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Whether they are running a start-up, family business or a corporation, entrepreneurs are shaping the world of tomorrow. In the Entrepreneurship section, you will learn how entrepreneurship is shaping businesses and society alike, through new business models, products and innovations.

Entrepreneurs are helping to actively shape the world of tomorrow. Through innovations, new business models and products, they develop solutions for the big challenges facing us all in the future. That is what makes entrepreneurship absolutely central to social change. Entrepreneurship comes in many different forms, and entrepreneurial action is just as diverse: young start-up founders or enterprising serial entrepreneurs may behave very differently from a seasoned head of a family business that has been around for generations. Our Insights articles aim to shed light on different facets of entrepreneurship.

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William Ury has been at the centre of many of the world’s most intractable conflicts. In this interview, he shares his insights on how to defuse the toughest stand-offs.

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New work seems to be an omnipresent topic. Hans Rudolf Maag, Executive Head of the Liechtenstein Academy, explains what new forms of organisation are all about and how they can be successfully implemented.

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New organisational models are turning the world of work on its head by doing away with bureaucracy and hierarchies, and making room for greater innovation, flexibility and creativity. These changes in the organisational landscape have emerged in response to the evolution of the workplace -...

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"People first" has become a buzzword, a form of corporate lip service that often nods to the importance of employees without offering any action to back it up.

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Is New Work a passing fad, or a trend that will shape how companies operate in the future?

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Flexible work models that allow employees to have a say in how they work may be the way of the future. And according to recent studies, they can also have financial benefits for companies.

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"Culture eats strategy for breakfast" is more than a pithy aphorism attributed to management consultant Peter Drucker. It's a philosophy that says that strategy might set the course, but it's the culture - the deeply ingrained ethos of an organisation or team - that navigates its path to success.

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New technologies that connect to the human brain promise to help millions of patients with debilitating diseases as well as the world’s growing ageing population.

Companies and investors are racing to make sense of the latest AI boom. But the verdict is still out on which artificial intelligence tools truly boost productivity and improve the bottom line.

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"Negotiation starts from the inside out"

"New forms of work are successful if employees have a say"

From Agile to Zappos: New organisational models and the companies embracing them

The power of "People First" leadership

The revolution taking place at the office

New work models and the flexitariat: here to stay?

Culture vulture: Keeping an eagle eye on culture helps companies soar

Jacking into the cortex: The promising future of brain-computer interfaces

Generative AI: A few good use cases

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"Negotiation starts from the inside out"

"New forms of work are successful if employees have a say"

From Agile to Zappos: New organisational models and the companies embracing them

The power of "People First" leadership

The revolution taking place at the office

New work models and the flexitariat: here to stay?

Culture vulture: Keeping an eagle eye on culture helps companies soar

Jacking into the cortex: The promising future of brain-computer interfaces

Generative AI: A few good use cases

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