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.

The human side of technology

Sanyin Siang considers the human side of technology. Digital technology has played a significant role in our lives…

An interview with Andile Nomlala, president of South Africa’s Black Management Forum

Black Management Forum president Andile Nomlala wants a participatory entrepreneurial economy to shape South Africa’s future Sometimes, emergency leads to…

Empathy Shock: Michael Chavez’s Great Minds with AstraZeneca Head of Commercial Learning, Dr Spencer Holt

The door to empathy can be unbolted by a raid on the senses. Outside his professional life as…

Rehumanizing leadership in healthcare

Michael Canning reflects on the human shift facing healthcare. The healthcare sector is shifting. What is administered, where it…

How to shape a winning agile culture

Leaders need to understand the components of a great culture for the digital age – and the levers…

Culture shift with Ed and Peter Schein

Ed and Peter Schein say that arrogant individualism belongs in the past. Edgar ‘Ed’ Henry Schein is a…

The role of chief financial officers in agile organizations

Transformational chief financial officers have a critical leadership role to play. As organizations navigate a world of disruptive…

Culture by design

When Pramod Bhasin created financial services firm Clix, he realized it needed a culture that put customers first…

Marketing’s good crisis

The pandemic highlighted the key role marketing departments play for their businesses. And that’s reflected in the numbers….

A Great Mind: Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington grasped empathy before many leaders even talked about it. Sometimes it is easier to define a…

After hubris comes nemesis

A sense of exceptionalism can be deadly. Fareed Zakaria had it right. The host of CNN’s Global Public…

Why leadership has to adapt

Today’s strategic landscape is like nothing ever seen before. We need leaders capable of reconciling dilemmas. If there…