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.

All luxury leads to China

China was the route into the pandemic. For businesses, it’s probably the route out. The developed world is…

The innovation theatre trap

Innovation isn’t about putting on a good show. Leaders need to refocus on the ultimate goal of creating…

Why China works

Global businesses need to understand how the Asian superpower has thrived – and what its future might hold….

Competing for customer time

Stop wasting your customers’ time. Start helping them save it, spend it well – or even invest it…

Team coaching: the new leadership act

Teams have become the atomic unit of work. To realize their potential, leaders must learn how to coach….

The transformation mindset

The latest neuroscience shows how to develop the right frame of mind for leading continual transformative change. Unprecedented…

The new rules for communicating

In a hybrid world, digital body language is critical for team communications. How do we write a message…

The digital anthropologist

Cisco’s Nina Lualdi serves – and shapes – the way humans live, work and play. Much is spoken…

Boosting the Risk Immune System

A team’s biggest risk is itself. How can leaders build more robust defences? A couple of years after…

Work back from the future

A ‘reverse income statement’ is an uncertainty antidote. There is a great fallacy in business planning, one that…

Forging meaningful connections

In a hybrid working environment, leaders need to foster a sense of cohesion. The prolonged nature of the…

What we now know

The pandemic has shown us everything we need to know about creating winning teams. Organizations demand more and…