Companies often say they want entrepreneurs. I am not convinced they always do. What many organisations really want is someone who thinks differently, challenges accepted wisdom and brings fresh ideas. What they often do not want is the disruption that genuine entrepreneurial behaviour inevitably brings. There is an important difference.
Leading companies are tracking six emerging patterns of geopolitical change and realigning their businesses to achieve resilience, seize growth, and build competitive advantage.
In a multipolar world, how nations form alliances will greatly alter the power balance and the spheres of opportunity in which businesses can remain competitive. The BCG Institute Power Index helps leaders understand these increasingly complex global dynamics by consolidating data spanning more than 50 indicators across three dimensions: economic, military, and soft power.
We are pleased to welcome Ann de Grave to the Borderless team as an executive search consultant. Ann joined us on 5 October and brings considerable experience in shaping organisations, leaders and cultures across many markets and industries to our global executive search work.
We began with a line from one of our conversations: “If leaders do not like the speed today, they may not like what comes next.” We do not see that pace slowing down. Experience still matters, obviously. The more useful question is which kinds of experience prepare someone for problems nobody has faced before.
