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Continue readingMay 31, 2021 • by Michael D. Watkins, Wendy Behary in Leadership • 9 min read
Learning to anticipate and mitigate damaging emotional patterns is important, but so is resetting expectations, write Wendy Behary and Michael Watkins....
May 27, 2021 • by Bettina Büchel in Technology • 4 min read
Take time to do your research as mistakes can prove costly...
May 26, 2021 • by Sam Smethers in Human Resources • 5 min read
Every job should be flexible unless there is a business reason for it not to be, argues Sam Smethers. But when work takes up permanent residence in your home, you need to...
May 25, 2021 • by Marco Dall'Orso in Sustainability • 9 min read
Creating a vibrant urban ecosystem – an inclusive, diverse and lively community where people want to live and put down roots– requires a gradual shift of focus from built-environment investment to socio-economic...
May 25, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
In the second part of this two-part series, learn the three elements leaders need to integrate into their leadership OS to excel in times of crisis....
May 24, 2021 • by Richard Holden in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • 4 min read
Greater diversity doesn’t necessarily equal better performance, and organizations still have to be mindful of how diversity is managed in order to improve performance, writes Richard Holden...
May 21, 2021 • by Jennifer Jordan in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
Forming effective teams has new challenges when you have never met in person, learn how do it, and make sure the team has the bonds necessary to work together....
May 20, 2021 • by John Elkington in Sustainability • 5 min read
Around 70% of the natural world has been destroyed by food production in the past 50 years, but the race is on to reverse the trend...
May 20, 2021 • by Shlomo Ben-Hur in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
In part one of two, learn the three “E”s – efficiency, evolution and empowerment. Leaders can direct their companies' energies in these areas to excel in times of crisis....
May 20, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in Competitiveness • 6 min read
The EU is not a political union but an association that keeps Europe’s countries among the most economically competitive in the world. And it is with this in mind that we should...
May 20, 2021 in CEO Dialogue podcast series • 1 min read • Podcast available
Ilham Kadri was recently named by Fortune Magazine as one of the most powerful women in business. And, in the two years since becoming the CEO of Solvay, she’s successfully guided the...
May 18, 2021 • by Susan Goldsworthy in Leadership • 8 min read
In the past eighteen months, our world changed beyond recognition. Many taken-for-granted beliefs evaporated before our eyes. And some of these beliefs have been held for so long that they became myths....
May 17, 2021 in Innovation • 4 min read
Chief executive of leading Swiss luxury watch brand says COVID-19 prompted a complete reassessment of the business model....
May 14, 2021 • by Salvatore Cantale, Luigi Rizzo in Finance • 6 min read
Shareholder activism campaigns surged at the end of 2020 and will only intensify in the years to come, even in the traditionally more sedate European market. Here’s one reason why......
May 14, 2021 • by Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
Coming back into contact with more colleagues as COVID-19 subsides will give rise to a whole host of emotions. In part 3 of 3, learn how to stamp out egoism...
May 13, 2021 • by Didier Bonnet, Katharina Lange, Frédéric Dalsace in Technology • 8 min read
Technology alone cannot unlock all the answers for understanding customers. Companies must blend soft skills such as empathy, humility and audacity with digital innovation to achieve true customer centricity....
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January 21, 2025 • by Shelley Zalis in The Female Quotient
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Climate finance is the hottest topic on the table when it comes to doing something tangible about climate change. We urgently need to propagate the “hows” around investing in positive values....
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May 19, 2025 • by David Bach, Felix Zeltner in Podcasts
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