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Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how long-term family ownership enables purpose-led leadership, sustainable growth, and ethical decision-making at scale.

Democracy doesn’t collapse overnight—it erodes gradually. Political scientist Daniel Ziblatt outlines how business leaders can wield their influence to uphold democratic norms amid rising authoritarian drift.

Comedian and conductor Rainer Hersch provides lessons from the orchestra pit. Wwhat conductors can teach business leaders about teamwork, communication, and performance.

Faced with the threat of trade fragmentation, many are now waking up to the true value of preserving a rules-based system of cooperation – and business can help defend it too, says WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

In his final days as co-CEO of On, Marc Maurer gave participants of IMD’s Orchestrating Winning Performance a glimpse into the journey of building a global sportswear brand

Automated LLM-powered agents that talk to each and solve problems together represent the most exciting commercial frontier in AI, but a future of human-like machines remains a distant dream, says Michael Wooldridge

Corporate leaders must stop being passive spectators and actively shape geopolitical outcomes to drive global competitiveness and collaboration.

BCG’s Martin Reeves traces the messy human journey behind one of tech’s most contagious features – and what it reveals about innovation, behavior, and unintended consequences.

The Carvajal family on why the family’s foundation is the largest shareholder of their 121-year-old family business and how it’s the key to sustaining social, human, and reputational capital.

Loh Chin Hua, CEO of Keppel, discusses how bold restructuring, strategic discipline, and a long-term vision transformed an industrial conglomerate into a global asset manager

Brian Evergreen shares radical insights from his book Autonomous Transformation: Creating a More Human Future in the Era of AI with IMD’s Stefan Michel.

Mindfulness expert Christoph Glaser shares insights from Breathe, his best-selling book on how simple, breath-based techniques can reduce stress, sharpen focus, and help leaders stay centred under pressure.

Authors of Space to Grow, Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau, tell IMD’s Jim Pulcrano that one of the central aims of their book is to inspire industries, businesses and individuals

Haier’s CEO Zhou Yunjie explains how the company’s innovative “RenDanHeYi” model empowers employees, drives global growth, and adapts to market changes.

As businesses face growing polarization on DE&I, companies must embed inclusion into their core strategy, empower leaders to drive change, and ensure that the progress made so far is not quietly undone.