Idea posted: January 2026

Institutions: UCL Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty; HSBC   

We live in an era of radical uncertainty, marked by increasing scale, pace, and complexity of change driven by complex economic conditions, information overload, and transformative technology. This environment makes…

Idea posted: December 2025

Institutions: Bayes Business School    University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh    University of Warwick   

A study by a team of US and UK researchers addresses a fundamental question in leadership and management today: how common are incompetent bosses, particularly given ideas like the Peter…

Idea posted: November 2025

Institutions: Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham   

A study by the University of Nottingham’s Getinet Haile examines the influence of organizational leadership quality on organizational performance and worker well-being. While early research in management and psychology identified…

Idea posted: February 2025

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Researchers from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) argue that framing crises as individual events with a distinct start and end time fails to accurately convey the challenges that leaders…

Idea posted: August 2024

Institutions: Labovitz School of Business and Economics    University of Minnesota Duluth; Huntsman School of Business    Utah State University   

A study by Ormonde Cragun of the University of Minnesota Duluth and Michael Ulrich of Utah State University applies the principles of “Dynamic Capabilities” to succession planning to create a…

Idea posted: June 2024

Institutions: Drucker School of Management    Claremont Graduate University    Chulalongkorn University   

The retirement of boomers from the workforce offers opportunities for companies to fulfill their promise to diversify their leadership by encouraging and enabling more women, LGBTQ+, people of color, Native…

Idea posted: February 2024

Institutions: Kings College   

Conducted in waves every five years since 1981, the World Values Survey (WVS) is a global research study exploring values and attitudes in 120 countries (covering nearly 95% of the…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Building on internal and external research, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has developed a framework that not only measures the impact of leadership development programs but also reveals the…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: RMIT School of Management    St. John’s University    National Taiwan University   

Past studies have demonstrated the power of humor in strengthening relationships between leaders and followers. In the early stages of these relationships, the power position of leaders requires them be…