The real challenge of business transformation: aligning strategy, business model and innovation
“Business transformation” has become a ubiquitous expression. Yet results often remain disappointing. The problem is rarely the absence of strategy; rather, it is the absence of alignment. As long as strategy, business model, and innovation evolve separately, transformation remains more…
Hormuz is Not a Supply Chain Problem, It’s The Ultimate Leadership Stress Test
The Strait of Hormuz has long been viewed as one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. But beyond the immediate risks to oil markets and global trade, recurring tensions in the region reveal something deeper: the growing vulnerability of…
What Hormuz Reveals About the Supply Chain Resilience Matrix
A single disruption in a critical trade corridor can ripple across the global economy, revealing just how fragile and interconnected modern supply chains have become. Beneath the surface, hidden dependencies and concentrated routes amplify risk, forcing companies to confront an…
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Remote work, trust and surveillance in times of pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic crisis is affecting our ways of living, travelling, and working. In conditions of lockdown and gradual reopening of businesses, companies around the world had to rapidly deploy large-scale remote work solutions wherever possible and even where it was previously thought to be unfeasible. What are the potential consequences and how can these be addressed?
Startups and large firms relationships: When both David and Goliath win
We all know about the David against Goliath story and the result of their battle. When applied to startups and large firms, the asymmetry of the situation of the stakeholders usually ends up the other way around. This asymmetry is…
The role of data science in the target analysis process
So far, the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) does not seem to have made the shift to digital. Yet machine learning and artificial intelligence could be used in several phases of the process for evaluating a target company.
Consilience or “the unity of knowledge”: an approach to complexity, a critical compass, a course of action
In a complex world, it is no longer possible to content ourselves with deeper but disjointed knowledge. Consilience or “the unity of knowledge” is a way to approach the problems and challenges of our time by interconnecting fields of knowledge…
Culminating events and time working together in top management teams
Top management teams (TMTs) – comprising the most influential executives in an organization – are important because of their influence over strategic choices and performance. Prior studies have shown that TMT characteristics such as age, education, and functional background affect…
Anticipating crises: the filters that hinder the analysis of weak signals
Before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, several signals warning of a possible pandemic had been emitted. Certain scientific studies, some of them published in prestigious journals , reported the risk of zoonotic disease outbreaks and propagation, notably linked to SARS type viruses, as…
Effectual reasoning, a tool for tackling complexity
Organisations must contend with a staggering level of uncertainty: climate change, energy transition, Brexit, etc. Yet, the way we make decisions to act seems to disregard this new reality. Are we even conscious of the way we reason to make…
The war for talent: no competitive edge without attractiveness in the job market
In the early 2010s, a Geneva bank believed that the new banking regulations presented an opportunity for growth. Its strategic intent was to develop finance software that would enable it to comply with all rules imposed by the authorities, then…
Designing online contest game: how to motivate players to share personal information and to recommend the game
This article focuses on how companies can cope with online contest games to motivate consumers to share their personal information with the brand and to recommend the game to others. Research results show that pleasure and enjoyment obtained through the game increase players’ game forwarding and personal data sharing behaviors. The value of rewards also motivates…
