What to read to understand central banking (by the Economist)

Four books and a paper on the most powerful wonks in the world Few words are listened to and scrutinized as closely as those uttered by central bankers. Those bankers control the steering wheel of the macroeconomy by setting interest rates and influencing expectations...

L’Oréal: the beauty of supply chain digitalization (by IMD)

French beauty company L’Oréal first embarked on its digital transformation journey more than a decade ago. Today, it provides an excellent case study of effective, successful digital transformation. L’Oréal’s journey emphasizes the role of senior leadership in setting...

Reading corporate culture from the outside (The Economist)

“It is becoming a bit easier to peer inside firms Culture eats strategy for breakfast, runs the aphorism. It also projectile vomits employees who don’t fit in. In a survey conducted earlier this year by Flexjobs, an employment site, culture was the most common...

How smarter AI will change creativity (by The Economist)

The promise and perils of a breakthrough in machine intelligence Picture a computer that could finish your sentences, using a better turn of phrase; or use a snatch of melody to compose music that sounds as if you wrote it (though you never would have); or solve a...