July/August 2018

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WHERE CAN YOUR Sense of Wonder Lead You?
In today’s business environment, what remains unchanged is that flicker of curiosity which fuels people’s imagination. And from that imagination, we see impressive results; we see leaders from bootstrapped startups to behemoth tech giants improve the
The European Business Review4 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
IT Leaders Must Collaborate to THRIVE IN THE FACE OF DISRUPTION
With the advancements in technology reaching their peak, we can see how powerful such disruptions are in upending our lives and the business processes in organisations, both in public and private sectors. What is needed now is to not just succeed in
The European Business Review9 min readMotivational
An Innovator’s Midsummer DREAM COME TRUE
Organisations are eagerly looking for new ways to boost their innovation capabilities and open innovation is a widely accepted paradigm to achieve this goal. The Merck Innovation Cup is a new open innovation concept that brings together bright young
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About the Author
Ulrich A.K. Betz is Vice President, Head of the Department Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubator at Merck. He is responsible for global innovation management at Merck Biopharma across the value chain. Ulrich designed and implemented the Merck Inn
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Industry 4.0 – Designing the Factory of Tomorrow in North Rhine-Westphalia
Industrial revolutions have changed society over the past centuries. Mechanisation with water and steam power was just as groundbreaking as mass production using assembly line technology or, most recently, the use of electronics to automate productio
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BRIDGING SILOS: Aligning Innovators with Strategic Leaders
While innovation is a strategic mandate for most organisations today, there is often a disconnect between teams tasked with innovation and other leadership and strategy units. This can be overcome by aligning the language, culture and frameworks that
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About the Author
Dipika Mallya is an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Specialist at the Ministry of Education in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is also the Founder of Ideation Labs, a non-profit initiative to build creative mindsets and capabilities at work. She hol
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THE SIMPLEXITY GAP Why Boards are Always a Step Behind their Management Teams – and What To Do About It
How impactful can simplexity gap be in corporate boards? In this article, the authors show how such gap undermines the role, function and integrity of the board by making it impossible for boards to ratify decisions on the basis of all of the informa
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VW ‘Dieselgate’
A group of VW employees designed and implemented cheat software after realizing they could not create an engine that adhered to strict U.S. pollution standards. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) receives a study published by the International
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About the Authors
Mihnea Moldoveanu is Professor of Economic Analysis, Desautels Professor of Integrative Thinking, Director of the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking and Vice Dean of Learning, Innovation and Executive Programs at the Rotman School of Managemen
The European Business Review6 min read
GENDER PARODY: How to Get Even More White Men on Your Corporate Board
In European countries like Norway, Belgium, Germany and France women hold 30 – 40% of corporate board seats. The legislative body of the European Union (the commission) has advocated for 40% of non-executive board members to be women. Among the FTSE
The European Business Review6 min readLeadership
THE POWER OF CONTENT: Credit Suisse's Lucia Waldner on Innovation and Keys to Career Success
• Head of Credit Suisse Research Institute and Innovation • Chief of Staff to the Chairman Working at the upper echelon of the workplace, Lucia Waldner, Head of Credit Suisse Research Institute and Innovation, and the Chief of Staff to the Chairman
The European Business Review8 min readLeadership
When Work meets Passion FIU's Center for Leadership on Co-creating a Better Future with Today's Leaders
Having hosted programmes with participants from 16 countries, across 4 continents and from more than 200 organisations in the past 10 years, the Center for Leadership at Florida International University (FIU) continues to fulfill its work and passion
The European Business Review8 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
LEADING EFFECTIVE INSIGHTS & BRAND STRATEGY IN A DIGITAL WORLD: The 4S Data Framework
With the wave of increasing digital footprints in today’s technology-driven business landscape, more and more brands are stepping up their efforts in terms of harnessing data and extracting value from it. This article presents the next big thing abou
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About the Authors
David Dubois (left) is Associate Professor of Marketing at INSEAD and Programme Director of Leading Digital Marketing Strategy, one of the school’s executive development programmes. You can follow him on Twitter @d1Dubois. Gilles Haumont (right) is V
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Big Data: The Deciding Element In Mobile Advertising Efficacy.
In the age of analytics, how would advertisers take full advantage of the growing potential of big data? In this article, the author elaborates on various applications of data science in advertising which can help advertisers strategically position t
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About the Author
Dr. Nidhi Prakash is an organisational psychologist and a faculty member at the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Her studies and research work focus on organisational development and change, knowledge creation and manageme
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Shifting the Gender Gap to an ‘All Differences Matter’ Narrative
This article purposefully shifts the narrative that disadvantages female entrepreneurs to a focus on entrepreneurial differences in thinking, traits and behaviour of successful business leaders. It provides insight and suggestions from research to en
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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Start With Technology
Digital transformation is often misunderstood, overused or feared, but actually, it is a very suitable title to an easily understood topic. Its application, when objectively planned, transforms business and changes people’s lives. In its implementati
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High Performing Negotiations In A Team
Whether you’re negotiating solo or with a team, it is crucial to have a smart approach to get the best deal in every situation. In this article, the authors focus on the significance of team negotiation toward value creation as well as the imperative
The European Business Review6 min readPsychology
The Dark Side of EMOTIONAL CONTAGION
Investment banks – and the financial services industry at large – continue to bear the reputational scares of some high-profile ethical scandals. In spite of numerous efforts for avoiding ethical risk, emotional contagion, a key factor of ethical ris
The European Business Review2 min readPsychology
About the Author
Dr. Alexandra Dobra-Kiel is Assistant Manager in Deloitte focussing on corporate strategy and behavioural analytics and a Guest Lecturer at Warwick Business School. She obtained her PhD from the University of Warwick and her MPhil from the University
The European Business Review6 min readRelationships
ACTIONS, NOT WORDS Yes, Working Parents Can Succeed – And You Can Help Them Do So
Organisations of all sizes and types struggle with the “working parent problem”: how to retain, and foster best performance amongst the significant percentage of their employees who are raising young children. At the same time, working fathers and mo

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