The European Business Review

The European Business Review is a leading business intelligence magazine designed to ensure that its readers make informed decisions. It provides them indispensable insight, current best practices and is their best source of new ideas about what’s important. The European Business Review readers embrace leadership in their jobs and their lives. Their affluence, education, achievements, and wide ranging experience are unparalleled. They are the men and women who shape the world we love, the world we live in.

HARNESSING HUMAN EMPATHY AND VISION FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE AI ERA • True leadership energises, empowers, and inspires through integrity and genuine care. Artificial intelligence can amplify organisational effectiveness but cannot replace the authentic empathy and vision of human leaders. That’s why, in the AI era, it’s incumbent on leaders to harmonise technological support with human-centric motivation to foster trust and engagement.

REVOLUTIONIZING CORPORATE CULTURE FOR A FUTURE WITH AI • What links design thinking, the Marshmallow Challenge, and employee VABEs, and how can this help us to understand corporate culture? Read on to discover the answer (as well as what VABES are, if you don’t already know!)

AI FATIGUE: THE HIDDEN CHALLENGE IN THE RACE FOR AI ADOPTION • Perhaps it’s unsurprising that even initial enthusiasts for AI, when exposed to the relentless narrative and oftencomplex issues surrounding integrating the technology into their real-world working lives, have begun to experience a certain weariness with it all. The phenomenon has been christened "AI fatigue". What’s to be done?

THE AI TRADE IS CROWDED. SPACE ISN’T. • AI undoubtedly has the attention of investors around the world, eager to ride the crest as the AI wave washes across the hinterland of industry. However, if this concentration of whooping surfers makes you nervous, Terence Tse argues the benefits of investing in the much less occupied space sector.

FROM PILOTS TO PIPELINES: UNLOCKING AGENTIC AI’S TRUE POTENTIAL WHY AI STILL DISAPPOINTS AT THE ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL • Agentic AI offers a step-change advance over its generative predecessor but, in order to maximise its advantages, you should understand the additional risks that it supposes, and how to mitigate them. You also need to know how to elicit the desired behaviour from it.

DO PEOPLE TRUST AI TO PROVIDE RELEVANT INFORMATION? INSIGHTS FROM THE MASS TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY • In order to gain acceptance among the general public, AI systems need not only to deliver correct information, but also to gain people's confidence on a variety of other, less tangible, plains. Arguably, mass transportation offers an excellent crucible for examining the issues at stake.

FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE UNBANKABLE: THE JOURNEY OF GLOBAL MORTGAGE GROUP • Time was when, even though you owned a hugely expensive property in Palm Beach or Manhattan, you couldn’t release the money tied up in it if you were a foreign national with no US tax return. The banks weren’t designed to help you. Step forward, Global Mortgage Group and America Mortgages. Let’s hear from them as they explain just what their services can do for you.

BEING PART OF A BUSINESS GROUP IS BENEFICIAL - BUT SOME FIRMS GAIN MORE THAN OTHERS! • From LVMH to Meta, business groups promise brands scale, capital, and credibility. But new research shows that the gains are uneven. According to the study, there are some key factors governing which affiliates truly benefit - and which are left behind.

RADICAL RENEWAL - WHY IT IS CRITICAL FOR COMPANIES AND WHY THEY FAIL IN IT • In volatile environments marked by geopolitical shocks, sustainability pressures, and rapid advances in AI, incremental improvement alone can no longer secure long-term competitiveness. A capacity for transformative renewal is also crucial, but...