New Age
The digital revolution, diverse global workforces, and Gen Y aspirations challenge how leaders lead today
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Strategic Planning with Foresight
When qualitative rather than quantitative forecasting can be a better guide to your organization’s future
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Big Data – Beyond the Hype
A lean approach to data science: introducing ESADE’s ‘Big Data and Analytics Canvas’
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Non-Executive Director’s Role
What companies and potential NEDs need to know to establish their objectives and duties
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Leading Teams Vs Teams that Lead
The three distinct territorial domains of leadership that make leaders incomplete, but teams - potentially - complete
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Agility Trumps Strategy in the Digital Age
Leadership agility is the prerequisite for digital transformation says a recent report from IMD's Centre for Digital Business Transformation
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Why Senior Leaders Should Go Back to School
It’s never too late, and you are never too old, to go to business school
VIDEO
The Shadow of the Leader Can Be Positive
The "Shadow of the Leader" can be used to open people’s minds - a short video with Prof Jim Stengel of UCLA Anderson
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People Make Mergers Work: The HR Imperative
Managing this ‘people impact’ is a crucial dimension of managing a successful transition to the new business strategy
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Men and Women’s Brains Differ: Leaders Be Aware!
There are practical consequences due to functional differences
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Paul Almeida in Conversation
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
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FIFA Leadership and Ethics
“It’s a Funny ‘Ol Game” – in a sport full of clichés the ongoing FIFA saga is now well beyond a joke. Kai Peters, Chief Executive at Ashridge Business School, discusses Sepp Blatter and leadership ethics
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Managing the Risk and Reward Equation
Meeting business performance goals is directly tied to effectively managing risks
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How Neuroscience is Building Better Leaders
Having a profound effect on the way we manage ourselves and others
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Left Brain Right Brain: a Neuroscience Monkey Puzzle
Imagine being a lawyer and pondering, for your next fee account, the question: If a monkey has taken a selfie, who owns the image?
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Aligning Functional Expertise with Strategy
Corporate success depends on how well finance, HR, IT, and marketing align their operational models with strategy
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Margaret Thatcher: An Appraisal of Leadership Style
On the death of the UK's first female prime minister
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Why Good People Do Bad Things At Work
The drivers of fraud and steps to reduce the risks are considered by RSM's Professor Muel Kaptein
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Active Communication Drives Innovation
“When people are allowed to connect, amazing things can happen”
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A European Perspective on Millennials
CCL's Gina Eckert and Jennifer Deal on the needs, attitudes and assets of millennials in the workplace
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Knowmads - The Transient Knowledge Worker
Learning to better manage knowledge workers is vital to coping with Society 3.0 says Ralph Blom, a program director at de Baak Management Centre in The Netherlands.
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Brain Gain: Dopamine, Emotions and Behaviour Change
Individuals trust what their own brains tell them from their own experience in preference to what any authority, however august, says. That is what makes shifting policy into social action so difficult.
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The Curse of 70-20-10
Michael Stanford, Director or Partnership Programs at IMD, disputes the value of 70-20-10 as it separates on-the-job experience from formal development.
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You can’t change culture; you can’t change attitudes
So focus on right behaviours and actions to shift attitudes
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ASDA Leadership Program
Ensuring that everyday leadership behaviours make a big difference to performance
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Exec Ed from a Zen Master and Christian Mystic
Lessons for leaders from Father Willigis Jäger
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Authentic Career Narratives
How authenticity beats the mere recital of a résumé however successful
