Strategic Leadership in a Fragmented World
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A one-day interactive conference bringing together academics and practitioners to explore how strategic leaders navigate political fragmentation, AI, and sustainability — co-organized by TUM School of Management and HEC Paris.
The world is undergoing a profound transformation. Geopolitical fragmentation, technological disruption, and economic nationalism are reshaping the rules of business and governance. Leaders today must navigate uncertainty, act across divides, and mobilize their organizations with clarity and purpose.
Co-organized by HEC Paris and TUM School of Management as part of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference, this one-day extension brings together leading scholars and practitioners around three intertwined transformations: deepening political fragmentation, the rise of artificial intelligence, and the growing imperative for sustainability.
Led by Profs. Miriam Bird and Georg Wernicke, the conference addresses a central question: how do strategic leaders resolve these tensions — when AI redistributes decision-making authority, political fragmentation generates contradictory institutional demands, and climate change calls for deep organizational transformation?
Key themes:
- Political fragmentation and organizational governance
- AI and decision-making: opportunities and responsibilities
- Sustainability: substantive change vs. symbolic action
- Family firm strategy in the face of global disruption
Location: FORUM, Bildungscampus 1 — Heilbronn, Allemagne