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The thought leadership publication of IE University, with research-based analysis and fresh ideas on the way we live, work, and coexist.
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Can immersion cure loneliness? As third places decline, “fourth spaces” can rebuild belonging and participation in an increasingly digital world. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
From Third to Fourth Spaces: Immersion That Builds Belonging | IE Insights
<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Can immersion cure loneliness? As third places decline, Cristina Mateo explores how “fourth spaces” can rebuild belonging and participation in an increasingly digital world.<...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Can immersion cure loneliness? As third places decline, “fourth spaces” can rebuild belonging and participation in an increasingly digital world. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
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From fighting for freedom abroad to fighting for families in mid-Michigan — leadership means stepping up when lives are on the line. That’s why I’m running for Congress in #MI07. Thanks to MSU alum Amanda Sloat and Nathalie Tocci.
Bridget Brink on Leading in a War Zone & the Importance of Diplomacy | IE Insights
Drawing on nearly three decades in diplomacy, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink joins Amanda and Nathalie to reflect on principle, resilience, and hope in the pursuit of peace and the pr...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
From fighting for freedom abroad to fighting for families in mid-Michigan — leadership means stepping up when lives are on the line. That’s why I’m running for Congress in #MI07. Thanks to MSU alum Amanda Sloat and Nathalie Tocci.
The West’s loud crisis of purpose contrasts with China’s quiet rise, writes Rafael Pampillón. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
The Fox and the Dragon: A Geopolitical Fable | IE Insights
The West’s loud crisis of purpose contrasts with China’s quiet rise, writes Rafael Pampillón.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The West’s loud crisis of purpose contrasts with China’s quiet rise, writes Rafael Pampillón. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
“The future will not be shaped by those who break rules carelessly any more than it will be shaped by those who play by all the rules.” www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Do Entrepreneurs Play by the Rules? | IE Insights
Entrepreneurs don’t simply reject rules - they discern which ones to challenge. Their success lies in bending outdated limits while upholding ethical boundaries, writes Nikolaus Franke.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“The future will not be shaped by those who break rules carelessly any more than it will be shaped by those who play by all the rules.” www.ie.edu/insights/art...
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“Every time you type a question into ChatGPT, a glass of clean drinking water is silently poured into the desert sand.…And in a world where 2.2 billion people still live without access to safe drinking water, this invisible cost is not just unsustainable — it is profoundly unethical.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Every time you type a question into ChatGPT, a glass of clean drinking water is silently poured into the desert sand.…And in a world where 2.2 billion people still live without access to safe drinking water, this invisible cost is not just unsustainable — it is profoundly unethical.”
AI’s intelligence runs on water as much as data. María Montero reveals the growing tension between digital progress and environmental limits. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
From Cloud to Cup: How Much Water Does Your ChatGPT Drink? | IE Insights
IE Insights is IE University's knowledge hub that provides research based analysis and fresh ideas on how way we live, work, and coexist around the world.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
AI’s intelligence runs on water as much as data. María Montero reveals the growing tension between digital progress and environmental limits. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya joins our Power & Purpose podcast for a conversation on democracy, courage, and the cost of freedom. www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Belarus, Ukraine, and the Cost of Freedom | IE Insights
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya joins Amanda and Nathalie for a conversation on democracy, courage, and the cost of freedom.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya joins our Power & Purpose podcast for a conversation on democracy, courage, and the cost of freedom. www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
What does strategic autonomy mean for the future of Europe? Thierry Breton and Enrico Letta explore whether the EU is truly ready to stand alone in a rapidly changing global order. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
Is Europe Ready to Stand Alone? | IE Insights
What does strategic autonomy mean for the future of Europe? Thierry Breton and Enrico Letta explore whether the EU is truly ready to stand alone in a rapidly changing global order.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What does strategic autonomy mean for the future of Europe? Thierry Breton and Enrico Letta explore whether the EU is truly ready to stand alone in a rapidly changing global order. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
As technology does more of the thinking for us, the role of leaders becomes one of managing complexity and making connections. We aren’t faster or more accurate than machines, but can empathize, see nuance, and identify when we need more data to make a decision. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
More Human Than Machine: 5 Leadership Traits That AI Can’t Replace | IE Insights
In the AI age, true leadership isn’t about outperforming machines but embodying what they can’t, write Nick van Dam and Katie Coates.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
As technology does more of the thinking for us, the role of leaders becomes one of managing complexity and making connections. We aren’t faster or more accurate than machines, but can empathize, see nuance, and identify when we need more data to make a decision. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Not terribly excited about your upcoming presentation? Try using data storytelling to turn those nerves into confidence and raw numbers into a compelling narrative. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
How Data Storytelling Turns Information into Action | IE Insights
Data storytelling helps turn nerves into confidence and raw numbers into changemaking narratives, writes Víctor Gay Zaragoza.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Not terribly excited about your upcoming presentation? Try using data storytelling to turn those nerves into confidence and raw numbers into a compelling narrative. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
From prevention and preparedness to response and recovery, the global community has built a growing toolkit for managing disasters. Our interactive examines these strategies, and how emerging technologies are changing the way humanitarian aid is delivered. www.ie.edu/insights/dis... #DRRDay
IE Insights - Disaster Risk Management
IE Insights - Disaster Risk Management
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October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
From prevention and preparedness to response and recovery, the global community has built a growing toolkit for managing disasters. Our interactive examines these strategies, and how emerging technologies are changing the way humanitarian aid is delivered. www.ie.edu/insights/dis... #DRRDay
Creating effective leadership pipelines remains a challenge for many organizations, but AI-enabled analytics and personalized coaching offer promising solutions, writes Francisco Chabran. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
When Coaching Meets Data | IE Insights
Creating effective leadership pipelines remains a challenge for many organizations, but AI-enabled analytics and personalized coaching offer promising solutions, writes Francisco Chabran.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Creating effective leadership pipelines remains a challenge for many organizations, but AI-enabled analytics and personalized coaching offer promising solutions, writes Francisco Chabran. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
As the UN turns 80, financial strain and political paralysis are placing it under an urgent need to reform or risk irrelevance. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
The UN at 80: Still the World’s Stage? | IE Insights
As tte UN turns 80, financial strain and political paralysis are placing it under an urgent need to reform or risk irrelevance, writes Borja Santos Porras.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
As the UN turns 80, financial strain and political paralysis are placing it under an urgent need to reform or risk irrelevance. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
From its origins in Mesoamerican cultures to its transformation into a global industry, historian Nikita Harwich details the unstoppable rise of chocolate into one of the world’s most consumed commodities. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
The Bittersweet History of Chocolate: From Aztec Gold to Global Empire | IE Insights
From its origins in Mesoamerican cultures to its transformation into a global industry, Historian Nikita Harwich details the unstoppable rise of chocolate into one of the world’s most consumed commodi...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
From its origins in Mesoamerican cultures to its transformation into a global industry, historian Nikita Harwich details the unstoppable rise of chocolate into one of the world’s most consumed commodities. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
"AI can simulate knowledge and optimize processes, but it cannot listen with empathy, earn trust, or inspire belief. That remains the work of leaders." www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Authentic Leadership for Uncertain Times | IE Insights
Authentic leaders must be self-aware in order to guide teams with clarity through uncertainty, writes Budimir Sever.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"AI can simulate knowledge and optimize processes, but it cannot listen with empathy, earn trust, or inspire belief. That remains the work of leaders." www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Power & Purpose is a new podcast series hosted by
@nathalietocci.bsky.social and Amanda Sloat that features candid conversations w/global leaders, focused on personal narratives and timely political insights. Listen to the latest episode with Federica Mogherini: www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
@nathalietocci.bsky.social and Amanda Sloat that features candid conversations w/global leaders, focused on personal narratives and timely political insights. Listen to the latest episode with Federica Mogherini: www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
Federica Mogherini on Trump, Iran, and When to Step Away | IE Insights
IE Insights is IE University's knowledge hub that provides research based analysis and fresh ideas on how way we live, work, and coexist around the world.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Power & Purpose is a new podcast series hosted by
@nathalietocci.bsky.social and Amanda Sloat that features candid conversations w/global leaders, focused on personal narratives and timely political insights. Listen to the latest episode with Federica Mogherini: www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
@nathalietocci.bsky.social and Amanda Sloat that features candid conversations w/global leaders, focused on personal narratives and timely political insights. Listen to the latest episode with Federica Mogherini: www.ie.edu/insights/pod...
Global AI regulation is diverging, with the U.S. prioritizing innovation, the EU enforcing rights-based safeguards, and China accelerating strategic control, writes Adriana Hoyos. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Regulating AI Without Strangling Innovation | IE Insights
Global AI regulation is diverging, with the U.S. prioritizing innovation, the EU enforcing rights-based safeguards, and China accelerating strategic control, writes Adriana Hoyos.
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September 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Global AI regulation is diverging, with the U.S. prioritizing innovation, the EU enforcing rights-based safeguards, and China accelerating strategic control, writes Adriana Hoyos. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Unlike MOOCs and learning management systems, generative AI entered higher education at the student level. LLMs like ChatGPT essentially appeared overnight & students around the world were suddenly using them. @wayne-holmes.bsky.social on how AI is changing the classroom: www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
The False Promise of AI in Classrooms | IE Insights
AI is changing classrooms fast—but not always for the better. Professor Wayne Holmes of University College London explains why tools like ChatGPT won’t fix education and what we risk by misunderstandi...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Unlike MOOCs and learning management systems, generative AI entered higher education at the student level. LLMs like ChatGPT essentially appeared overnight & students around the world were suddenly using them. @wayne-holmes.bsky.social on how AI is changing the classroom: www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
While GDP has long been a convenient yardstick for economic performance, it falls short in capturing the full scope of human advancement, writes Borja Santos. There is growing interest in alternative ways of measuring progress.
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What Comes After GDP? | IE Insights
Development is more than GDP. Progress should instead be focused on a human-centered vision—rooted in well-being, equity, and sustainability, writes Borja Santos Porras.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
While GDP has long been a convenient yardstick for economic performance, it falls short in capturing the full scope of human advancement, writes Borja Santos. There is growing interest in alternative ways of measuring progress.
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AI is scaling faster than any technology in history. That brings much promise, and also risk: misinformation, inequality, cultural bias, concentrated power. David Leslie @theturing.bsky.social asks whether generative AI be treated as a public utility, like energy or water. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
The Ethics of AI: Who Controls the Future? | IE Insights
AI's rapid rise is raising ethical concerns and security risks, including its potential use in terrorism. David Leslie explores the challenges and explains how we can ensure responsible AI development...
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August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
AI is scaling faster than any technology in history. That brings much promise, and also risk: misinformation, inequality, cultural bias, concentrated power. David Leslie @theturing.bsky.social asks whether generative AI be treated as a public utility, like energy or water. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
Did your colleague get that promotion you were aiming for? Another team win the project? You might be a bit envious now (to put it nicely.) In fact, envy is quite a common feeling in the workplace -- Kriti Jain explains how to use it to your advantage.
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From Envy to Inspiration | IE Insights
Professor Kriti Jain explains how we can train ourselves to use workplace envy as an opportunity to both better ourselves and increase our appreciation of those around us.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Did your colleague get that promotion you were aiming for? Another team win the project? You might be a bit envious now (to put it nicely.) In fact, envy is quite a common feeling in the workplace -- Kriti Jain explains how to use it to your advantage.
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An idea is the product of mental activity. It's a thought or concept. So, who owns that mental activity? Is it restricted to humans or can it also include machines?
If you expect a clear cut answer like a yes or a no, sit tight. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
If you expect a clear cut answer like a yes or a no, sit tight. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
Can AI Own an Idea? | IE Insights
WIth AI art and text, who owns the content being created? Elena Garrigues explores the intellectual property debate surrounding AI-generated content.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
An idea is the product of mental activity. It's a thought or concept. So, who owns that mental activity? Is it restricted to humans or can it also include machines?
If you expect a clear cut answer like a yes or a no, sit tight. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
If you expect a clear cut answer like a yes or a no, sit tight. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...
If Europe wants to reclaim its spot as a top destination for foreign investment, it needs to act fast:
-- Tackle macroeconomic disruptions head-on
-- Simplify regulations
-- Complete the Capital Markets Union
-- Strengthen public-private synergies
www.ie.edu/insights/art... by Patricia Gabaldón
-- Tackle macroeconomic disruptions head-on
-- Simplify regulations
-- Complete the Capital Markets Union
-- Strengthen public-private synergies
www.ie.edu/insights/art... by Patricia Gabaldón
Unlocking Europe's Investment Potential | IE Insights
As foreign investment shifts toward the US and Asia, the EU must fix its red tape and fragmented markets if it wants to compete, writes Patricia Gabaldón.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If Europe wants to reclaim its spot as a top destination for foreign investment, it needs to act fast:
-- Tackle macroeconomic disruptions head-on
-- Simplify regulations
-- Complete the Capital Markets Union
-- Strengthen public-private synergies
www.ie.edu/insights/art... by Patricia Gabaldón
-- Tackle macroeconomic disruptions head-on
-- Simplify regulations
-- Complete the Capital Markets Union
-- Strengthen public-private synergies
www.ie.edu/insights/art... by Patricia Gabaldón
In the age of artificial intelligence, your chances of getting a loan are increasingly shaped not by a person but by an algorithm. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Rethinking AI in Credit Decision-Making | IE Insights
AI is reshaping credit decisions, but at what cost? Balancing predictive power with transparency is key to ensuring trust in financial systems, write Guillermo de Haro Rodríguez and Andrés Alonso.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In the age of artificial intelligence, your chances of getting a loan are increasingly shaped not by a person but by an algorithm. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
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“What if the greatest risk of artificial intelligence isn’t job displacement, but something far more insidious: the creation of professionals who appear competent but lack the judgment to back it up?”
Is AI creating incompetent experts?
Today’s AI-hybrid professionals are, for all intents and purposes, considered accomplished and successful. On paper, that is. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Today’s AI-hybrid professionals are, for all intents and purposes, considered accomplished and successful. On paper, that is. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Is AI Creating Incompetent Experts? | IE Insights
Generative AI is short-circuiting the learning process that builds real expertise, writes Kiron Ravindran.
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July 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“What if the greatest risk of artificial intelligence isn’t job displacement, but something far more insidious: the creation of professionals who appear competent but lack the judgment to back it up?”