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Series Overview

AI: Disruption and Adaptation

Technology & Innovation

How to Use AI Without Eroding Critical Thinking

M. Tamisier-Fayard, T. Evgeniou, A. Fayard

AI systems should be designed to strengthen diverse thinking, deepen expertise and preserve human agency.

Technology & Innovation

What's Actually New in the AI Risk Debate?

Ö. Koçak, P. Puranam, N. Truong

AI agents have developed the ability to band together. We might need organisation design to contain them.

Technology & Innovation

From Sovereignty to Scale: Europe’s AI Opportunity

INSEAD Knowledge

The large language model race may be over for Europe, but the industrial AI race is just beginning.

Leadership & Organisations

Beyond Automation: How AI Is Changing Management

P. Puranam, P. Gulati, A. Marchetti

AI isn’t only changing what work gets done; it’s also changing how organisations coordinate, allocate authority and manage interdependence.

Blue Ocean Strategy

Strategy

Why Strategy Matters in the Age of AI

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne, M. Ji

The rush to adopt AI risks putting technology before strategy.
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Strategy

A Nondisruptive Approach to the Environment

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne, M. Ji

Companies can help the transition to a greener economy without sacrificing their financial interests.

Strategy

Five Key Insights for Positive-Sum Innovation

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

With the right tools, businesses can innovate and achieve growth without negatively impacting society.

Strategy

An Alternative Path to Innovation and Growth

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

How leaders can innovate and achieve growth without displacing industries, companies or jobs.

Crossroads: Business & Society

Responsibility

Five Global Trends in Business and Society in 2026

F. Veloso, P. Joos

INSEAD faculty identify the top threats and opportunities for business in the year ahead.

Responsibility

Five Global Trends in Business and Society in 2025

P. Joos, K. Le Goulven, F. Veloso

The top threats to business and the greatest opportunities for impact in the year ahead.

Responsibility

Empowering Africa’s Social Enterprises

D. Mathuva, V. D. Rao, A. Ndunge

With the right support, religious sisters are transforming charities into sustainable social enterprises, increasing female leadership along the way.

Responsibility

Lessons in Sustainability

Peter Joos

Why we need to embrace new approaches to research, teaching and learning.

Future of Management

Leadership & Organisations

How Forward-Thinking Boards Are Using AI

S. Shekshnia, V. Yakubovich

Still too few directors recognise AI’s potential to improve preparation, discussion and decision-making in the boardroom. But this may soon change.

Leadership & Organisations

The Age of Intelligence: Questions That Shape a New World

So Yeon Chun

The questions about AI that truly matter for business success — and those that drain executives’ time and focus.
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Leadership & Organisations

Organisations in the Age of Algorithms

Phanish Puranam

History shows that organisations are vital to humankind and vice versa. AI can enhance this relationship, provided we harness it well.

Leadership & Organisations

How the Right Team Can Outshine Star Power

Vlad Mares

The future of innovation belongs not to geniuses but well-combined teams.

Sustainable Business

Operations

Growth Through Sustainability, Backed by Data

K. Cool, J. Liao, A. Izquierdo

How an automative repair company drove both growth and sustainable operations though innovation and reliable data.

Responsibility

Be An Owl: Turn Sustainability Regulations Into Advantage

A. Atasu, L. Van Wassenhove

Better to be seated at the table than to be on the menu.
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Operations

How to Fix A Hidden Climate Threat

M. Thierry, L. Van Wassenhove

Tackling the invisible but growing problem of refrigerant emissions requires more proactive businesses in the ecosystem.

Responsibility

Fast Track to Sustainable Mobility

M. Kioufis, L. Van Wassenhove

How the Le Mans motor race is paving the way for hydrogen-powered cars.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Responsibility

Diversity in the Workplace: An Unexpected Side-Effect

Asher Lawson

High-performing women and racial minorities who defy stereotypes may inflate diversity perceptions in organisations – which can undermine support for their groups.

Responsibility

Rethinking Organisational Well-Being

D. Pollenne, K. Snellman, E. Li

How can we design organisations in which employee well-being forms the basis for – rather than a trade-off against – performance?

Entrepreneurship

The Authenticity Paradox for Minority Founders

K. Snellman, D. Pollene, T. Eng, A. Zhou

Staying true to your roots can help your brand stand out – but is that always a good thing?

Responsibility

Connecting Across Disconnections

K. Snellman, D. Pollenne

Amid recent pushback, maintaining robust diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives will require a coordinated, comprehensive approach.
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Healthcare Management

Operations

How to Make the Most Out of Value-Based Healthcare

S. Chick, S. Hasjia, S. Zorc

The effectiveness of basing healthcare reimbursement policies on health outcomes lies in the ability to align diverse incentives. That’s why contract design matters.

Responsibility

How AI Is Transforming Healthcare Diagnostics

S. Delaye, N.C. Smith

AI is transforming healthcare diagnostics in radiology and pathology. What was a future aspiration is now embedded in clinical workflows worldwide.

Responsibility

Leapfrogging the African Healthcare Gap

R. Aggarwal, S. E. Chick, I. Kivleniece

Entrepreneurs across Africa are tackling infrastructure gaps and driving progress by building scalable, sustainable health systems.

Operations

Bringing Life-Saving Health Innovations to Market: At What Costs?

Stephen E. Chick

Conditional market access schemes can accelerate access to effective new treatments. To better balance their costs and health benefits, collaborative negotiation is key in pricing.

Corporate Governance

Leadership & Organisations

What’s A Board Chair’s Real Role?

Stanislav Shekshnia

Not a leader but an enabler.

Technology & Innovation

How Boards Are Really Governing GenAI Adoption

Andrew Shipilov

An INSEAD survey shows most boards are choosing to reskill workers and lean on partners, not lay people off.

Leadership & Organisations

How Relational Dynamics Affect Boards

Erik van de Loo

For boards to be effective, members must foster a culture of trust, humility, the courage to speak up and the ability to reflect on their actions – and adjust accordingly.

Leadership & Organisations

How Boards Adapt to Owner Dynamics

Massimo Massa

A board’s oversight of a firm and its leadership is fundamentally shaped by owners’ interests.

Gender Initiative

Leadership & Organisations

Can More Women Leaders Be Both Liked and Effective?

Asher Lawson

How women leaders communicate in a crisis – including whether they use gender-stereotypical language – can either support or undermine their position of power.

Career & Development

The Workplace Dynamic Holding Women Back

H. Gueth, N. Bastoli, W. Jiang

Why queen bee syndrome emerges and what leaders and organisations can do to prevent it.

Responsibility

The Curse of Success

Kaisa Snellman

What equality reports don't tell us: why career success still threatens women’s relationships.
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Responsibility

Diversity in the Workplace: An Unexpected Side-Effect

Asher Lawson

High-performing women and racial minorities who defy stereotypes may inflate diversity perceptions in organisations – which can undermine support for their groups.

Covid-19

Operations

How to Boost Health Product Supplies in Developing Regions

Prashant Yadav

Are development banks and philanthropic foundations using the right incentives to encourage global life sciences companies to cater to underserved markets?

Economics & Finance

Covid-19 Furloughs Helped Firms Thrive

M. Bennedsen, B. Larsen, I. Schmutte, D. Scur

Even keeping low-wage workers on the payroll yielded benefits after Covid-19 restrictions ended.

Responsibility

Unravelling the Link Between Socioeconomic Status and Obesity

P. Chandon, M. Langlois

A longitudinal study conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic suggests that stress plays a key role in explaining why obesity is more common among the poor than the rich.
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Operations

Are Our Supply Chains Ready for the Next Global Health Crisis?

Prashant Yadav

We need resilient healthcare supply chains to prepare for the next global health emergency. Here’s how to do it.