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Finance

Your Firm’s Most Undervalued Asset? Try Nature

Too few businesses understand the value of biodiversity — to the planet and their competitiveness

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Leadership

Untethering Leadership from Leaders

We’re stuck in the rut of “leader” and “follower” identities. Is there a way out?

Untethering Leadership from Leaders

We’re stuck in the rut of “leader” and “follower” identities. Is there a way out?

How to Thrive as an Introverted Leader

Extroverts tend to hog the spotlight, but you don’t have to be loud to make an impact

The Hidden Message in What Executives Say

Discover the role of vocal cues in investor decision-making

Problem Solving with Design Thinking

How to tap into your team’s creative potential to deliver solutions

All the Lonely Workers

Whether at home or the office, too many of us are hit by waves of loneliness. Here’s how organizations can do better

A Gendered View of Tall Poppies

Emotional ambivalence explains our love-hate feelings towards a high-achieving colleague. How can we use these emotions constructively?

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For Gen Z, Workplace Illusions Disappear

Today’s students have more realistic job expectations than millennials did when they embarked on their careers

Five Ideas to Improve Gender Equity Today

A panel of experts shares how to make your workplace better for women and non-binary people — right now

Minority Workers Pay a Hidden Cultural Tax

Corporate diversity efforts rely too much on the employees these programs aim to support. It’s exhausting, unfair and damages careers

The Business of Family

Explore why some family businesses endure while others fizzle out

How Not to Love Your Ideas to Death

Not everyone is going to adore your light-bulb moments as much as you. The good news: the critics can help

Why Are Some Family Businesses Built to Last?

The dynamics that make family businesses flourish go much deeper than a certain hot drama on TV

What Car Loans Can Teach Us About AI

Research on car dealerships shows how artificial intelligence can boost profits and help more people get a car

The AI Colleague

Say hello to the newest member of your team: Cathy Cobot. And goodbye to predictable team dynamics

Legal Disruptors

AI has the potential to take over almost half of the work in law firms and to give individuals and small businesses easier and less expensive access to pricey legal services

The Perks of Knowing Your Java’s Story

New research shows the economic value of traceability for coffee producers

The Carbon Tax Signal

It may not make a dent in emissions, but the carbon tax can spur technological innovation

Lessons From Quebec’s Cannabis Strategy

The province’s unique approach to selling cannabis offers some next steps for regulators across Canada

Understanding the Power of Nudging

How to get people to make good decisions using behavioural science

The Superpower Every Chief Marketer Needs

How can CMOs deal with a chief executive who is intent on cutting the marketing budget?

Selling to the Subconscious

Neuromarketers make the case for brain scans and other biometrics in the marketing tool box

How to Stop Drowning in Data

Renowned pollster Nik Nanos shares how business leaders can draw insight out of information

Is the Global City Still Magnetic?

The pandemic and other shocks have dazed but not dimmed the world’s command-and-control centres

The Three Levers of Digital Agility

The digital era requires a new way of viewing a favoured management practice

Your Firm’s Most Undervalued Asset? Try Nature

Too few businesses understand the value of biodiversity — to the planet and their competitiveness

Accounting Standards in a Dynamic Environment

How to set and apply standards in a world of fast-paced economic, technological and social change

Yes, Blockchain Does Have a Kryptonite

New research on supply chains reveals three vulnerabilities that can breach blockchain’s shield of trust