Research · Geneva
Matrix management: what research says about dual reporting
Matrix organisations promise flexibility and cross-expertise. Studies show the dual reporting line has a real cost, manageable under conditions.
2026-10-11Read
Training articles — canton of Geneva
In Geneva, teams often work in multicultural settings where decisions pass through many stakeholders: private banks, international organisations, trading houses. The articles on this page examine what research says about leadership, feedback and conflict management in these contexts, including its limits, and what a Geneva-based manager can concretely take from it.
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Research · Geneva
Change management: why “resistance” is the wrong lens
Resistance to change dominates practice. Research suggests reading it as a reaction to context, not a trait of people.
2026-10-05Read
Research · Geneva
Does AI help beginners most? — in the canton of Geneva
Single context; replicate locally before generalising.
2026-10-01Read
Research · Geneva
Managing with AI: automate or augment judgement?
Research suggests moving beyond replacement versus assistance to examine who retains judgement.
2026-09-30Read
Research · Geneva
The hidden cost of interruptions — in the canton of Geneva
Single context; replicate locally before generalising.
2026-09-27Read
Research · Geneva
Stretch goals: what research says about their effects
Specific, difficult goals often improve performance. Research also shows when this lever becomes counter-productive.
2026-09-25Read
Research · Geneva
Negotiating across cultures — in the canton of Geneva
Single context; replicate locally before generalising.
2026-09-23Read
Research · Geneva
Is executive humility a strength? — in the canton of Geneva
Single context; replicate locally before generalising.
2026-09-20Read
Research · Geneva
Selection interviews: what structure actually changes
Structured interviews are better validated than unstructured ones. Why, then, do they remain a minority practice? A reading of recent data and documented resistance.
2026-09-19Read
Research · Geneva
Numerical targets: what research allows us to expect
Goal setting is one of the best-supported theories in management — and one of the most carelessly applied. A reading of its conditions and its documented side effects.
2026-09-18Read
Research · Geneva
Attention residue: what an interruption actually costs
Returning to a task after an interruption is not resuming where you left off. A critical reading of a documented mechanism — and of what it does not license us to conclude.
2026-09-17Read
Research · Geneva
Feedback: what research promises, and what it refuses to promise
Roughly a third of feedback interventions reduce performance. A critical reading of a finding management training rarely quotes.
2026-09-14Read
Research · Geneva
High-quality disagreement, the forgotten leadership skill
What research does — and does not — establish about the value of disagreement in senior teams.
2026-09-13Read
Research · Geneva
Project success: the human factors research identifies
Critical-success-factor studies rank shared mission, top-management support and communication ahead of tools.
2026-09-05Read
Research · Geneva
Generative AI at work: who really benefits?
A field study of over 5,000 support agents suggests gains are not spread evenly across a team.
2026-09-02Read
Research · Geneva
Does time management improve performance, or well-being?
A recent meta-analysis finds time management more strongly linked to well-being than to job performance.
2026-08-26Read
Research · Geneva
Employee engagement and customer satisfaction: what research says
The link between engaged teams and satisfied customers is often asserted. Research partly confirms it — with caveats on causal direction.
2026-08-20Read
Research · Geneva
The 'fixed-pie' myth in negotiation
Most negotiators wrongly assume their interests are fully opposed to the other side's. Research has measured the cost.
2026-08-16Read
Research · Geneva
Escalation of commitment: why we pursue failing projects
Decision-makers often reinvest in a struggling project they own. Research has identified the conditions.
2026-08-12Read
Field · Geneva
No filter: on the ground in Geneva: what complex management truly reveals about organisations
Raw observations from field engagements in Geneva — what complex management says, unfiltered, about an organisation's health.
2026-08-10Read
Method · Geneva
Intervention note: method: structuring a complex management initiative in Geneva over 90 days
An operational 90-day plan to anchor complex management in a team or committee based in Geneva.
2026-08-09Read
Expert view · Geneva
Intervention note: complex Management in Geneva: what ten years of practice have taught us
Experiential synthesis: what works, what no longer works, and what is never said publicly about complex management in Geneva.
2026-08-08Read
2026 trend · Geneva
What we actually learn about complex Management in 2026: what is changing in Geneva for executives and managers
Four weak signals redrawing the practice of complex management in Geneva this year.
2026-08-07Read
Comparison · Geneva
Complex Management: comparing the approaches used in Geneva and across Switzerland
Three approaches to complex management compared in the field — costs, durations, observed results from Geneva.
2026-08-06Read
Training by programme in the canton of Geneva
Cities: Geneva, Carouge, Lancy. Sectors: private banking, international organisations, commodity trading and watchmaking.
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