Thought Leadership

Duke CE’s article library brings you the latest thinking from our thought leaders in Dialogue, the only truly global journal for managers and leaders.

The ghoul in the machine

Weak AI ethics are bad for business. The Millennial West was a wild place. By 2000, a nascent…

The new physics of leadership

The science of the past cannot shape the future. In 1915, the US chemist William Draper Harkins first…

The great skills race

Equipping populations to thrive in the transformed economy of the future is the space race of the 21st…

Think bits, not atoms

Like voices in an echo chamber, many commentators appear increasingly concerned that the long era of globalization, and…

Be the change

With an outlook formed by a transformative period in South Africa’s history, Swazi Tshabalala is now helping lead…

The hybrid imperative

We must train business leaders to manage both people and AI agents. The 21st-century workplace is undergoing a…

The new logic of enterprise growth

Business and society are being transformed by new technology. We have entered the era of digital civilization. As…

Making a mark

Frank Koo is on a mission to help leaders transform. Having worked at some of Singapore’s most important…

India’s employability problem

High standards of technical education have fueled economic growth on the subcontinent, but too many students still lack…

Collective confidence

Shared belief can power extraordinary achievement, and leaders of any team can harness it if they know how….

The AI gut check

Too many leaders find themselves getting bogged down on AI. Want to move faster? Here’s how. In the…

Remember the human

People are central to organizations’ efforts to accelerate the adoption of new technology. The relentless march of AI…