An executive education programme created by INSEAD and its partners is making a measurable, enduring impact on early childhood development.

Corporate boards facing the pressure to direct their firms towards greater sustainability can feel conflicted when they see their fiduciary duty as mainly owed to shareholders. But boards cannot turn ...

The authors show that firms with fragile stocks have a lower incentive to repurchase their shares, since the stocks’ high liquidity attenuates the positive price impact of share repurchases. They also ...

When Anna, the chief financial officer of a global manufacturing firm, completed a six-month coaching programme at INSEAD Executive Coaching (IEC), her CEO asked her a simple question: “So, what did ...

Because this transformation is different. AI’s general-purpose nature means it touches every part of the organisation, but there’s no single roadmap to follow because the right application depends on ...

Extraction, power and the dark side of the race for AI dominance. “We really need to think of companies like OpenAI as new forms of empire,” Hao said. “If you consider the sheer economic and political ...

For the fifth year running, the Edelman Trust Barometer has identified business as the leading institution to address urgent issues in society. The 2025 survey – which captured the sentiments of ...

With lockdowns closing schools and offices around the world, it’s become commonplace to see dogs and kids barge into business meetings as the boundaries between work and life have blurred. A seamless ...

Team leadership style doesn’t have to be a personality trait; it can be chosen. Working with an amazing leader is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – not everyone can work with Nelson Mandela or Gandhi ...

Understanding the psychology behind why influencer marketing works. Nathalie made a living promoting fashion brands and products on social media. Initially, she found her work as an influencer ...

What’s even worse than ubiquitous business buzzwords? When those buzzwords are also used interchangeably. Case in point: the terms “platform” and “ecosystem”. Although often conflated, these words ...