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.

You are not alone

Leaders’ roles have swelled. But help is out there. The purpose of a business is to create a…

What if Women Ran the World?

A thought experiment for Human Rights Month and International Women’s Month Imagine a world run entirely by women….

The art of failing well

Failure is inherent to innovation and can yield valuable lessons. But how can leaders reduce more costly failures…

A repeatable process

Innovation projects are doomed to keep stumbling over the same obstacles unless leaders act to establish processes that…

Beware basic instinct

A fight-or-flight response to AI is understandable, but unwise. In his seminal business book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel…

Vitalizing ecosystems

Innovative businesses position themselves at the heart of networks that draw in both suppliers and customers. In any…

The design activists

Olaf Groth, Terence Tse, Mark Esposito and Dan Zehr The disruption unleashed by the global transition into a…

The ozone-hole solution

An old climate problem shows that global action is possible. Fall was full. Conferences, meetings, and gatherings of…

Bridging cultures

How can Western business leaders master the art of negotiating with Chinese companies? In a globalized economy, the…

Harnessing AI for cooperative advantage

The adoption of AI could reinforce profit-centric thinking – or unlock a more cooperative and sustainable approach to…

The secret to bending time

The amount of time available to us may be fixed – but how we experience it is not….

Fail well – not fast

Don’t abandon failure. Rethink it. Managing risk means handling uncertainty. Some investments will be losers. Some decisions will…