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Exploring new ideas and developments impacting leadership is in our DNA. So we never stop developing our leadership approach to ensure it’s suited for today and the future.

Here you find our latest articles, success stories, talks and interviews about all things leadership, strategy, and business transformations.

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The Biggest Trends of the Decade for Businesses & Leaders | Jim Hagemann Snabe | C WorldWide Interview (Video)

Jim Hagemann Snabe sat down with C WorldWide for a 10-minute interview about the most important trends in the 2020s for businesses and leaders. Hear his thoughts on: Globalization vs deglobalization, making supply chains resilient and sustainable, courageous leadership, AI, and the green transition with its incredible opportunities.

Digital technologies can make the real world more livable and sustainable. Here’s how. (By Jim Hagemann Snabe)

The world is once again at a turning point and – once again – technology is part of the solution. Strong leadership by the business community is necessary to ensure that technology is used in a responsible and sustainable way. This article provides you with some ideas and advice of how to do that and drive positive change.

The Art of the Dynamic Change of Season

It's not easy identifying the looming fundamental changes of your business environment. Neither is it find the optimal balance between optimization and transformation. But both are crucial for sustaining success. Read all about how Dreams & Details is helping Det Nationale Sorgcenter with making their transformations more systematic and guided by strategic intent.

Dreams and Details for a Decarbonised Future | Jim Hagemann Snabe | TED Talk

As chairman of the world's largest maritime shipping company, Jim Hagemann Snabe thinks a lot about how goods get where they need to go and the impact their journey has on the planet. Leading the effort to decarbonize shipping by 2050, he shares a plan to convert green electricity into green liquid fuel to power vessels in a process called "power-to-X" -- and urges global leaders to join the voyage towards an innovative, sustainable and fast-approaching future.

The Cost of Complacency: Why Not Taking Any Risks Is the Highest Risk You Can Take

Why is it the case that not taking any risks is possibly the highest risk you can take? It's because our world is changing too fast to allow us to be complacent with our current success. The cost of not taking risks is development and innovation – which you simply need to succeed in the future. So what should you do instead? We equip you with an actionable approach and practical recommendations.

Unleash Your Team’s Human Potential on a ‘Loving Journey’

The ability to unleash human potential is (and will be) key to a variety of things: Driving innovation, attracting the best people to work for you, performance on the highest level, sustained organizational success, and most importantly, to tackling the largest global challenges – such as climate change. So, how do you unleash human potential? You take your team on a “loving journey”. Have a read through the article to find out what we mean by that and more!

Public Sector Leadership: A Delicate Balancing Act between Operations and Transformation, Vision and Regulation

Public sector institutions have an unparalleled objective to shape the future of society. They’re actively co-creating the direction in which society moves into the future, unlocking positive social change and development, global competitiveness, modernization, and increasing the quality of life for the citizens. But to truly accomplish that, it needs a very specific, new kind of leadership.

Dreams and Details Explored on Bloomberg: Jim Hagemann Snabe at “Leaders with Lacqua” (Video)

Jim Hagemann Snabe (Chairman of Idonea, Siemens, and A.P. Møller-Mærsk) was invited to join Bloomberg’s interview series “Leaders with Lacqua”. In a 24-minute conversation with Francine Lacqua, he shared his perspectives on leadership (including the Dreams and Details leadership model), learning from the pandemic, and the future of technology.

How Our World Is Changing – And What That Means for Your Leadership

Organizations and leaders are challenged by radical, disruptive changes at an accelerating speed. Innovation, digitalization, and technological progress fundamentally transform whole industries, reshape consumer demands, and challenge conventional business logic. More than ever, organizations have to rethink the way they work – and start institutionalizing resilience, drive reinvention, and lead with purpose.