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Jan 23, 2025 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann |Öykü Işık |Sarah Toms
According to the World Economic Forum, Generative AI (GenAI) will achieve near-universal integration in business in the coming 18 months, transforming operations and unlocking massive productivity gains that are set to add trillions of dollars to the global economy. Simply put, GenAI is a game-changer.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann
From writing business plans and crafting personalized customer experiences to designing entirely new products and turbo-driving scientific research, Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming the way human beings make decisions and solve problems. And itâs happening at lightning speed and at scale. More than 80% of the worldâs organizations are expected to be using GenAI tools in production environments by 2026.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
imd.org | Michael Watkins |Jennifer Jordan |Alexander Fleischmann |Howard Yu
As Brian Niccol steps into the CEO role at Starbucks, he faces many pressing challenges. Starbucks, once the undisputed leader in the premium coffee market, now faces pressure from declining sales in key markets like the US and China, increasing competition, and serious workforce issues. Niccol’s experience transforming established brands in the food and beverage industry makes him a strong candidate to lead Starbucks through its current challenges and position the company for future success.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann
As Chair of the Executive Leadership Research Initiative for Women and Minority Attorneys at Harvard Law School and author of Diversity Dividend – The Transformational Power of Small Changes to Debias Your Company, Attract Diverse Talent, Manage Everyone Better and Make More Money, Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio knows more than a thing or two about the benefits that successful implementation of DE&I measures can bring companies.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
raconteur.net | Alexander Fleischmann
Alexander Fleischmann Research affiliate at IMD Lausanne
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann |Heather Cairns-Lee |Shelley Zalis
Why aren’t there enough women on corporate boards? Two of the myths that still prevail are that there is a shortage of qualified women and that the few who are qualified simply don’t network enough. New research from IMD and The Boardroom demonstrates that these assumptions are at best outdated and at worst harmful to progress toward greater board diversity. The research is based on an opinion survey of 130 senior women executives in 18 European countries, augmented by 15 in-depth interviews.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
imd.org | Heather Cairns-Lee |Alexander Fleischmann |Shelley Zalis
As a leader, having ascended the corporate ladder thanks to your functional expertise and ability to mobilize and engage teams, you may be used to being regarded as highly competent. But if you want to be a truly inclusive leader, it’s important to admit that you don’t know it all, especially when it comes to inclusive communication, and to role model how to listen and challenge assumptions. The very nature of language is that it is complex, constantly evolving, and full of nuance.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
imd.org | Alexander Fleischmann |Heather Cairns-Lee |Shelley Zalis
As a leader, having ascended the corporate ladder thanks to your functional expertise and ability to mobilize and engage teams, you may be used to being regarded as highly competent. But if you want to be a truly inclusive leader, it’s important to admit that you don’t know it all, especially when it comes to inclusive communication, and to role model how to listen and challenge assumptions. The very nature of language is that it is complex, constantly evolving, and full of nuance.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
imd.org | Heather Cairns-Lee |Alexander Fleischmann |Shelley Zalis |Alyson Meister
In an increasingly polarized age, there is growing awareness of how language can include or exclude others. Even in the modern business world, terms such as chairman, manpower, and blacklisted can amplify biases and shape the way we think and act. To create an organizational culture where diverse individuals from all walks of life can truly thrive, it is essential to reflect on the language and imagery you use every day.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
imd.org | Heather Cairns-Lee |Alexander Fleischmann
The 200 parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity last year agreed new global targets to be met by 2030 – the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).
