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Management strategy: three key rules for success

#Management #Strategy

Frédéric Fréry explains why management models like the BCG Matrix and Blue Ocean Strategy are so successful, and what we can learn from it.

04 Aug 2022 2 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How to transform businesses into agile and participative communities

#FutureofWork

The meaning of organisations is changing and Sociocracy can help design businesses that are able to respond to new paradigms like technological advancement and the new generations’ expectations Millennials and ‘Gen Zs’ have in the future workplace.

02 Aug 2022 5 min read
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Their Choice

The sustainable beauty of B Corporations

#Strategy #Sustainability

Interview with Davide Bollati, Chairman of the Davines Group, about why he chose to be part of the global B-Corp movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.

28 Jul 2022 6 min read
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Bold use of green tech can foster a new era of sustainable growth

#Sustainability #TechForGood

New green tech, from vertical farming to 3D printing and plant-based meat, can reconcile economic progress with the production limits of our planet, explains Prof. Philip Meissner.

26 Jul 2022 3 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How do we solve the colossal problems threatening to overwhelm us?

#ExecutiveInsights #Strategy

For Violette Bouveret, the skill that teams need to acquire in order to face overwhelming challenges and avoid paralysis is the capacity to solve complex problems.

22 Jul 2022 2 min read
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What does it mean to be a learning company?

#ContinuousLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment

To uncover the opportunities for corporate learning today, we spoke with BNP Paribas’ leaders in learning & development.

19 Jul 2022 4 min read
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Choose to Lead

How to step out of your comfort zone, grow and thrive, with Andy Molinsky

#ProfessionalDevelopment

How can individuals and teams reach their potential by learning to step outside their personal and cultural comfort zones? We spoke with Andy Molinsky, author of Global Dexterity and Reach, to find out

18 Jul 2022 5 min read
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Their Choice

“Lifelong learning makes it possible to stay relevant”

#Career #Education #Leadership

Ken Chan explains why he keeps undertaking graduate studies, even deciding at the start of the global pandemic to pursue a PhD in business while working full-time in demanding leadership roles.

15 Jul 2022 4 min read
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To practice public speaking, “forget about what you want to say”

#ProfessionalDevelopment

Public speaking and pitching are must-have skills for every entrepreneur. They are the make-or-break point from finding investors to building your team.

13 Jul 2022 4 min read
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Volunteering & giving: how to help your employees be leaders in their communities

#CSR #Leadership

Corporate volunteering has many positive consequences for both employees and companies. Why and how should companies include it in their strategy?

12 Jul 2022 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Lessons from the world’s most sustainable energy companies

#Sustainability

Georgia Makridou writes that sustainability does not mean sacrificing profits or putting success on the back burner. On the contrary, the reward is resilience.

11 Jul 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Eco-anxiety, putting a name on what we are all feeling

#Media #Sustainability

Six ESCP students take a closer look at eco-anxiety and what the media can do about it.

06 Jul 2022 4 min read
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TL;DR

“Many are resigned, and only a few are deserting”

#Management #Sustainability

Large numbers of resignations are being overshadowed by the controversy around the symptoms of the rupture between young people and the “meaning of work”.

01 Jul 2022 5 min read
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Leaders as Chief Truth Officers

#Leadership

Professors Jean-Philippe Bouilloud, Ghislain Deslandes and Guillaume Mercier argue that business leaders no longer have a choice but to assume this ambiguous position requiring specific skills.

29 Jun 2022 7 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How to navigate purpose-driven leadership with Prof. Benoît Heilbrunn

#Leadership

When it comes to purpose, a lot of companies get lost trying to figure out which direction to take. How can one define purpose? Moreover, the purpose of a brand or company?

28 Jun 2022 6 min read
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Global management programmes can help win the escalating ‘talent war’

#HumanResources #Management

Talent management practices can be used to retain high performers and high potential, who like other commodities have become even more scarce in these times of economic crisis.

21 Jun 2022 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

What if performance was driven by strategic agility?

#ExecutiveInsights

How can leaders develop and implement a business strategy that is both suited to market fluctuations and delivers results? Enter strategic agility.

17 Jun 2022 3 min read
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Their Choice

Sustainable investing reimagined

#Finance #Sustainability

A talk with Mamadou-Abou Sarr, the Co-Founder and President of V-Square Quantitative Management about sustainable investing and what the events of 2022 may bring for its markets.

17 Jun 2022 5 min read
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Volunteers are at the frontline of the refugee crisis: here’s how we can help them do a better job

#Management #Ukraine

Amid the war in Ukraine, there are concrete steps organisations can take to prevent emotional exhaustion within volunteers supporting refugees, write ESCP Business School PhD graduate Charlotte Traeger and Profs. Debbie Haski-Leventhal and Kerstin Alfes.

14 Jun 2022 4 min read
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TL;DR

Blitzscaling strategies, the financial blitzkrieg craze

#Strategy

Do you know the story of GoPuff, Gorillas and Getir, among others? Prof. Frédéric Fréry explains how this military doctrine applies to the economic field.

08 Jun 2022 3 min read
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Emotional intelligence, leadership and gender equality in the workplace

#EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership

Why do we often associate emotional intelligence with female leadership? Let’s take a closer look at the preconceptions around gender and emotional intelligence.

07 Jun 2022 4 min read
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Leadership and life in the age of longevity

#Leadership #Management

Carlos Casanueva reflects on what the Total Leadership model, and work-life synergies, can bring to our ever-longer lives.

02 Jun 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Companies must advocate for LGBT rights everywhere in the world, not just where it’s easy

#InclusionDiversity #Leadership

Big business can afford to be a force for progress in countries with hostile laws and can make a strong case. Especially as it does not harm their interests.

02 Jun 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Feared or loved? Leaders who embrace vulnerability succeed!

#Leadership

The time when a leader needed to look tough and outright cold-blooded on every occasion has gone. Nowadays, people expect leaders to show different qualities, among which self-awareness, empathy and integrity. But what about vulnerability?

01 Jun 2022 5 min read
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How to make your business thrive by doing good

#Leadership #Sustainability

Altruistic enterprises can build prosperous and harmonious societies, while enjoying the profits needed to sustain themselves, argue Laurent Marbacher & Isaac Getz.

26 May 2022 5 min read
TL;DR

“Making mistakes is one of the most important learning tools”

#Leadership #Management

Ben Voyer comments on an article about the resignation of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, and shares how he sees failure as an educator and researcher.

24 May 2022 3 min read
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Movie industry: Jenna Suru on how to follow your dreams and light the way for others

#CareerLessons #Media

It’s all about how to get there and how to bridge the gap between your dream and reality.” Jenna Suru is not afraid of challenges. We’ve sat down with her to talk about the movie industry and the many changes it is going through.

20 May 2022 6 min read
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The pros and cons of benevolent management

#Leadership #Management

Ghislain Deslandes and Guillaume Mercier investigated the emergence and practice of benevolence, and teased out some implications for the future of management.

18 May 2022 7 min read
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TL;DR

Want your company to change? Forget management consultancies!

#Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Strategy

Prof. Louis-David Benyayer reflects on an article published by HBR making the case for in-company data.

17 May 2022 2 min read
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Their Choice

Environmental leadership & how to foster change with Deborah Pardo

#Leadership #Sustainability

When dealing with climate change, it is easy to either embrace denial or pessimism.

16 May 2022 7 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Are our choices aimed at the life we want or the life we want to tell (ourselves)?

#Leadership #ProfessionalDevelopment

The experiencing self and remembering self do not value the same things. What would our choices look like if we prioritised one over the other?

13 May 2022 7 min read
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TL;DR

Let’s bring humour to work (no kidding)!

#Leadership #Management

Chiara Succi claims we can learn a lot from research making a serious case for humour in the workplace, but also Mary Poppins!

10 May 2022 3 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

The Metaverse: how do brands fit into this new ecosystem?

#Marketing #Tech

In today’s post-social media world, the growing role of the Metaverse is changing the way brands develop their digital strategies. A flash in the pan or a true online revolution? We spoke to ESCP Professors Michael Haenlein and Andreas Kaplan for their thoughts on this emerging space. Michael HaenleinProfessor ESCP Business School Andreas KaplanProfessor ESCP…

09 May 2022 7 min read
Victor Herrero, ESCP alumnus and CEO of Lovisa
Their Choice

Future of fashion: transforming challenges into opportunities

#DigitalTransformation #Leadership

The Choice spoke with titan of industry Victor Herrero about his vision and experience with the transformation of the business of fashion.

06 May 2022 5 min read
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TL;DR

Accommodating the shift in employee preferences towards flexible work

#FutureofWork #RemoteWork

Wioletta Nawrot comments on a study showing that 54% of employees would quit their jobs if not provided post-pandemic flexibility, recommending a gradual transition.

03 May 2022 3 min read
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Emotional intelligence and how to use it: selling your EQ at your job interview

#Career #EmotionalIntelligence

Béatrice Kosowski, president of IBM France, shares her thoughts on how recruiters and candidates should address the often vague subject of emotional intelligence at work.

02 May 2022 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Agile methods: how can we stop hyper-focusing on clients, and why?

#ExecutiveInsights #Innovation

The agile method of the future? Art Thinking is an alternative to traditional client-focused methods. Its application facilitates innovation and allows the user to create the improbable with certainty.

28 Apr 2022 3 min read
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Audio: a pillar of media innovation in 2022?

#Marketing #Media

We have spoken with Craig Strachan from Amazon podcasts and Joel Ronez from Binge Audio to get tips on how to create a valuable brand podcast experience.

27 Apr 2022 7 min read
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TL;DR

Responsible research can impact our planet’s course

#Research #Sustainability

There is too little public trust in scientists, but we can do something about it before it’s too late!

27 Apr 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How algorithms have changed the media landscape – for better or worse!

#Media #Tech

In today’s era of fake news and social media, one subject is on everyone’s lips: algorithms.

25 Apr 2022 6 min read
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Their Choice

An interview with a Chief Poetic Officer

#Leadership #Media

CEO, CFO, sure, but have you ever heard of a Chief Poetic Officer? Vincent Avanzi discusses the power of poetry in the business world.

20 Apr 2022 6 min read
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How responsible is your customer experience?

#CustomerExperience #Sustainability

Professor Isabella Maggioni talks about what a responsible, sustainable customer experience looks like – and the keys to successfully creating one.

13 Apr 2022 7 min read
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TL;DR

Price rises: speculation does not take place only on the stock exchange

#SupplyChain #Ukraine

Food & beverage specialist Francesco Venuti comments on the latest developments of the inflation situation in the agri-food sector and beyond.

08 Apr 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

What media will the next presidential elections be played on?

#Media #Politics

Does TikTok hold the future of political communications? We’ve asked three stakeholders their views on the present relationship between politics and the media.

07 Apr 2022 7 min read
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TL;DR

Lessons of strategy and management from Game of Thrones

#Management #Strategy

While we wait for the prequel to Game of Thrones, Ghislain Deslandes talks about what managers can learn from the highly popular TV series – or not.

05 Apr 2022 3 min read
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Do we have to set ourselves goals to succeed in life?

#Leadership

We repeat over and over again that you must aim high and never give up. If that is the best way to succeed in life, a fundamental question pops up: how should you choose and set such objectives?

04 Apr 2022 7 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Artificial intelligence in managerial decision-making

#ExecutiveInsights #Tech

While AI does not yet match its cinematic representations, methodologies such as machine learning are turning it into a valuable tool for managers and businesses when it comes to decision-making and creating innovative solutions.

01 Apr 2022 3 min read
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TL;DR

EU Data Act: what impact on value creation?

#BigData #Europe

Louis-David Benyayer reflects on the new rules proposed by the European Commission on who can use and access data generated in the EU.

31 Mar 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How Italy can bring back its entrepreneurs

#Entrepreneurship #Europe

A look into the future of the Italian business ecosystem and how to attract more entrepreneurs with Marcello Tedeschi.

29 Mar 2022 4 min read
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Influencer marketing: why your company can’t live without it and what you can do about it

#Marketing #Strategy

Michael Haenlein and his co-authors explain why Gen Z’s media consumption patterns have given rise to an industry that is here to stay, and what companies should do about it.

28 Mar 2022 6 min read
TL;DR

Play hard, work hard: the metaverse is not just a game

#DigitalTransformation #Tech

Andreas Kaplan comments on an article claiming that Microsoft bought Activision because “gaming is the new social media.”

25 Mar 2022 4 min read
Firmin Zocchetto, the CEO and co-founder of PayFit, one of France’s latest unicorns
Their Choice

They reached $1 billion valuation, what’s next for the French start-up PayFit?

#Entrepreneurship #Finance

With PayFit, one of France’s unicorn startups, Firmin Zocchetto hopes to bring innovation to the payroll process of small and medium businesses.

23 Mar 2022 4 min read
Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How is the next generation reshaping private banking?

Lombard Odier Group experts share insightful analysis stemming from research by students from ESCP’s two Masters in international wealth management led by Profs. Fahmi Ben Abdelkader and Jean-Philippe Mabru.

22 Mar 2022 4 min read
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TL;DR

Platform growth strategy: From the octopus to the metaverse?

#Strategy

Prof. Frédéric Fréry comments on research identifying a growth pattern specific to platforms and wonders if their next evolutionary stage will be the metaverse.

18 Mar 2022 2 min read
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Choose to Lead

Is emotional intelligence the missing ingredient to your success?

#EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership

How can you encourage the development of emotional intelligence within your company, among employees and managers? We’ve asked two specialists: Véronique Tran, professor at ESCP Business School, and Yohan Ruso, CEO and founder of Praditus.

18 Mar 2022 6 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Supply-chain attacks and the delicate fabric of our IT ecosystem

#Strategy #SupplyChain

How business leaders can bolster cybersecurity in the face of a cyber threat.

16 Mar 2022 6 min read
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TL;DR

Can James Bond wait any longer before he switches to Jaguar?

#Finance #Sustainability

Finance specialist Christophe Thibierge discusses the much-postponed release of the latest James Bond movie and Jaguar’s announcement that it will not be launching any new models before 2025.

11 Mar 2022 4 min read
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“Before considering new debt, Europe should make full use of its common debt”

#Europe #Ukraine

On the occasion of the EU summit at Versailles, Jérôme Creel suggests an alternative to deal with the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and to build a “European defence.”

10 Mar 2022 2 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Fighting fake news with extended CSR

#Media #Sustainability

Erwan Lamy and Isabelle Beyneix claim that this genuine epistemic pollution, which undermines democracy and the trust necessary for the proper conduct of business, should be taken into account just like attacks on the environment and on the social climate.

10 Mar 2022 5 min read
TL;DR

Europe brings Poland into line – others may be next

#Europe #Strategy #Ukraine

Prof. Vincent Smith discusses a column in The Economist saying ‘Polexit’ is unlikely but missing a few points, including recovery from Covid in Hungary and the impact of the war in Ukraine.

08 Mar 2022 3 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

“Customers expect a smooth & seamless shopping experience”

#CustomerExperience #Retail

The state of e-commerce with Nathalie Balla, CEO of the leading French retailer La Redoute

08 Mar 2022 6 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Data and the customer experience: getting the best out of big data

#BigData #CustomerExperience

Correctly leveraged, big data can offer huge benefits to any business, but where to start? We spoke to ESCP Professor Louis-David Benyayer and Glanceable co-founder Arthur Cohen about the potential – and pitfalls – of big data when applied to customer experience.

01 Mar 2022 6 min read
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Going beyond the customer: how to make your strategy human-centric?

#CustomerExperience

What should we, as humans in the 21st century, expect from brands and businesses? We explore the idea of a human-centric approach, with Professor of Marketing Charlotte Gaston-Breton.

24 Feb 2022 5 min read
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TL;DR

“Work intensity is a more pressing issue than overtime work”

#HumanResources #Leadership #Management

Prof. Argyro Avgoustaki discusses an article that blames the ‘Great Resignation’ on overwork, which has increased during the Covid-19 era.

24 Feb 2022 3 min read
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Choose to Lead

Some of us are ashamed of asking for help, but companies can fix this!

#Consumption #CustomerExperience

According to Marion Sanglé-Ferrière and Ben Voyer, one person out of three does not dare to turn to the supplier in case of problems. They explain why, and what companies can do to actually help.

22 Feb 2022 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How can green finance respond to the climate emergency?

#ExecutiveInsights #Finance

While there are ever more COPs being held and new commitments being made–with mixed success–all actors in society need to get involved. The financial sector is no exception.

17 Feb 2022 3 min read
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Choose to Lead

How user-centric co-innovation has been driving digital transformation at Faurecia

#CustomerExperience #DigitalTransformation

Martin Kupp and Joe Peppard shed light on the digital transformation road map of this global automotive component manufacturer, which has been largely driven by the digitalisation of the customer experience with Accenture.

14 Feb 2022 7 min read
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Their Choice

No one puts this chemist in a corner

#Inclusion #WomenInBusiness

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we interviewed MBA alumna and Doctor of chemistry Valérie-Anne Ramis Cladera.

11 Feb 2022 6 min read
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Choose to Lead

Overcoming fair-trade products’ price disadvantage with clever pricing decisions

#Marketing #Sustainability

Prof. Robert Wilken & PhD student David Bürgin’s research shows that by making consumers aware of their ethicality and sustainability benefits, partitioned pricing can help increase the sales of fair-trade products.

10 Feb 2022 6 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How are tech innovations shaping the future of customer experience?

#CustomerExperience #Tech

Every business owner knows it: to succeed in an ever-changing world where competition is global, managing to create a meaningful, positive relationship with customers is key. Which many have done by building a quality customer experience and relationship management system. However, these last decades of technological innovation and global change have also shaken to the…

09 Feb 2022 7 min read
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Choose to Lead

When choice overload makes it too hard to choose

#Leadership #Well-Being

We are culturally programmed, in a certain way, to think that freedom of choice will bring us love, prosperity and satisfaction. But is this always the case? Sophie Guignard explains why too many choices makes it hard to choose.

09 Feb 2022 6 min read
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TL;DR

European economy climate stress test: companies have a lot more to lose than the ECB thinks

#Sustainability

Although the first climate stress test in the euro area has not really grasped the scale and the true nature of the risks climate change will pose to the economy and businesses, it confirms the need to take them seriously, say Profs. Aurélien Acquier and Jérôme Creel.

08 Feb 2022 3 min read
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Their Choice

Spread love in organisations: interview with Naji Gehchan, co-founder and host of Spreadloveio.com

#Leadership

When it comes to business, ‘love’ might not be the first four-letter word that leaps to mind – but for Naji Gehchan, it’s the crucial ingredient in guaranteeing exceptional results.

03 Feb 2022 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Closing the ‘green gap’ to create sustainable value

#Sustainability

ESCP Prof. Julien Schmitt provides guidelines for managers and policymakers to reduce this gap between consumers’ positive attitudes toward sustainability and environment protection, and actual consumption behaviours.

03 Feb 2022 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

A full picture of customer preferences and behaviours for 2022

#CustomerExperience #Tech

The way we interact with brands has changed very quickly over the past few years and even more so since 2019. ESCP alumnus and Customer Experience specialist Julien Hervy outlines some of the key CX trends to note in 2022.

01 Feb 2022 7 min read
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The key to succeeding as an entrepreneur: create a community

#Entrepreneurship

When it comes to starting your own business, the first hurdle is often at the very beginning. We talked to experts in entrepreneurship Maëva Tordo and Rand Gerges Yammine on the key to starting out as you mean to go on. The secret? Finding – and building – your community.

01 Feb 2022 5 min read
TL;DR

Lab rats: management misery made in Silicon Valley

#Management #Tech

Prof. Ghislain Deslandes reviews a book which takes a critical look at some of the modern-day practices of the gig economy.

31 Jan 2022 3 min read
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Their Choice

The future of farming is regenerative agriculture

#Sustainability

Interview with Mateusz Ciasnocha, the regenerative farmer from the Ciasnocha Family Farm in Poland’s Żuławy Wiślane region and the CEO of European Carbon Farmers.

21 Jan 2022 7 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

“Consumers need means of escape and self-development”

#CustomerExperience #Well-Being

Prof. Charlotte Gaston-Breton explains how consumers’ everyday experiences can regulate the negative feelings induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how brands can help improve their well-being.

19 Jan 2022 5 min read
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TL;DR

Don’t look up: when technological ‘opiumism’ leads the way

#Innovation #Sustainability

PhD candidate Yaëlle Amsallem argues that the movie’s script is not very different from what is happening today.

18 Jan 2022 3 min read
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Use emotional intelligence to strengthen your leadership skills

#ExecutiveInsights

When we study the greatest leaders, they all tend to share a rare and exciting skill: high emotional intelligence. How can an individual inspire others? With emotional intelligence!

12 Jan 2022 2 min read
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Is humility the new smart?

#Leadership #Management

Learning from errors seems to be a key competence in today’s workplace, but how much people actually learn varies quite a bit and much depends on people’s humility, as Prof. Christoph Seckler reveals.

11 Jan 2022 4 min read
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Their Choice

What if you could retire at 33?

#CareerLessons

Interview with Victor Lora, a practitioner of frugalism dedicated to helping others retire as early as possible.

04 Jan 2022 4 min read
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Their Choice

Helping refugees by making inclusion a high-value investment for companies

#Diversity #Entrepreneurship #Inclusion

Interview with Théo Scubla, the CEO of each One, a company intent on making a positive impact by creating synergies between refugees and companies.

17 Dec 2021 6 min read
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So you want to be an entrepreneur? Here’s how to get started when starting your own business

#Education #Entrepreneurship

It might sound surprising, but not all entrepreneurship journeys have to start with a business background – or even a well-defined “big idea”. Prof. René Mauer and Niuversity founder Fadi Alshalabi put some of the myths to rest.

16 Dec 2021 7 min read
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“Entrepreneurship is about more than fundraising”

#Entrepreneurship #Strategy

We spoke to entrepreneur Alexandre Bonetti, CEO and co-founder of French startup Simplébo, about the importance of maintaining an independent approach to entrepreneurship and fundraising.

14 Dec 2021 5 min read
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“Refugees bring a lot to the table”

#Entrepreneurship #Uncertainty

In this interview, entrepreneurship expert Yi Dragon Jiang talks about what refugee entrepreneurs teach us about growing a business in the face of disruption.

13 Dec 2021 4 min read
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Why innovation cannot be prescribed – but should be stimulated

#Entrepreneurship #Innovation

There is no point in actually instructing individuals or teams to innovate, but an organisation can definitely create the right condition for it. Nico von Delius, Global Finance Director Marketing and Sales at Siemens Electrical Products, and Professor of Entrepreneur René Mauer explain how they did just that.

09 Dec 2021 5 min read
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Innovation must become more inclusive and sustainable

#Inclusion #Innovation #Sustainability

Prof. Rand Gerges-Yammine comments on a video by The Economist showing how covid-19 is boosting innovation.

09 Dec 2021 3 min read
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Bad decisions put to the test on Mount Everest

#Leadership

“I’ve put too much of myself into this mountain to quit now . . .” Author and ESCP alumna Sophie Guignard takes a closer look at why we sometimes make “bad choices” with the example of the fatal 1996 climb of Mount Everest.

06 Dec 2021 6 min read
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Art and entrepreneurship to help those in need: interview with Jo Bautista

#Covid-19 #Entrepreneurship

Jo Bautista is an artist and social entrepreneur. In 2020, as Covid-19 disrupted our lives, she launched SendtoGive, a social business that combines art and impact.

02 Dec 2021 5 min read
Julia Koikai, the founder of Odupa.
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Drawing from female entrepreneurship in rural Kenya – fostering frugal innovation within tribal constraints

#Entrepreneurship #InclusionDiversity #Leadership

Alisa Sydow and Funké Michaels outline how one can learn from Maasai tribeswomen’s example to manage and grow businesses despite challenges.

30 Nov 2021 5 min read
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Do we still need work friends?

#Well-Being #Workplace

With remote work no longer a nice-to-have but a requirement in the new normal, do people still believe in the necessity to make friends at work?

29 Nov 2021 6 min read
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“What they’re not telling you about…” your available brain time.

#Media #Productivity

As one internet user said over a decade ago, “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”

26 Nov 2021 4 min read
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Entrepreneurship as a student, good or bad idea?

#CareerLessons #Entrepreneurship

According to Julian Ivaldy, Co-founder & Head of Growth at TheSecretCompany.co, everyone can be an entrepreneur: if you are an employee, unemployed, a retiree, a student …

23 Nov 2021 6 min read
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The why & how behind personal branding for entrepreneurs

#Branding #Entrepreneurship

Calling all entrepreneurs, is your personal brand a priority? If not, it should be according to ESCP professors of entrepreneurship Marc Sasserath and Benjamin Voyer.

22 Nov 2021 7 min read
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What minimalism taught me about risk-management as an entrepreneur in the film industry

#Entrepreneurship #Media

Founder & CEO of Belle Époque Films Jenna Suru shares how she practices minimalism to better manage her business.

17 Nov 2021 5 min read
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Learning to create value in the highly uncertain post-Covid-19 era

#Covid-19 #Entrepreneurship #Leadership

To make decisions in such an unpredictable context, and indeed survive and thrive, companies need an exploratory mindset. For that, they must set aside standard risk management and develop tools and methods borrowed from the field of entrepreneurship, where uncertainty is the norm.

10 Nov 2021 5 min read
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Three essentials before setting up an intrapreneurship programme

#Innovation

Intrapreneurship programmes are an excellent way to accelerate innovation within a firm, but their implementation is not just plug and play. Here are three things Christian Stumpf, Christoph Seckler and Peter Borchers have learned (sometimes the hard way).

09 Nov 2021 5 min read
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The pursuit of your Founder-Market Fit

#Entrepreneurship #Strategy

Lesson #1 from my last 30 months of co-founding companies: the business you create must make sense to your Founder-Market Fit (or Human-Market Fit). This will be a determining factor for your company’s success and your personal fulfillment.

03 Nov 2021 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

With and beyond SDGs: how can businesses adapt to a world of challenges?

#CSR #SDGs

Luca Osvaldo Uccello, Corporate Social Responsibility Officer at United Nations Global Compact*, French Local Network, and an alumnus of ESCP Business School, shares his take on where businesses stand with the SDGs today.

02 Nov 2021 5 min read
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TL;DR

Facebook’s Metaverse: A nightmare turning into reality?

#SocialMedia

ESCP Prof. Andreas Kaplan draws upon his past research on Second Life and virtual worlds to reflect on the potential consequences of Facebook’s Metaverse.

02 Nov 2021 3 min read
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How to create sustainable value? Learn from Interface’s 25-year journey

#Leadership #Sustainability

Prof. Olivier Delbard explores the key features of this pioneer in the field of corporate sustainability, with a focus on how the company created sustainable value for its stakeholders while radically rethinking and redesigning its business model.

29 Oct 2021 5 min read
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The purposeful career: how to do good and attract talents with the UN’s SDGs

#Career #HumanResources

How can companies implement successful policies to attract and retain talents who are increasingly sensitive to CSR concerns? In order to find out, we contacted the CEO of Birdeo, a recruitment agency specialised in chasing CSR talents.

28 Oct 2021 5 min read
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Set your start-up or firm apart with Sustainable Development Goals

#Entrepreneurship #SDGs

How can entrepreneurs help achieve the UN SDGs? ESCP Professor Robert Sheldon discusses the implications of sustainability on your business goals.

28 Oct 2021 5 min read
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Integrating Sustainable Development Goals within companies’ strategies and corporate reporting

#SDGs #Strategy

Drawing on the experience of Pepsico and City Developments Limited, Prof. Fabrizio Granà analyses the role organizations can play in promoting and achieving the SDGs, and the potential advantages they can obtain by leveraging the interconnections between these and Integrated Reporting.

27 Oct 2021 5 min read
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As a manager, how can I help to implement SDGs at work?

#Management #SDGs

Ensuring ground-level support for SDGs is crucial. We spoke to two experts in the sustainability field to get their advice on successfully working towards the UN SDGs as a manager

26 Oct 2021 5 min read
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Dominant and arrogant: the truth about leadership

#Leadership #Management

Prof. Ghislain Deslandes reviews a book on leadership where self-honesty, concern for others and generosity in leadership are all “bullshit”.

21 Oct 2021 3 min read
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UN, mobility & data: a dangerous liaison?

#SDGs

Are we ready to share our data for the common good of accessible mobility? Roberto Chrétien takes a look at the challenges ahead for UN SDG 11.2.

20 Oct 2021 5 min read
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Business for degrowth: a flip in perspective for truly sustainable development?

#SDGs #Sustainability

A recent McKinsey report estimates that €28 trillion will need to be invested in “clean” technologies over the next 30 years to decarbonize Europe – money that would otherwise largely go into carbon-intensive technologies. While redirecting capital in the interest of environmental protection is a supportable approach, McKinsey’s report continues to advocate the logic of…

14 Oct 2021 5 min read
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When was the last time you charged your batteries?

#Management #Well-Being

ESCP Professor Chiara Succi takes a look at how the digital work environment threatens mental well-being and what we can do to keep our batteries charged.

13 Oct 2021 4 min read
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TL;DR

“The case of Danone does not show that ESG and profitability concerns are incompatible”

Prof. Christophe Thibierge analyses Emmanuel Faber’s dismissal from the shareholders’ point of view thanks to a new tool which could prove useful.

12 Oct 2021 4 min read
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Flying high at HOP

#SDGs #Tech

In this interview, ESCP Business School PhD candidate Laetitia Vasseur talks about the association she created to oppose planned obsolescence, which is at the origin of Apple being fined €25 million.

08 Oct 2021 6 min read
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7 tips to make the most of your remote meetings

#Management #RemoteWork

With remote meetings not going anywhere anytime soon, how can you make sure your meetings run as smoothly as possible? Specialist in leadership and intercultural management in remote contexts, Béatrice Rivas-Siedel shares a few essential tips to keep in mind.

07 Oct 2021 3 min read
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“The energy market is showing us that ditching fossil fuels is a fantasy”

#EnergyTransition #Europe

International oil economist Mamdouh G Salameh reacts upon the IEA’s claim that the global energy crisis has nothing to do with Europe’s energy transition plans.

04 Oct 2021 4 min read
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Making decisions in times of uncertainty

#Entrepreneurship #Uncertainty

Prof. Louis-David Benyayer reflects on a podcast giving some useful pointers for making better decisions in an increasingly uncertain world.

01 Oct 2021 3 min read
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Up-skilling, adaptability: why every business needs a learning culture

#ContinuousLearning #Strategy

Contrary to what one might think, learning is a continuous process that lasts all of our lives and is not limited to our youngest years. To understand how companies can foster a positive learning culture, we called upon the expertise of Sara Scapinello, People & Organization Development Director at Lavazza, and ESCP’s Simon Mercado.

30 Sep 2021 5 min read
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“If you stop learning, your team will stop.” A culture of progress starts with you

#ContinuousLearning #Leadership

ESCP alumna turned employee Emily Centeno shares how she approaches continuous learning to better herself and her team.

29 Sep 2021 5 min read
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Human and behavioural skills – must-have tools for the employee of tomorrow?

#ContinuousLearning #FutureofWork

We speak to entrepreneurship expert Prof. René Mauer and skills coach Marta Carballal to find out how today’s employees can prepare for the workplace of tomorrow.

24 Sep 2021 5 min read
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TL;DR

Offices should be more than just a place to work

#FutureofWork #Workplace

Profs. Ben Voyer and Emmanuelle Léon exchange views on an article about the growing number of people who have started jobs and left them without having once met their colleagues in person.

22 Sep 2021 4 min read
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Environmental awareness: a new essential skill for employees?

#FutureofWork #Sustainability

The workplace of today is greener than ever. So, how important is an environmental mindset for the future of work?

21 Sep 2021 6 min read
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How to fail quickly and learn from your mistakes

#ContinuousLearning

According to science, failure could indeed, when not downright positive, at least be necessary for us to truly succeed. In fact, a failure-free road to success may not exist.

16 Sep 2021 6 min read
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Why surfing is an antidote to the relentless march of capitalism

#Leadership #Sports

In a world where transhumanists seek to use technology to save humanity, and even to defeat death, surfing reminds humans of our staggering insignificance, explains PhD candidate Yaëlle Amsallem.

15 Sep 2021 4 min read
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In art as in entrepreneurship, creation is nothing without destruction

#Entrepreneurship #Innovation

All too often, creativity is assumed to be synonymous with the creation of new ideas. But anybody can have an idea. What really matters is the capacity to destroy in order to bring your ideas to life.

14 Sep 2021 3 min read
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Industry is better prepared for the post-crisis era

#DigitalTransformation #Industry4.0

Even if it has been affected in an unprecedented way by the Covid-19 crisis, the industrial sector has shown a remarkable ability to adapt, explains professor Géraldine Galindo.

09 Sep 2021 4 min read
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Time to reimagine how we lead virtual teams during and post-Covid-19

#Leadership #RemoteWork

ESCP Business School Prof. Petros Chamakiotis’s research on the topic shows what e-leaders can do to make their teams sustainable and high-performing.

06 Sep 2021 3 min read
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Putting tech at the service of entrepreneurial inclusion, with AirStarter programme

#Entrepreneurship #InclusionDiversity

Founder of Time2Start, Hawa Dramé shares her take on inclusive entrepreneurship as an avenue for individual and community development, and how she is working to capture this potential.

03 Sep 2021 4 min read
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There’s never been a better time to become a lifelong learner

#ContinuousLearning

According to Dean Andreas Kaplan, “with the rise of artificial intelligence, automation, and corresponding upskilling, early-life degrees will most likely no longer suffice for the whole of a career.”

02 Sep 2021 4 min read
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Taking up the field as women: the question of gender equality in sports

#Inclusion #Sports

Former President of the French Professional Football league Nathalie Boy de la Tour and Adèle Stern, a former high-level athlete (modern pentathlon) and member of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for Olympic and Paralympic Games, share their experiences and take on gender equality in sports.

19 Aug 2021 6 min read
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TL;DR

How uncertainty can generate opportunities and boost performance

#Entrepreneurship #Uncertainty

Prof. Louis-David Benyayer takes a look at a scientific paper claiming that although it has bad press, uncertainty can be turned into a performance lever.

17 Aug 2021 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

COVID-19: How the pandemic has made football’s structural problems worse

#Finance #Sports

The Covid crisis has raised a certain number of fundamental questions about the future of the sport concerning its organisation, its governance and more broadly the viability of clubs’ business models.

10 Aug 2021 6 min read
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A generation in search of meaning: inventing tomorrow’s business

#CSR #GenerationZ

ESCP student and activist Grégoire Cazcarra shares his choice to become a leader in his community and explains what this generation of activists means for the future of work.

03 Aug 2021 4 min read
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TL;DR

Boring brands are better at creating buzz!

#Branding #Marketing

Prof. Benoît Heilbrunn reviews a study to explain why products and brands that are considered to be boring spark as much buzz as those that are not.

29 Jul 2021 2 min read
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On the importance of family and planet

#FamilyBusiness #Sustainability

“My career was never what interested me.” Founder of Nature et Découvertes François Lemarchand shares how his love of nature and adventure inspired him to create a shop dedicated to encouraging customers to protect the Earth.

27 Jul 2021 4 min read
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The weight of the rule: lessons from sport

#CSR #Sports

With the issue of health and safety at work even more critical today, how can the way the sports world addresses rules help managers create positive safety behaviours among their teams?

26 Jul 2021 5 min read
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Fostering strong brand communities and values through the example of sports

#Branding #Sports

Chief Brand Officer EGG Group & Head of EGG Sports Olivier Peulvast discusses what makes sports brands unique and what we can all learn from them, whether we are talking eSports, influencers or just good old sports values.

22 Jul 2021 5 min read
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Why we should train the new generation with sports and game-based learning – Play Your Future

#Education #Sports

Beniamino Savio, CEO of AWE Sport and an ESCP alumnus, shares his passion for education and sports, and how combining both can help young people prepare for the future.

20 Jul 2021 4 min read
TL;DR

The G7 agreement on a 15% minimum global tax rate: a significant step but a long road ahead

#Leadership

Financial compliance expert Michel Perez gives The Choice his take on the G7’s tax-rate agreement, and the potential obstacles lying ahead.

13 Jul 2021 4 min read
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From a near-death experience to sustainable tourism: “The time for a change had come.”

#Sustainability #Tourism

James Wight shares how he went from being stuck on a rowing boat in the middle of the Pacific to founding a company dedicated to responsible adventures.

12 Jul 2021 5 min read
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Will VR soon replace the open-plan office? A closer look at the post-Covid workplace

#FutureofWork #RemoteWork

The Covid-19 crisis has propelled remote work from ‘uncommon practice’ to ‘globally accepted way of working’ in just a few months.

09 Jul 2021 4 min read
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From the pitch to pitching: what can entrepreneurs learn from athletes?

#Entrepreneurship #Sports

Sports and entrepreneurship are about achievement, team spirit and persistence – and for both, pitches are essential.

08 Jul 2021 4 min read
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Bicycle Race: how Covid-19 changed the bike industry (or not)

#SupplyChain #Sustainability

With increased demand and supply chain issues, the pandemic has had an impact on the bike industry the world over. But not always in the ways we imagine.

07 Jul 2021 3 min read
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What makes a facilitator of change?

#FacilitatorsOfChange

There are those who have the big ideas, and there are the people who help bring these ideas to life. Let’s call them “facilitators of change”.

06 Jul 2021 5 min read
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The Future of Football

#CustomerExperience #Sports

Football has long been a leader in innovation in both sport and society, albeit often reluctantly.

05 Jul 2021 6 min read
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TL;DR

How a movie about a giant modified pig can question our vision of TechForGood

#TechForGood

Prof. Aurélien Acquier writes about the science fiction movie Okja, which says a lot about our response to environmental issues.

02 Jul 2021 4 min read
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TL;DR

Leveraging blockchain for financial inclusion

#Inclusion

Prof. Alisa Sydow comments on the announcement by UNICEF of the first cohort of blockchain investments building solutions toward financial inclusion to receive funding. To her, blockchain-based applications have great potential provided aspects of sustainability are integrated in their development.

02 Jul 2021 2 min read
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Why LGBT+ inclusion is a key to long-term success in business

#Inclusion #Management

Diversity in the workplace is only one part of the equation for successful business performance, the other being actively creating an inclusive environment where employees can express their authentic selves.

01 Jul 2021 5 min read
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The smartness of cities lies in its citizens

#SDGs #Tech

Prof. Ben Voyer looks at the role of citizens, who often took the back seat to technology in smart city projects, and how the pandemic may have helped change this.

29 Jun 2021 3 min read
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TechForGood: what can we really do with technology to achieve good?

#TechForGood

How can business leaders create meaningful change through technology? We take a closer look at the TechForGood movement with two ESCP professors Aurélien Acquier & Terence Tse.

29 Jun 2021 6 min read
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Japan’s Study Sapuri: Edtech to the rescue

#Education #Tech

In the wake of Covid-19, edtech companies were quick to turn a crisis into an opportunity. Japan’s Study Sapuri is a case in point.

29 Jun 2021 3 min read
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Privacy in the face of IoT

Prof. Sandrine Macé explains why a privacy-by-design approach must be taken to build connected objects with a view to privacy-protecting connectivity.

28 Jun 2021 4 min read
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Sustainability in Fashion: Taking steps off the Runway

#Sustainability #TechForGood

Following the success of their SPF Runway competition, ESCP students reflect on the sustainability challenges facing the fashion industry and where new technologies can make a difference with the example of Staiy.

28 Jun 2021 5 min read
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“It was now the time to feel free and to be able to bring my whole self to work”

#Inclusion #Leadership

What can business leaders do to make sure they are creating an environment where every employee feels comfortable being themselves? To answer this question and more, The Choice spoke to Dame Inga Beale.

25 Jun 2021 4 min read
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We met the founder of Europe’s largest vertical farm

#Sustainability #TechForGood

Three ESCP students are on a tour of Europe to uncover sustainable agricultural practices to feed a growing population. First stop, Denmark’s Nordic Harvest.

24 Jun 2021 4 min read
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A SPAC dream come true?

Prof. Hamed Ghiaie and his co-author explain why this new investment vehicle has the wind in its sails despite the economic situation, as illustrated by what recently happened with WeWork or the songs devoted to it by a rap artist/investor.

23 Jun 2021 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Better, more inclusive education: how will edtech reinvent the way we learn

#Education #Tech

“At some point last year, 1.6 billion students, and as many parents, have experienced edtech solutions in some shape or form.” CEO of EdTechX, Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet shares his take on the future of edtech.

23 Jun 2021 6 min read
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How can big data help to understand, apprehend and control a pandemic?

#BigData #TechForGood

Covid-19 is unlikely to be the last pandemic the world will see. But what if big data could make it possible to identify the emergence of a new disease and predict its capacity to become a pandemic?

22 Jun 2021 7 min read
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“Deep tech can have a profound effect on the future of our civilization”

In this interview, Prof. Martin Kupp explains why he decided to co-found a start-up aiming to make clean energy reliable and affordable with an EMBA student, and thus contribute to moving deep tech out of the lab.

21 Jun 2021 4 min read
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“People tell me: your charts help me understand the situation”

#BigData #Covid-19

Interview with Elias Orphelin, a 22-year-old student who took to Twitter to help France better understand the pandemic thanks to data visualisation.

18 Jun 2021 5 min read
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How to successfully integrate social robots and AI into your business

#AI #CustomerExperience

Prof. Hector Gonzalez explains which factors organisations should consider in order to make the most of these technologies’ potential advantages.

15 Jun 2021 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

3 motivational levers behind Gen Z’s choices in the workplace

#GenerationZ #Workplace

The individuals of Generation Z are the future workforce. But what do they think about the existing situation and what do they want to change? Are they trying to shape the future?

11 Jun 2021 4 min read
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AI for good: The case of using the technology for ESG

#AI #BigData

Prof. Terence Tse argues that AI could provide more accurate and timelier ESG-related data, which could in turn help improve the various ESG indices and enable investors to make more informed investment decisions in companies that are truly ESG-compliant.

09 Jun 2021 5 min read
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Human consciousness challenged by data

#AI #BigData

Prof. Ghislain Deslandes reviews a book which examines what might happen to the world when old myths are coupled with new godlike technologies, such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering.

09 Jun 2021 3 min read
A teenage girl and mother teaching the grandmother how to use a tablet.
Tomorrow's Choices, Today

“The crisis has led to a general awakening to the challenges of digital inclusion”

#Covid-19 #Inclusion #Tech

To understand the challenges surrounding digital and social inclusion, The Choice met with Jean Deydier, CEO of WeTechCare, a social start-up aiming to close the digital divide.

07 Jun 2021 6 min read
TL;DR

Non-fungible tokens are transforming art for good

#Culture #NFT

Prof. Michael Haenlein comments on an article from the New York Times about the ‘NFT Mania’ gathering pace.

03 Jun 2021 3 min read
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Like any adventure, I didn’t know exactly where it would lead.

#SocialEntrepreneurship

Founder of 20 Questions to the World, Cyril Bruyelle shares his choice to go out in the world and discover what unites us as humans, rather than what divides us.

02 Jun 2021 4 min read
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An opportunity to rebuild cities better than before

#RealEstate #Workplace

Real estate expert Francesca Heathcote comments on an article claiming that the pandemic economy has accelerated the need to reinvent the office market.

01 Jun 2021 2 min read
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“An opportunity to rethink what we do in the office and what we do remotely”

#FutureofWork #Management

Professor Emmanuelle Léon discusses the pandemic’s impact on the way we work. Where are businesses today and what challenges are to come? Stick with us to find out.

31 May 2021 6 min read
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Slasher culture and side hustles: getting to grips with the world of freelancing

#CareerLessons #FutureofWork

The current pandemic has changed the way many of us work, with freelance working enjoying significant time in the spotlight. Feeling nervous about taking the plunge? Let’s get a closer look at freelancing in the age of COVID.

28 May 2021 6 min read
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How do you bring employees back to the office – and do you want to?

#FutureofWork #HR

When the pandemic is finally over, will we be going back to the office like before? Alain d’Iribarne, an economist specialised in work-related sociology, along with Kévin Duchier, HR Director of Germinal, provide some insights.

27 May 2021 4 min read
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The Real Intelligence Behind Artificial Intelligence: Collaboration

#AI #Innovation

A tool by itself is useless. It takes a person to make the most out of it. Artificial intelligence as it stands today is nothing more than a tool.

25 May 2021 3 min read
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Family business: a double-edged structure

#FamilyBusiness #Leadership

Inspired by a 2020 survey from Deloitte, Victoria Chantron, ESCP student and writer for Streams, outlines some of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing family businesses.

21 May 2021 2 min read
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Investigating the future of the workplace with Aircall

#FutureofWork

Jonathan Anguelov launched Aircall in 2014 with his co-founder Olivier Pailhes. Were they thinking they would revolutionise the way people make phone calls back then? Maybe. What they could not foresee was the way a global pandemic would likely change forever how we work and communicate.

20 May 2021 5 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

Suspending vaccine patents: What the pandemic tells us about generosity and politics

#Covid-19 #Innovation

Prof. Frédéric Jallat analyses President Joe Biden’s support to wave off intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines, and what it says about world geopolitics.

19 May 2021 4 min read
TL;DR

Logistics workers keeping the global supply chain moving can also disrupt it

#Management #SupplyChain

Prof. Valentina Carbone & PhD candidate Tra-My Le review a book showing how these workers constituting the backbone of supply chains can use their power to resist poor working conditions.

18 May 2021 4 min read
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Tomorrow's Choices, Today

How is COVID-19 impacting the future of work in Asia?

#FutureofWork

Managing Partner of McKinsey’s Vietnam office, Bruce Delteil emphasizes the importance of reskilling and upskilling displaced workers in Asia in preparation for the “next normal”.

17 May 2021 3 min read
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Choose to Lead

How sustainable will your corporate travel be post-Covid?

#Sustainability

With a long road to recovery ahead, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented the opportunity for companies to reconsider their business travel habits and develop sustainable travel policy guidelines.

12 May 2021 5 min read
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TL;DR

The future of online education will take place in Learning eXperience Platforms

#DigitalTransformation #Education

By bridging the gap between the worlds of education and business, Learning Experience Platforms rethink the learning experience with more human interaction through advanced digital tools.

11 May 2021 3 min read