How to strategize your way out of complex problems
In Solvable, Arnaud Chevallier and Albrecht Enders have developed a three-step process for complex problem solving: frame, explore and decide....
Book Club
Book Club
From the journey of senior executives to issues of gender and data bias, each month, we’ll discuss one recently released book, and add a new one to the list, so you'll be able to plan ahead.
Our first four books are recent releases that have been very well received. Together they give a sense of the books we’ll read: the first follows the journey of a senior executive in a given company and industry; the second book looks at issues of gender and data bias; and the third and fourth address important geopolitical and economic trends.
July: Book of the month
Thursday, 14 July at 12:00 CEST
How to improve the capacity of our emotional intelligence
In today’s uncertain world, we face increasing demands on our individual ability to provide solutions to ever more complex and challenging situations. In addition, many of the most significant issues we face require a consistent balance between our brains’ rational and emotional functionality.
In discussion with IMD Lecturer & Senior Executive Coach Silke Mischke, Philip Holder, author of Discover Your Emotional Intelligence – Improve your personal and professional impact, will help us explore our innate emotional intelligence and describe the techniques and processes we can use daily to help increase the overall capacity of our emotional intelligence.
Previous books of the month
June 2022 : Solvable
Problem solving skills are in high demand, yet we’re not taught how to develop and apply these skills appropriately. Solvable offers a simple solution with a 3 -step process—Frame, Explore, Decide—and concrete tools that you can use to become a better problem solver and successfully engage relevant people, whatever the challenge you face.
Summer 2022 and beyond
After we discuss a book, we will add one to the list, so that you can plan your reading for the next few months.
Library
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Agility is what you need to future-proof your business
Any company that wants to last needs to learn the art of agility, best understood as creating flexibility and fostering entrepreneurship at the strategic, organizational and management levels....
Geographical location – or helping to create it – dictates companies’ success
To boost company performance, executives must support the competitiveness of their countries and embrace public-private collaboration to help articulate and implement national strategy, say IMD Professors Arturo Bris and Phil Rosenzweig....
More to explore
Agility is what you need to future-proof your business
Any company that wants to last needs to learn the art of agility, best understood as creating flexibility and fostering entrepreneurship at the strategic, organizational and management levels....
Geographical location – or helping to create it – dictates companies’ success
To boost company performance, executives must support the competitiveness of their countries and embrace public-private collaboration to help articulate and implement national strategy, say IMD Professors Arturo Bris and Phil Rosenzweig....
The holistic approach to value capture – ask four questions
An award-winning book on business model innovation helps leaders engineer their way to success by reframing their businesses in today’s virtual setting...
I by IMD Book Club: 2022 reading list
Our first four books look at topics we believe are relevant for executives right now - from China's retail revolution to how to innovate your business model, supply chain strategy management and...
How to create the right operating system for your business
In this interactive webinar, Shlomo Ben-Hur discusses his book "Leadership OS" with Susan Goldsworthy....
How to harness the competitive advantage of new ideas for business leaders
In this interactive webinar, Martin Reeves, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute, discusses his book The Imagination Machine with Knut Haanaes....