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6 days ago | 
imd.org | Michael Watkins |Chris Donkin
1. Your partner proposes spending more time together now. You reply:a. Yes! I’ve already booked us on a three-month cruise with your extended family. b. Good idea – let’s have weekly brunch brainstorms. c. Do you mean together together, or just at home at the same time? 2. Your adult child casually mentions moving back home “for a few months”. Your internal reaction is:a. Great! We can hang out in a way we haven’t done for years. b.
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1 week ago | 
imd.org | Sunita Sehmi
 The challengeSarah is a senior manager at a global pharmaceutical company. She performs this role with outstanding efficiency and expertise. Recently, however, Sarah has started to feel overwhelmed by workplace demands and struggles to communicate and assert her ideas effectively with colleagues and direct reports.
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4 weeks ago | 
imd.org | Michael Skapinker
Here are some news stories about tech giant Meta from the past few years. December 2022: Meta pays $725m, without admitting liability, to settle a lawsuit over claims it allowed Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, and others to access the data of up to 87 million users. May 2023: the EU fines Meta €1.2bn for privacy violations. July 2024: Meta agrees to pay the state of Texas $1.4bn after allegations that it used millions of people’s biometric data without consent.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Jenny Darroch
Welcome to your Quiz: What are the pitfalls of marketing to women? 1. In 2012 biro manufacturer Bic infamously launched a marketing campaign aimed at women. Why did it fail so badly? a.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Buhle Luvuno
China's technology sector leads global innovation with AI, semiconductor growth, and strategic diversification. R&D investments fuel success amid regulatory challenges.
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1 month ago | 
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Learn how to build a successful digital transformation strategy, leverage new technologies, and optimize business processes for growth with these 21 tips.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Tomoko Yokoi
Learn Brain CircuitsJoin us for daily exercises focusing on issues from team building to developing an actionable sustainability plan to personal development. Go on - they only take five minutes. Read more Explore LeadershipWhat makes a great leader? Do you need charisma? How do you inspire your team? Our experts offer actionable insights through first-person narratives, behind-the-scenes interviews and The Help Desk.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Tomoko Yokoi
A. It is approximately one-fifth the amount. B. It is roughly equivalent. C. It is five times the amount. Answer: C. According to one recent US study, getting one GenAI model up and running for a business generates an estimated 284,000kg (626,155lbs) of CO2 emissions – almost five times the emissions produced by the average US car over its entire lifetime. A. It is approximately one-fifth the amount. B. It is roughly equivalent. C. It is five times the amount. Answer: C.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Richard Baldwin
During the Cold War, geopolitics was like checkers with two players and simple rules. The game was so straightforward that almost every match ended in a draw. Some countries stood behind the eastern player, the Soviets, while others supported the western player, led by the US. They were two worlds with their own rules, banking systems, supply chains, and economic philosophies. The Soviet Union’s collapse triggered a new phase of geopolitics that was more like bingo.
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1 month ago | 
imd.org | Tomoko Yokoi
The risksIP infringementGenAI tools are trained on large language models (LLMs). These consist of huge amounts of data that may be protected by IP rights. The scraping and use of this data to train AI and generate its outputs could constitute IP infringements. (In many countries, you can be liable for such an infringement without having knowingly infringed.)HallucinationThis is where a GenAI tool generates an inaccurate output – which is much more common than many organizations realize.