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I by IMD offers first-person business intelligence from the brightest thinkers in academia, business and society. Written by experts for experts, we present a platform for debate on the latest issues in management, strategy, technology, finance, team building and innovation. Our content ecosystem is designed to spark conversation and deliver actionable insights to a broad and engaged global audience. We host conversations – via articles, comment pieces, videos and podcasts – about the latest issues in management. Whether ideas about companies or office politics, we aim to spark debate – you may not agree with everything you read here – and to deliver actionable insights to an engaged global executive audience.

Cooperation in a time of conflict

How best to design the virtual architecture of startups? • Henry Ford’s Model T factory in Detroit set the blueprint for manufacturing in the 20th century, but today’s enterprises require a very different set of raw materials, writes Jerry Davis

A good night’s sleep: the best decision you’ll ever make • Warning: late nights and early starts will lead to memory loss, illness, recklessness, lack of sociability and failure to spot a good business opportunity By Albrecht Enders, Christopher Barnes and Matthew Walker

10 TIPS FOR BETTER SLEEP

What now for supply chains? Inflation, e-commerce and over-stocking are all driving change • Economic growth is being driven, in part, by supply chain dynamics. The confluences of forces might bring about a new paradigm in inventory management and perception of excellence, argue Ralf W. Seifert and Richard Markoff

Steering a path through choppy water • Responsible, resilient and regenerative supply chains are needed as we head into uncharted waters, argue John Elkington and Louise Kjellerup Roper, founder and CEO respectively of the strategic advisory think tank Volans

Take the circular route to curbing over-production • Cutting lead times, incentivizing local production and repurposing excess stock would have a huge positive impact on the environment, explain Ralf W Seifert, Yara Kayyali Elalem and Işik Biçer

Trillions of liters of wasted water

Digital Supply Chains 2022

Taking stock: an inventory of brilliant ideas and others that failed to deliver • From a focus on manufacturing to broader responsibility for the entire supply chain, Tetra Pak’s former head of Supply Chain Operations Eric Baudier discusses the highs and lows of supply chain management over the past two decades with Carlos Cordón

Companies will need the tools to test every link in the chain • Over the next decade, one of the most disruptive changes facing firms will be the need to take responsibility for every business in their supply chain, writes Vivek Ramachandran, CEO of Hong Kong-based digital B2B platform Serai

Finding the good in people: how to recruit ethical employees • In an era of corporate scandals, hiring and maintaining an ethical workforce is vital. But a wide range of testing is needed if companies are to effectively weed out the bad apples, argues Liz Ritterbush

5 ways to create an ethical workplace

Can a nation have a moral conscience?

How good are you at reading others? Put your emotional skills to the test • We tend to overestimate our ability to judge others, but the latest assessment tests can measure our perceptions more accurately than ever before, writes Nele Dael

Here’s how incumbents can win the disruption battle • Established firms can bridge the advantages of market power, long-standing customer relations and industry insights to triumph over rivals, writeThomas Malnight and Ivy Buche

FOUR WAYS TO CHANGE AND PROSPER

Why every team needs a Ringo

Toolkit for strategic leading through a crisis: here are the five skills you need •...