THE QUESTION

Geneviève Poulingue, directrice du campus SKEMA de Belo-Horizonte (Brésil)

Philippe Chereau

February 18, 2026

Should We Still Believe in the Business Plan?

The business plan was before. In a volatile world such as ours, why do we keep trying to predict what can’t be predicted? The new trend is adaptation. But can we really adapt ourselves without predicting? 

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The podcast

Philippe Chereau: “Benchmarking is essential for every business”

Interview with the Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at SKEMA Business School (1/2)
  • 4 mins

Go ahead and tell Philippe Chereau that benchmarking is pointless! The Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at SKEMA Business School will happily explain exactly why you’re wrong. And he makes a compelling case: at a time of intensifying competition and…

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Turnaround Is Not About Survival: It Is About Renewal

How IBM Under Arvind Krishna Became a Model of Strategic Renewal

Charles Fourier: Money is not the Driving Force of Work

Work is a Management of Passions

The More AI Thinks, the More Leadership Matters

When analysis becomes abundant, judgment becomes scarce.

Ulysses Bound to His Mast: The Law of The Freest

What Ulysses' choice reveals about the law

Want to Know if People Are Angry? Don’t (Just) Look at Social Media

What People Write When They Feel Wronged Can Reveal Public Discontent Months Before It Erupts

Pr. Jerry Wind: “AI offers the opportunity to challenge the educational paradigm”

Pr. Jerry Wind at SKEMA Business School.

Digitalisation in higher education: How I redesigned Design Thinking by creating apps prototypes with my students?

Is Warren Buffett the exception that proves the rule?

360 Learning: Achieving mastery in different ways

INTERVIEW OF RICHARD DAVIES, AUTHOR OF ‘EXTREME ECONOMIES’
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The Dive

Crypto unchained

Get to know how to talk about blockchains and crypto-assets
  • 50 mins

Everyone’s talking about “crypto”. So much so that even watching a sports program on TV without being bombarded by cryptocurrency broker ads has become impossible.

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Glimpse no.6 – June 2026

Are experts vanishing?

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Globalisation, Stop or carry on?

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Organisational transformation: it was better afterwards

Glimpse no.3 – October 2024

What’s the smart way to work with AI?

Glimpse no.2 – may 2024

In progress: shaping a new style

Glimpse no.1 – January 2024

ESG, a new deal between business and society
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AI Seminar Series – Prof. Christopher Tucci: “Most companies are too slow in adopting AI”

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AI Seminar Series – Prof. Christopher Tucci: “I never imagined that AI would develop this way”

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Learning Different Series: 360 Learning – Achieving mastery in a different way

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Zhenzhen Zhao – Digitalization in higher education

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[THINK FORWARD] How to foster social and environmental goals while striving for shareholder value

ThinkForward Masterclass with Laurent Ferrara, Professor of International Economics at SKEMA

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Authors

Researchers, teachers, experts… meet the people who bring our content to life.

Arthur Derderian

2 articles

Student on the Programme Grande Ecole (PGE) at SKEMA Business School, co-founder of Owners and creator of the newsletter BrainInvest.

Julie Vittecoq

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Etudiante du Programme Grande Ecole (PGE) et du Mastère Spécialisé Manager des Projets et Programmes (MS MPP) à SKEMA Business...

Doriane Ahdad

1 article

Etudiante du Programme Grande Ecole (PGE), track Consilience, à SKEMA Business School. 

Marceau Dupuis

1 article

Student at SKEMA Business School, Programme Grande Ecole (PGE)

Léa Riccoboni

1 article

Graduate of the programme Grande Ecole (PGE) and the MSc International Business de SKEMA Business School ; professional triathlete.

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