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The European Business Review

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF AI LEADERSHIP: A Dialogue with Professor David De Cremer • David De Cremer gets to the heart of leadership in the era of rapid AI evolution. Discussing his upcoming book on the topic, he stresses the role of business leaders in integrating AI so as to ensure that it becomes a value creator rather than a mere technological tool.

THE BUSINESS IMPERATIVE OF FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN AI

EMBRACING AI: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN ELDERLY HOUSING • This article explores the notion of using AI to improve service delivery, safety, and staff well-being in elderly housing, using the example of Foibekartano, an elderly housing care company. It also offers practical tips for companies considering AI integration.

HOW AI LIBERATES THE TRANSITION TO A SKILL-BASED ORGANISATION • What do companies as diverse as Booking.com, Accenture,1 Revolut, GSK, Walmart, or Unilever have in common? Answer: they have been on a common journey to migrate their organisation to a skills-based organisation (SBO).

STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE: Steps to Maximise ROI in GEN AI Implementations

LEADING THE GEN AI REVOLUTION: BUILDING WORKERS' TRUST TO REINVENT WORK IN EUROPE • Europe is currently undergoing a generative AI-driven transformation in the world of work. While leaders are confident this is a win-win for everyone, workers are more cautious. The onus lies on leaders to establish conditions that reassure workers and affirm the pivotal role they can play in this evolution.

HOW TOP-PERFORMING FIRMS NEEDED TO REORGANISE SEVEN TIMES FOR DIGITAL • Top-performing firms reorganise several times to effectively use digital to capture value. In a series of CEO interviews, we identified four successful levers for maximising value from digital. Then, in a global survey, we found that the companies in the top quartile of effectiveness on these four levers were also top financial performers, growing 12 percentage points above their industry average, and leaders in innovation, with 45 per cent of their annual revenue coming from new products introduced in the last three years – a huge premium. In this paper, we describe the four levers and the reorganisation required, illustrating with examples including Standard Bank Group, the largest bank in Africa. To become a top performer takes persistence, as companies must perform organisational surgery – reorganising on average seven times to create the industry-leading value. It is like solving an organisational Rubik’s cube, with a big payoff.

PLATFORM THINKING: what established firms can learn from Big Tech and digital start-ups • The platform revolution has already taken place, but we link the idea of platforms with Big Tech like Amazon or Meta and digital-native start-ups like Airbnb and Uber. In this article, we explore the concept of Platform Thinking, perceiving platforms as a tool to foster digital business transformation for established firms like Telepass, John Deere, and Klöckner.

HOW TO PUT CURIOSITY TO WORK IN YOUR ORGANISATION • Companies are starting to understand why it is important to cultivate curiosity among their workforce. Yet, only a few possess a good grasp on how to activate, embed, and leverage it throughout the organisation. In this article, we propose a practical, human- centric approach to help managers design for, lead with, and...