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.

How leaders can empower employees to become entrepreneurs

Fostering innovation and entrepreneurial thinking among your employees means giving them space to create their own paths within…

Four lessons in marketing from the Olympics

The Olympics has one of the world’s most iconic, enduring brands. Here’s what marketers can learn from the…

The complexities of income inequality

Is it all due to globalization? Perhaps the most striking aspect of the global financial crisis of 2008 is…

The link between innovation and business purpose

The Zen Hospice’s Purpose Project. Two months ago, I came with a group of US financial executives for an…

Addressing wealth disparity

It is time to change the way we think about the problem. The perennial issue of wealth disparity…

A new approach to deploying talent

Do your homework, assess the hurdles and experiment. Many business thinkers are discussing the ways that companies need to…

Aligning beliefs, strategies and resources

The art of doing well by doing good. Many people operating in today’s complex and uncertain environment have…

Lessons in reinvention from a former basketball star

You need others to be frank with you, says Jay Williams. As Jay Williams’ car is winding its…

How the MTN Group is grappling with uncertainty

Dealing with changes in technology, regulation, competition and customer expectations? In many ways, the telecommunications industry is currently undergoing…

How knowledge sharing will adapt for the digital age

Despite seismic technological shifts, Marcelino Elosua’s global learning business has adapted to the changing needs of the digital…

What’s next for retail banking in the automated age?

A human’s role in the retail banking industry of the future. A set of glass doors zip open onto…

How to build a learning culture

It involves continuously unlearning and relearning. For generations, schools, universities, and workplaces have prepared citizens to work in…