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WHY THE ETHICAL USE OF AI MATTERS FOR YOUR CAREER

Why the Ethical Use of AI Matters for Your Career

By Jack McGuire, David De Cremer, Leander De Schutter, and Yorck Hesselbarth In the contemporary digital era, innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) are profoundly transforming...
Artificial Intelligence and Negotiations

Artificial Intelligence and Negotiations: Should You Go All in?

By Daniel Freeman AI is becoming smarter and being utilised in our daily lives, whether we realise it or not. You may be wondering at...
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How to Thrive in Radical Uncertainty

By Nando Malmelin and Sofi Kurki The term “VUCA” is familiar to most of us as a convenient label to characterise our constantly changing world....

The Resilience Rings: A New Neuropsychological Framework for Building Resilience

By Javier S. Casademunt and Simon L. Dolan Mental health problems, especially in the workplace, have become the current global pandemic that COVID-19 left behind....

What The War In Ukraine Means For Business

By Paul Bracken The war in Ukraine has far reaching implications for business. Companies will face more complicated political and social issues than the stark,...
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The Imperative of the Vigilant Corporation

By Jacques Bughin After COVID-19, now comes the appalling Ukrainian-Russian war, and the threat of stagflation. But if turbulent times rule –doesn't it pay to...
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When The Opportunities Are Out Of Plain Sight

Interview with InterExec Founder, Mr. Kit Scott-Brown Executives looking to progress their career face the problem that many of the best opportunities are not presented in...
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Three Steps to Make Sure a Strategy is Implemented

By Pietro Micheli, Warwick Business School (WBS) Studies have found that companies use many different methods to devise a strategy and even more ways in...
AIM for a Thriving Planet

AIM for a Thriving Planet

By Chris Nichols, Philippa Hardman, Michael Chaskalson and Helen Sieroda The first article in this series introduced Team Mindfulness using the AIM model and explored...
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What Motivates People To Become A Leader?

By Tina Kiefer, Warwick Business School (WBS) “I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.”...
Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

Raising The Ethical Bar: Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

By Simon Dolan, Steven Hawkins, Chad Albrecht and Bonnie Richley While most organizations have a code of conduct (or a code of ethics), many...

5 Keys to Resolving Cross-Functional Rivalries in your Digital Transformation

By Bhaskar Ghosh, Nigel Stacey, Raghav Narsalay, Aarohi Sen, and Paul Barbagallo The challenge is as old as business itself: How do you get people...

Distinguish Crisis from Disaster: 5 Notes for Making Decisions

By Axelle Bagot and Houman Harouni One of the most common forms of leadership failure is treating a crisis like it is a disaster, and...

A Wake-up Call for the Corporate World

By Christoph Burger, Antony Froggatt, Catherine Mitchell, and Jens Weinmann New regulations and opportunities in the decentralized energy market can be good for the planet...
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The Current Frontier in Industrial Manufacturing: Bringing Software Systems to Market

By Bianca Schmitz, Olaf Plötner, Viktor Jarotschkin and Johannes Habel Industrial manufacturers increasingly market software systems that help customers optimize value chain processes. However, many...
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“Managing by Values” (MBV): Innovative tools for successful micro behavioural conduct

By Anat Garti and Simon L. Dolan “Values values on the wall, just do the business and forget them all” wrote Liran and Dolan (2016)1...

A Lesson In Extreme Negotiation: Negotiating With Kidnappers

By Kandarp Mehta and Guido Stein This article is a case analysis based on real events. The case analyses how a young British man who...

TRIP Framework: Re-Thinking Organisational Competitiveness in Digital Spheres

By Mike Cooray and Rikke Duus Across industries, organisations are in search of new ways to enhance their competitiveness in the midst of digital disruption...

Scaling Agility: The Fuel that Drives the Organisation’s Digital Transformation

Interview with Professor Stijn Viaene In today’s rapidly-changing corporate world, it’s imperative for businesses and organisations to respond and adapt more quickly than ever before....
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Strategic Responses To Neo-Populism

By Dan Prud’homme, Max von Zedtwitz, and Fernanda Arreola The rise of Neo-populism presents risks to multi-national corporations in  Western markets. The authors outline practical strategies corporations...

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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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The Better Boards Podcast Series: Selling Bold Ideas in the Boardroom

The podcast and the article are brought to you by The Better Boards Podcast Series. Have you ever wondered how to sell a bold idea in the boardroom? Not just an idea different from what your...