How should business leaders prepare to do business in a new new world order? BCG’s Nikolaus Lang prepares executives to completely rethink trade in a multipolar future, in which they must navigate different geopolitical, social, and environmental considerations. Finding the least expensive place to manufacture a product to sell to customers across the globe won’t work anymore. Instead, companies will have to operate within new trade blocs. Organization structure, supply chains, customer expectations…much will have to change.

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Nikolaus Lang: on.bcg.com/3JF4CYD

International Trade: https://on.bcg.com/3QnA4hS

Which Economies Benefit the Most from Free Trade Agreements?: on.bcg.com/4dfwhgn

Jobs, National Security, and the Future of Trade: https://on.bcg.com/3xXY050

GenAI on GenAI: https://link.chtbl.com/bcg-genai-on-genai?sid=IT

Peering into the future, BCG’s Judith Wallenstein paints a picture of organizational leadership upended by AI, global volatility, and blurring boundaries between companies that work together. She muses that the chief executive officer role may morph into a chief ecosystem orchestrator role and demand leadership traits and backgrounds far different than we see today. How would top executives deploy influence, foster trusting relationships, and welcome and accept challenges that enhance corporate decision making?

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Judith Wallenstein:on.bcg.com/3Ub1UQH

For CEOs, It’s About Time: https://on.bcg.com/3xw9oVE

The CEO’s Guide to the Generative AI Revolution: on.bcg.com/3QkfbEr

Imagine This: on.bcg.com/3VSiDJG

GenAI on GenAI: https://link.chtbl.com/bcg-genai-on-genai

Middle management. Senior leaders say it’s a sticking point; individual contributors say it’s not meeting needs; middle managers themselves say the role is a source of burnout. Julia Dhar, founder and leader of BCG’s Behavioral Science Lab, imagines a future in which AI takes over aspects of middle management. Among the most beneficial outcomes: companies keep their employees doing what they do best and senior leaders communicate their vision directly to the frontline.

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Julia Dhar: https://on.bcg.com/49ifruf

How to Create a Transformation that Lasts: https://on.bcg.com/3J0cbJg

More on what BCG has to say about behavioral science: https://on.bcg.com/49lRpOO

Julia’s TED Talk: How to disagree productively and find common ground | Julia Dhar (youtube.com)

Gitte Frederiksen’s TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7ySrDVqOs&t=2s

GenAI on GenAI: https://link.chtbl.com/bcg-genai-on-genai