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Structure Follows Strategy – But May not Look Like You Imagined

By John Sutherland In the world of structural design, one size does not fit all. It pays massive dividends to get the structure fit for...
Artificial Intelligence

10 Ways Marketing Is Being Transformed by The Advance Of AI

By Hamilton Mann and Joerg Niessing If you are one of those who has reservations about online systems that track your browsing behaviour, you might...

Do you need to be happy to be a Chief Happiness Officer?

Examining the new Happiness at Work initiative at SAP By Steven MacGregor “The term is loaded. It doesn’t mean I’m walking around all day telling jokes...

[Podcast] Designing Positive Cultures with Santander’s Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode

Here we talk with Santander's Global Head of Strategy and Culture, Dan Strode about The Santander Way; eight behaviours, three values and four leadership...

In Times of Uncertainty Investing in Innovation Helps: When Knowledge Makes Confident!

By David De Cremer If there’s one feeling that has been omnipresent for all of us, it must be the sense of uncertainty. The last...
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Introducing the Concept of Artificial Integrity: The Path for the Future of AI

By Hamilton Mann The concept of "artificial integrity" proposes a critical framework for the future of AI. It emphasises the need to architect AI systems...
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Laugh and the World Complains to HR: Humour at Work

By Adrian Furnham But it was just “workplace banter”! Another pale, stale, frail male attempts to defend himself against a range of accusations of “inappropriateness”...
can-lah

“Can-Lah” The Art of Saying “Yes!”

By Avi Liran A refreshing guide from one of the top motivational and entertaining speakers in Asia on how to turn those frustrating “NOs” into...
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The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Boardroom Awakening – Can Corporate Governance Survive the...

The podcast and the articles are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. The ESG narrative has become familiar but does not yet...

Creating Collaborative Advantage

By John Sutherland Successful collaboration between businesses can have myriad advantages. In this article, John Sutherland talks us through four key aspects for successful collaboration...
Spying

Trust, Treason and Treachery: The Psychology of Spying

By Adrian Furnham and John Taylor “In the world of intelligence, it is trust not betrayal which dominates the mindset” What exactly do spies do? What...
superficial chain

Authenticity at Work: Be Honest, is it a Good Thing?

By Adrian Furnham It is often said that honesty is the best policy. But if we apply that maxim invariably and unquestioningly, does that automatically...
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NVIDIA: Harnessing Open Innovation to Promote User Lock-in

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio This article is part four of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely competitive AI landscape,...
Google and AI

Google and AI: The Tech Leader That Had a Perfect AI Plan Until November...

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio This article is part three of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...

Adapting Your Digital Business to a Fragmented World

By Omar Abbosh, Paul Nunes and Armen Ovanessoff We are aware that this era calls for your business to be able to continuously adapt to...

Tiffany Chung, Contemporary Artist

I wake up every day grateful for being able to do what I do and looking forward to materialize my research and ideas. Living...
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What Is Your Quantum (AI) Strategy? 

By Jacques Bughin Introduction Our history is full of big, bold investments united by their ability to mobilize resources and inspire progress and dominance, - from...

Nabilah Alsagoff, Founder and COO, PT Nusa Satu Inti Artha (DOKU)

Women have strong minds and we believe that our skills to empower the work force can make a difference in the industry that we...
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Artificial Intelligence: Will You Be a Saboteur or an Impressionist?

By Gregory Unruh and Fernanda Arreola The rapid adoption of AI in today's organisations leaves workers with two choices: waste their energy in a futile...

What is Resilience?

By Adrian Furnham Can resilience be taught? If so, how? And are some organisations more resilient than others? This article considers how the notion of...
OpenAI

Why is OpenAI Moving Towards a Closed Source Strategy?

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio This article is part two of the ongoing series—The AI Power Plays—that explores the fiercely competitive AI landscape where...
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Artificial Integrity

By Hamilton Mann Much has been said about how to instill integrity into AI-generated content. So far, the focus has been on policing training data...
Strategic Leadership

Strategic Leadership for Growth in Turbulent Times

By Peter Lorange In uncertain times, strategic leadership is crucial for navigating growth. Dr Peter Lorange, Honorary President of IMD, explores how executives can harness...

The Mindful Entrepreneur with Malte Krohn

Kicking-off our Q2 theme of "Starting Up" we talk to Malte Krohn, a design and innovation expert and author of the forthcoming book, The...
David Clutterbuck

The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Increasing the Quality of the Dialogue in the...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. It sounds all so easy – you create a board...

Leo Messi and Larry Ellison have more in common than you think

By Steven P. MacGregor I was watching through a crack in my fingers. And there it was, inevitable really. Number seven. My football team, Glasgow...

Could you answer these 3 questions?

I need your help. I’ve been asked to reflect on 3 questions for an interview this week on the Innovation Ecosystem podcast. Founded by anthropologist...
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Hugging Face: Why Do Most Tech Companies in AI Collaborate with Hugging Face?

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio This article is part five of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...

What Children can teach us about Leadership: Seeing both the Trees and The Forest

By David De Cremer  and Hannah De Cremer Leadership and management are two different things. Managing a work force today implies taking up the role...
Transformation of Education

New Outlook, New Educational Curricula And Proactivity

By Dr Mario Raich, Dr Kristine Marin Kawamura, Dr Simon L. Dolan, Dr Paweł Rowiński and Mr Claudio Cisullo  PART II: Towards A Visionary Prescriptive Transformation...

Countdown to Cybersecurity in the Quantum Era: Will Businesses be Ready in Time?

By Tom Patterson and Laura Converso Leaps in quantum technology and hybrid approaches are shortening the time to Q-Day, when adversaries can use quantum computing...

What Makes a Business a Masterpiece?

By Peter Lorange No aspect of a person’s behaviour exists in a vacuum, so that there is no clearly delineated boundary between the ways in...
Meta

Why Meta is Positioning Itself as the Champion of Open-Source AI

By Hervé Legenvre and Erkko Autio This article is part one of an ongoing series - The AI Power Plays - that explores the fiercely...
AI

Conversational AI is Asking for Ethical Oversight: How Can Humans Best Answer the Call?

By Laetitia Cailleteau and Patrick Connolly As conversational artificial intelligence (AI) advances, it is able to sustain ever more human-like relationships with end users. This...

The 10 Core Habits of Resilient People: Concept and Tools for Resiliency and Wellness...

By Simon L. Dolan, Anat Garti, Miriam Diez Pinol, and Pedro Cesar Martinez Moran Creating or enhancing resilience has become a buzz phrase in recent...
Old and New Takes on Selection Interviews

Old and New Takes on Selection Interviews

By Adrian Furnham Nearly all selection processes involve the famous trio: application form, references and interview. Both the selectors and the candidates seem to like...
Artificial Intelligence

The Rise of Dual-Sided Artificial Intelligence (DSAI)

By Hamilton Mann In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, a « Dual-Sided Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) » is taking centre stage, highlighting both unprecedented advancements and...
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Triple A.I. Supply Chains

By Fabrice Thomas and Hervé Legenvre Hau L. Lee, a Stanford professor described high performing supply chains back in 2004 as Agile, Adaptative and Aligned....

Are You Following the Right Digital Recipe?

By Tracey Countryman, David Abood, Aidan Quilligan, Raghav Narsalay, and Aarohi Sen   To produce a successful dish of digital reinvention, start by combining six ingredient...

Chief Wellbeing Officer: Learning to Live

By Steven MacGregor With the Chief Wellbeing Officer book released this week, we include an excerpt from Chapter 7 on how to achieve lifelong learning....
Emma Codd

The Better Boards Podcast Series: The Retention Factor – Why Boards Need to Prioritise...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. When LGBT+ employees feel their employers aren't doing enough to...
On Building Inclusive and Equitable Cultures in the Boardroom and Throughout the Organisation

The Better Boards Podcast Series: On Building Inclusive and Equitable Cultures in the Boardroom...

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. There are many types of differences and diversity, and not...

Who owns wellbeing? Reflections from Heineken

By Steven P. MacGregor “A company has someone to look after money, strategy, and marketing etc. But soon there will be another title. A Chief Wellbeing...
Nabil Jamshed

The Better Boards Podcast Series: Governance – Wicked Challenges in Healthcare

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Healthcare in the U.K. is state-funded and led by way...

[Podcast] Episode 30: When the Disruptor is Disrupted with Uber’s Matt Wilson

We're back! Kicking off the Q3 theme of Travel we talk to Matthew Wilson, Associate General Counsel EMEA and APAC at Uber about the...
Dynamite, Dragoons, and Data

Dynamite, Dragoons, and Data: PayPal, and the Economic, Social, and Moral Challenges of Big...

By Christopher Surdak You might have heard about the recent brouhaha regarding online payment processor PayPal and its planned changes to its acceptable use policy...

Inner agility for health and wellbeing

By Steven MacGregor We look at agile ways of working this month, including an excerpt from episode 7 of the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast with global...
Future of work

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...

Why Focus-Based Leadership is Important to Huawei’s Business Strategy

By David De Cremer and Jess Zhang Contemporary business develops at a rapid pace, with many uncertainties, internationally connected stakeholders, and little latitude to make...

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AI Search Revolutionises Brand Discovery – Here’s How to Get Noticed

By Claire Snook In 2025, AI-powered search is poised to become the foundation of how brands connect with their customers. Advances like ChatGPT, SearchGPT, as well as the strategic pivot from traditional search engines toward...
Many small ideas lead to big innovation. Lawbreaker concept

The Lawbreaker: How Deliberate Rule-Breaking Drives Innovation 

By Doug Hall  Transformational ideas require a leap of faith. They require you to break free of your “adultness” to allow your mind to run free and unconstrained. This article presents one of the most...

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