Gianpiero Petriglieri

Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour
“Ten/Twenty Years Later” is a series of one-page narratives that provide a glimpse of “what happened next” in the lives of a group of members of the INSEAD MBA graduating class of 2002. The narratives, recounted by female and male graduates of different nationalities and aspirations, give students a flavour of how life can turn out for people who have 'sat in their seats' before.

Published 30 Oct 2023

Reference 6845

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Region Global

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In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Published 16 Jan 2023

Reference 6731

Topic Responsibility

Industry Mining & Metals

Region Global

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In May 2020, Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, destroyed a cave system in Juukan Gorge, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Published 16 Jan 2023

Reference 6731

Topic Responsibility

Industry Mining & Metals

Region Global

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In May 2010, a year after becoming President and Managing Director for Southern Europe at Discovery Inc., Marinella Soldi faces a make-or-break meeting with Discovery’s global Executive Committee. Her region is about to lose half of its revenues in a contract renegotiation with Sky Italia.

Published 07 Dec 2021

Reference 6671

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Media Production

Region Europe

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In May 2010, a year after becoming President and Managing Director for Southern Europe at Discovery Inc., Marinella Soldi faces a make-or-break meeting with Discovery’s global Executive Committee. Her region is about to lose half of its revenues in a contract renegotiation with Sky Italia.

Published 07 Dec 2021

Reference 6671

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Media Production

Region Europe

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In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin Millepied was caught in a storm of controversy.

Published 26 Jul 2019

Reference 6499

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Entertainment Performing Arts

Region Europe

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After 18 months of attempting to transition the company to holacracy, Tony Hsieh, Zappos’ celebrity CEO, decided it was time to make the change happen. In March 2015, he sent an email to all Zappos employees offering them 3 months’ severance pay if they felt that self-management was not for them.

Published 22 Aug 2018

Reference 6181

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Retail E-Commerce

Region Global

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In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.

Published 30 Jul 2018

Reference 6408

Topic Responsibility

Industry Industrial Automation Information Technology and Services Military

Region North America

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In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an internal memo asking CEO Sundar Pichai to (a) cancel the project immediately, and (b) enforce a policy stating that the company would never build warfare technology.

Published 28 May 2018

Reference 6408

Topic Responsibility

Industry Industrial Automation Information Technology and Services Military

Region North America

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The Executive Challenge is an experiential exercise in resolving two challenges that executives need to master to become competent leaders. The first is processing and making decisions on complex and delicate issues with limited information. The second is dealing sensitively with other people, including taking and offering accurate feedback. The roleplay pack for groups of 5 is no.

Published 12 Mar 2018

Reference 6377

Topic Leadership & Organisations

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In May 2010, a year after becoming President and Managing Director for Southern Europe at Discovery Inc., Marinella Soldi faces a make-or-break meeting with Discovery’s global Executive Committee. Her region is about to lose half of its revenues in a contract renegotiation with Sky Italia.

Published 07 Dec 2021

Reference 6671

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Media Production

Region Europe

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“Ten/Twenty Years Later” is a series of one-page narratives that provide a glimpse of “what happened next” in the lives of a group of members of the INSEAD MBA graduating class of 2002. The narratives, recounted by female and male graduates of different nationalities and aspirations, give students a flavour of how life can turn out for people who have 'sat in their seats' before.

Published 27 May 2013

Reference 5955

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Region Global

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The Katelyn Neilson, MBA case follows the personal and professional development of a young "high-potential" within an intensive one-year, full-time MBA programme. Katelyn's background and resume, significant excerpts from her diary, and an evocative picture drawn to visualize her major dilemmas, provide vivid illustrations of the unfolding of a major life transition.

Published 03 Jan 2006

Reference 5346

Topic Leadership & Organisations

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Leadership Development, Identity Dynamics, Systems Psychodynamics, Personal and Professional Learning & Development