Date: 23/01/2013
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Opinion
Change happens. Bubbles burst. Ways of doing things prove unsustainable and responses inadequate. This is nothing new. History is full of examples of humans failing to face up to a changing world. 1876 was not a good year for the Japanese Samurai - as the movie "The Last Samurai" graphically illustrated. Despite a tough, educated society, they didn't ...
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Date: 06/2012
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Non-refereed article
Just because we are unable to predict the future doesn’t mean we can’t anticipate what is most likely to happen and take appropriate action.
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Date: 25/04/2012
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Interviewee(s): De la Vega, Ignacio; Villanueva Galobart, Julián; Macció R.; Díaz-Giménez, Javier; Sanchez-Runde, Carlos J.; Done, Adrian A.; Lago Esteban, Alejandro; Berrone, Pascual; Rodríguez Lluesma, Carlos; Sieber, Sandra; Rahnema, Ahmad; Serrano López, Juan; Sponsor(s): IESE - Custom Programs
Document type: Report (Video)
The CMP is a blended custom program designed together with BBVA for the Management Team of the Group, aimed at reinforcing the management competencies of BBVA managers, such as decision making, maintaining a strategic vision and a global mindset. The core content of the program is also specifically aligned with the Group's Corporate strategy and long ...
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Date: 15/03/2012
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Non-refereed article
How much time do you dedicate to thinking about the big issues that are likely to affect your personal and professional life in the next 20 years? If you’re like many busy executives, not much. Yet with a global outlook arguably bleaker today than during the lowest point of the credit crunch, burying your head in the sand is no answer. Surely, it is ...
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Date: 08/03/2012
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Interviewee(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Report (Video)
IESE's Adrian Done offers a glimpse inside Issue 12 of IESE Insight magazine. The dossier helps managers get to grips with the big global trends that are going to have considerable impact on everyone's life in the years ahead. This issue also features an interview with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, a case on Kenya's flower industry, and tips on organizational ...
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Date: 09/01/2012
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.; Liao, Ching T.
Document type: Technical Note
Natural disasters are global phenomena, with huge economic, social and personal impacts, and tangled with other 'big picture' issues. They often cause serious economic loss. The following graph presented by The Economist shows their destructive power. The huge economic damages sometimes trigger regional or global economic crises due to supply chain ...
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Date: 12/2011
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Non-refereed article
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Date: 12/2011
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.; Voss, C.; Gorm Rytter, N.
Document type: Non-refereed article
Several key factors influence the short-term success and long-term sustainability of best practice interventions. Management of these factors is critical to instilling a culture of capability development - especially in small and medium enterprises.
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Date: 18/11/2011
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Interviewee(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Interview (Video)
Climate change, new technologies, the consequences of the economic crisis and the aging of the population are some of the trends that will shape our world for decades to come. Some of these changes may frighten us at first, but they are also a source of opportunities for the companies that can best adapt. In his new book, Adrian Done studies how to ...
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Date: 11/2011
Author(s): Done, Adrian A.
Document type: Book
A dozen major global trends will mold the 21st century world. How we live and how business is carried out will be determined by the evolution of these trends in the decades ahead. In this book the author assesses the global events and developments that will have the greatest impact, including: repercussions from the financial crisis; geopolitical power ...
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