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This episode draws neglected attention to a decision-making error that...
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Friendly, dramatic, and attention-seeking, they are difficult to miss. You may find them entertaining in social settings, but what happens when you...
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By David De Cremer and Laurence Van Elegem
As business strives to integrate AI optimally into its processes, it risks paying insufficient attention to the...
Understanding Agentic AI: A Business Primer
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Extreme Users: Understanding Their Role in Innovation and Design
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Extreme users are individuals whose needs, behaviors, and experiences diverge significantly from the mainstream user base. They may include early adopters, power...
A Vision for Tomorrow: Crafting a Compassionate Blueprint for Our Shared Future
By Simon L. Dolan
The future of work is not just a matter of technology and efficiency; it’s about people. Many of us are navigating...
AI Agents will Empower Autonomous, Scalable and Networked Organizations
By Alessandro Lanteri and Mark Esposito
The rapid development of AI technology has brought in agentic AI systems with the ability to be autonomous and...
Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Generative AI
By Laetitia Cailleteau, Philippe Roussiere and Professor Thierry Rayna
With the game-changing explosion of AI into the commercial world, business leaders have, predictably, focused on the...
The Future of AI Language Models (LMs): Three Scenarios that could Reshape Business and...
By Hervé Legenvre, Erkko Autio and Xule Lin
This article is part six of an ongoing series - AI Power Plays - that explores the...
Scaling You: Leverage the Value of YOUR Time to Scale Your Business Impact
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In an era characterized by rapid technological advancxements, demographic shifts, and evolving workplace dynamics, the role of...
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This article is part five of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...
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Our history is full of big, bold investments united by their ability to mobilize resources and inspire progress and dominance, - from...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: How to Lead Through Complexity
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Every year, the world's preeminent leadership advisory firm, Egon Zehnder, conducts...
Small Employers 2025: Scaling Impact on Customers, Community & Capital
By Elizabeth Eiss
Small businesses, the backbone of the global economy, face unique challenges in scaling their impact while juggling limited resources. In 2025, the...
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In discussions about forecasting it might serve well to remember its mothership: the field of control theory. In this...
“Your Call is Important to Us”: The Business Psychology of Queuing
By Adrian Furnham
One sure way to disgruntle your customers is to oblige them to fritter away their valuable time in queues – whether in...
The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Boardroom Awakening – Can Corporate Governance Survive the...
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The ESG narrative has become familiar but does not yet...
The Road Ahead for Large Language Models is Brighter than Claimed
By Jacques Bughin
1. LLM is dead, long live LLMs
Large Language Models (LLMs) have been the talk of the town for the past two years,...
Beyond Bitcoins: The Future of Real Assets Tokenisation
By Jacques Bughin
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Unveiling Stealth Innovation: The Secret Weapon of Companies that Want to Hide Their Revolutions
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“Reverse Backstabbing”- The Art of Praising People Behind Their Backs
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Gossip can be hurtful and malicious, leaving behind a bad smell. And while we may not always avoid it, we can choose...
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The "season to be jolly" is once more looming, and with it comes the uncomfortable sensation that one really ought to start...
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Winning Strategies for the High-Stakes AI Arena: Unveiling an Innovative AI Research and Development...
By Aurélie Jean, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse and Danny Goh
Artificial intelligence and its rapid emergence have proven to be a double-edged sword. While its...
How European Companies Can Drive Reinvention and Resilience through Generative AI
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Europe’s economy shows promise, but stock market turbulence, political uncertainty and war could disrupt it any time....
The Better Boards Podcast Series: Being on the Board – Keeping it Simple
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Amid global uncertainty, are boardrooms needlessly complex? Is It possible...
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For customers in B2B and B2C environments, the true providers of the services they consume have become invisible. In this...
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As the AI boom continues to accelerate, investors are keenly eyeing the generative AI sector for potential breakthroughs. Jacques...
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