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In these unprecedented times, the need for customized learning programs that equip executives with the agility and resilience to tackle real-time business challenges, has never been more deeply felt.

Signing up for the HEC Paris MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship just before the pandemic turned out to be a life-changing experience for Ara Fernezian. Having just turned his back on a successful career in the events industry (summits, exhibitions, conferences, etc.), Ara realized the importance ...

Long before the pandemic entered our lives, the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) was fully integrated into the managerial lexicon. In our current context, this tidy shorthand to describe unpredictable circumstances has taken on more relevance than ever before. 

The future of energy has never looked more expansive and is now extending far beyond the bounds of the traditional energy sector. To be a forward-thinking executive today requires, in most fields, more than a basic understanding of the impacts and opportunities that energy transition poses for your ...

In recent decades we’ve seen inequalities growing in society, exacerbated in part by the current global health, social and economic crises. It falls to ambitious businesses to recognize the benefits of redressing the balance, affirms Marieke Huysentruyt, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business ...

In some ways, the 21st century has brought about the biggest changes in consumer behavior since the industrial revolution. These changes have forced companies to shift their focus from brand centricity to customer centricity. Once upon a time, brands shared their story and brought customers into the ...

MBDA Missile Systems, which offers a range of high-technology products, is the only European company that caters to the three branches of the armed forces: land, sea, and air. Customers choose MBDA for its ability to meet ever-changing military requirements, its cost effectiveness, and its ...

As life under Covid’s shadow continues, one thing has never been clearer - there is no static ‘new normal’. This pandemic has driven dramatic changes and innovations in the way business is done, and it will continue to do so. For Executive Education, adapting to such a rapidly changing environment ...

To meet the major challenges we currently face, leaders must be able to offer their teams projects that are aligned with their personal and civic aspirations. At the same time, they need to help them accept that every great innovation project involves phases of failure and that this is part of the ...

An expert in the social and environmental aspects of running a business for almost two decades, Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot - Associate Professor of Strategy & Business Policy at HEC Paris, and also Executive Director of the Society & Organizations Institute - was the obvious choice to head up a new ...