Scenarios Planning + Early Warning Scanning = Strategic Advantage

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

Scenario planning (SP) and early warning scanning (EWS) are considered important to ‘managerial cognition’. They help leaders understand how the future might unfold and they alert top management to new…

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What to Learn from Pirates

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

For as long as capitalism has existed, there have been pirate organizations that have refused to play by the rules and standards set by the state and the ‘legitimate’ business…

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Principles of Competitive Global Talent Management

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: INSEAD    Aalto University School of Business    Pennsylvania State University    Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management    University of Cambridge Judge Business School    Erasmus University Erasmus School of Economics   

A multi-year, collaborative research study set out to examine the steps global companies can take to ensure that they recruit, develop and deploy the right people.  Researchers from institutions including…

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Understanding High-Stakes High-Performers

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of Santiago de Compostela    London School of Economics    Kellogg School of Management   

From the point of view of a decision maker, performance in critical moments matters much more than in other moments. Psychological skills impact that performance, and the pressures faced when…

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Leveraging DNA to Survive in Hostile Business Environments

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management    EMLYON Business School   

Rather than develop strategies for coping with future challenges, managers often blame market turbulence or unexpected events when a crisis occurs. This “corporate déjà vu” takes place in many organizations.…

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