Unprecedented technological change, global warming, geopolitical uncertainties, rising inequality: major challenges facing the world, and some of the big themes that will be addressed at ...

Robin Pomeroy 26 Jun 2019

China

The art of transformation: how to thrive in a changing China

Companies with concerted programs to transform themselves ahead of time for the future are best placed to succeed in China's rapidly evolving business landscape.

Fang Ruan and Lars Faeste 25 Jun 2019

Leadership

What business leaders can learn from jazz

The ability to coordinate musicians acting independently is a model for managers in an unpredictable business environment

Fang Ruan 25 Jun 2019

Values

3 ways being empathetic can make you more productive at work

A study has shown that empathy has a variety of benefits. Having both mental and physical benefits, this can be applied to the workplace and how it affects production.

Elizabeth Yuko · Big Think 24 Jun 2019

Mental Health

Here's why leaders need to care about mental health

How can today's leaders demonstrate the strength and wisdom needed to combat the challenges we face to our mental health? Here, four of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders su...

Sharmishta Sivaramakrishnan and Peter Varnum 24 Jun 2019

Leadership

Will technology connect or divide us? The challenge for leaders in Globalization 4.0

Technology is endangering the greater interconnectedness of the world in recent years. The Forum of Young Global Leaders aims to explore ways in which to continue forging links in society.

Mariah Levin 19 Jun 2019

Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The curse of overconfidence

When business and political leaders are expected to be overconfident there can be long-term harm, write V Bhaskar and Caroline D. Thomas.

V Bhaskar and Caroline D. Thomas · LSE Business Review 18 Jun 2019

Leadership

Scoring for the environment: what Mathieu Flamini’s top-flight football career taught him about leadership

Footballer Mathieu Flamini has played in the top leagues in England (Arsenal), Italy (AC Milan) and Spain (his current club, Getafe). The midfielder started out at Olympique de Marseille ...

Beatrice Di Caro and Mathieu Flamini 05 Jun 2019

Workforce and Employment

Why striving for excellence matters more than perfection

Anne Sceia Klein founded her own PR firm back in 1982. She discusses what it took to succeed throughout her career and why excellence is more important than perfection.

Knowledge @Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 04 Jun 2019

United States

Is the 'American Century' coming to an end?

The US retains tremendous wealth and military strength, but hyper-partisanship is draining the country’s ‘usable power’.

Peter Trubowitz and Peter Harris · Chatham House 28 May 2019

Leadership

Life hacks from Marcus Aurelius: How Stoicism can help us

Cognitive behavioral psychotherapist Donald Robertson explains how the philosophy of Stoicism works in business.

Knowledge @Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 28 May 2019

Climate Change

What's happening to Greenland will affect the whole world - and our leaders need to understand why

We're sending 20 of our Young Global Leaders north to see how viewing the shrinking ice sheet will inspire them to rise to the climate crisis.

John Dutton and Silje Ditlefsen 23 May 2019

Leadership

The number of female CEOs in the Fortune 500 has hit a new record

As of June 1, 33 of the companies on the ranking of highest-grossing firms will be led by female CEOs for the first time ever.

Claire Zillman · Fortune 22 May 2019

Workforce and Employment

What really helps employees to improve - and what doesn't

Leaders should help employees build on existing strengths rather than fixing weaknesses, writes Marcus Buckingham, the head of people and performance research at ADP Research Institute

Knowledge @Wharton · Knowledge@Wharton 20 May 2019

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