strategy+business: THOUGHT LEADERS

John Mackey, cofounder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market, shares lessons learned during his 44-year-long tenure and his vision for the future of health.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/From-Whole-Foods-to-holistic-health-A-founders-story?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=76e74

Tracy Robinson, CEO of CN Rail, speaks to s+b about the company's role in reshaping the rail industry through the growth of intermodal networks, which bring together traditional competitors from ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/CN-Rail-is-forging-new-alliances-to-reimagine-supply-chains?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=1d209

Best-selling author and organizational psychologist Robert Sutton shares insights from his latest book, The Friction Project, which looks at how companies manage obstacles and turn them into bene...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Jargon-monoxide-friction-fixers-and-the-meeting-that-could-have-been-an-email?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=4f7f7

Stephan Gans wants to embed real-time, data-rich insights into PepsiCo's decision-making processes. As the food-and-beverage giant's Chief Consumer Insights and Analytics Officer, he's building a...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Reimagining-consumer-insights-at-PepsiCo?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=d2d8e

In episode two of Voices in Tech, we hear about the synthetic data startup Hazy from its cofounder, Harry Keen, and hear from PwC's Marcus Hartmann about how companies can use their data safely t...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Synthetic-data-A-safer-smarter-solution-for-training-AI?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f7d98

John B. Riggs, CTO and SVP of Applied Technology Solutions at HSB (Hartford Steam Boiler), describes how the company is using technology to build new ventures and create new business models in th...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/From-steam-to-sensors-and-solar-HSBs-tale-of-reinvention?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=1f20f

As Chief Science Officer of Alphabet's innovation arm, David Andre applies AI to moonshot challenges--and sees generative AI as a pivotal new tool in his efforts.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Aiming-AI-at-societys-toughest-challenges?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=49da0

In this first episode of our audio series Voices in Tech, we hear about the talent management startup Retrain.ai from its cofounder Shay David, and PwC's Bhushan Sethi weighs in on the impact ski...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Skills-first-hiring-in-the-era-of-AI?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=396be

How do you prepare a workforce for the future when you don't know what it will bring? Pia Lauritzen delves into the experience of a car manufacturer that leaned into the power of questions to hel...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-to-prepare-for-anything?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f3433

Tom Ehrenfeld reviews What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth, by Matthew May and Pablo Dominguez.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Lean-for-the-modern-company?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=4e922

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO feature, s+b speaks with the leader of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that designs and builds robots for a range of commercial and public safety contex...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Boston-Dynamics-wants-to-change-the-world-with-its-state-of-the-art-robots?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=a9cf6

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO interview, s+b speaks with the leader of Sun Life, a financial-services giant in life insurance and asset management. CEO Kevin Strain discusses his strategy fo...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Sun-Life-is-building-a-culture-of-growth-and-transformation?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=750ce

In this interview, author and advocate Matthew Ball explains why the metaverse, after two years of hype, should still be on the corporate agenda.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-business-leaders-should-think-about-the-metaverse-in-2023?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=21cfc

In her new book, Sally Helgesen looks at the triggers that leave us divided and defeated, and the practices that can help colleagues, teams, and organizations rise together.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Workplace-inclusion-Easier-said-than-done?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=bbb83

Dr. Praveer Sinha, CEO of Tata Power, speaks to strategy+business about India's shift to net zero and the future of the energy sector in the region.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Tata-Powers-pursuit-of-a-renewable-future-for-India?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=0591a

How do you survive--and thrive--after a crisis? The chief information security officer of Equifax offers hard-won advice for leading under pressure, building a strong risk culture, and making sec...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Overcoming-a-cyber-gut-punch-An-interview-with-Jamil-Farshchi?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=18169

Mike Jakeman reviews Escape from Model Land, by Erica Thompson, which contends that overreliance on mathematical models is harmful for decision-making in the real world.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-limitations-of-mathematical-modeling?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f5296

Evangelos Mytilineos, CEO of the 114-year-old Greek conglomerate that bears his family's name, sits down with strategy+business to discuss how his company's aluminum, power plant, solar, and engi...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Powering-the-net-zero-transition-at-Greeces-Mytilineos?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=dab0c

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO Interview, Wendy Clark, chief executive of the global marketing and advertising network Dentsu International, discusses her pursuit of transformation, growth, a...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Dentsu-Internationals-pursuit-of-a-more-conscious-consumerism?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=231fd

We are redesigning work for a hybrid future. As we do so, it is vital to understand the ways that information flows and networks form within organizations, says management expert Lynda Gratton in...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Maintaining-network-connections?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f3983

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO Interview, S.N. Subrahmanyan, chief executive and managing director of Indian engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T), discusses how tec...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Indian-engineering-and-construction-firm-Larsen-Toubro-is-mapping-new-growth?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f1e5f

Human ingenuity has gotten us into a global environmental crisis. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert, it also has the potential to get us out.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/How-innovation-has-been-the-twist-in-our-climate-change-story?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=5d9f4

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO interview, Éric Martel, chief executive of the Canada-based business aviation manufacturer Bombardier, discusses his approach to growth through innovation and ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Canadas-Bombardier-bets-on-business-aviation?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=b859d

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO Interview, Alain Dehaze, chief executive of the Switzerland-based global talent solutions and advisory company the Adecco Group, discusses the future of work--t...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/The-Adecco-Group-navigates-the-new-world-of-work?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=bbc3e

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO Interview, Takehiko Kakiuchi, chief executive of the Japan-based conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation, discusses his plans for a sustainable energy transition an...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Mitsubishi-Corporations-green-transition?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=8629a

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO Interview, Christian Ulbrich, chief executive of the US-based global real estate services company JLL, explains how technology and sustainability are transformi...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Real-estate-company-Jones-Lang-LaSalle-aims-to-build-a-better-world?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=0090c

The works of early thinkers on corporate culture offer an important foundation and yield insights into how to align culture with strategy and energize employees today.

https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/Leaders-should-revisit-the-works-of-three-corporate-culture-pioneers?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=2f615

In this Inside the Mind of the CEO interview, Annikka Hurme, chief executive of the Finland-based dairy and food company Valio, explains how her organization is pursuing innovation to compete in ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Finnish-dairy-company-Valio-is-feeding-the-future?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=43b0b

Thai Union CEO Thiraphong Chansiri speaks to s+b about his approach to growth and innovation amid economic uncertainty, and how his company is prioritizing sustainable fishing practices.

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Global-seafood-company-Thai-Union-innovates-for-a-sustainable-future?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=e3a19

As technology columnist at the Wall Street Journal, Christopher Mims has chronicled the interactions among workers, consumers, and tech. His recent book, Arriving Today, digs deep into how those ...

https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Logistical-feats?rssid=thought-leaders&gko=f894a