Business Innovation

The Ticker: Food Fight
Platform-to-consumer delivery services turn up the heat on traditional restaurants.

Building Robust Innovation Capabilities for a Major Food Co-op to Improve Short-term Financial Performance
One of the largest French agricultural co-ops is the result of the integration of several dozens of companies that merged to form as a leader…

AI Will Alter Every Job
If you’re reading this, your job is going to be altered because of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning. Ginni Rometty, IBM’s executive chairman and…

Design Thinking Develops The Soft Skills Of The Future: Are You Ready?
If asked about the key skills of the future, would you and your employees point to skills they used in pre-school classrooms? Would you say:…

In the Shadow of COVID
Pharmaceutical companies have adjusted to the COVID-19 pandemic by reinventing themselves and becoming more flexible, adaptable and innovative.

The Ticker: Remote Control
What happens when everyone can work from home? Working remotely, already on the rise before the COVID-19 crisis, became a mandate for swaths of workers…

The Ticker: Sea Change
Will increased domestic production of certain essential supplies become a mainstay for some companies after the pandemic subsides?

Navigating a VUCA Business World
For any business, being reluctant to recalibrate as new information comes in can be devastatingly costly as competitors and customers turn to new partners that…

In Germany, a Law to Give Employees a Voice (and a Vote)
Germany requires big companies to have employees on their boards. Should other countries follow suit?

How Eli Lilly Pivoted During COVID-19
Eli Lilly’s Dan Skovronsky on how one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies is answering the COVID-19 crisis with real-time innovation.

Ram Charan: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
It’s no secret that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is fundamentally reshaping political, social and economic orders. We caught up with leadership guru Ram Charan…

Revisiting Business Roundtable’s Powerful Pledge
In August 2019, 181 CEOs signed on to Business Roundtable’s powerful pledge: to lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.