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 space economy

Investment is going extraterrestrial as orbital technology advances On June 12 2026, SpaceX completed the largest Initial Public…

Boom, bust or a golden age?

History suggests an AI financing crash is on the cards. But at what scale – and what comes…

The age of Pandora

Leaders can overcome tech paralysis by developing situational awareness and building an exponential governance mindset We are at…

Join the dots

We need to rediscover the spirit of the Renaissance During a recent lunch with several military generals, conversation…

The dark side of the ‘like’

The race for clicks and shares risks undermining customer wellbeing. It’s time for a more responsible approach to…

Start with who

For successful AI adoption, leaders need to focus on a consideration all too often viewed as secondary Artificial…

Taking the monkey

Leaders must resist the temptation to solve every problem that their team encounters External volatility, emergent strategy, ambitious…

Unleashing team potential

Leaders can improve organizational culture by spending just 10 minutes daily on the right things Most of us…

Lead to shape success

Teams must be freed to build themselves This year, business lost a great thinker. Professor Edward Deci was…

Beware the coming riptide

The paradox of experience risks dragging business to the depths In the modern enterprise, the waters have never…

The human and the algorithm

The mass production paradigm is at an end; the AI era has arrived. Here’s what it means for…

The transformation opportunity

Businesses unlock vast value when they help customers realize their true aims Whatever you sell today is not…