As artificial intelligence makes tasks easier, it is worth asking what education is really for. Catalina Tejero argues that reading, creating, and interpreting remain essential because of the uniquely human capacities they develop. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

What We Gain by Doing It Ourselves | IE Insights

Education is, more than ever, about developing the ability to use information judiciously, writes Catalina Tejero.

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The most successful healthcare ventures are often those that can clearly connect scientific breakthroughs to the realities of longer lives, system sustainability, and the future of care. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Innovation for an Aging Society | IE Insights

Healthcare innovation must connect scientific progress to the demographic and systemic realities of aging societies, writes Damien Ng.

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As Power&Purpose wraps up its first season, @A_Sloat & I reflect on our most memorable conversations & what we learned from our wonderful guests, above all from the people behind the politics. Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5fTc... Apple podcasts.apple.com/podcast/seas...

Entrepreneurship has never been about producing documents. Julio De Castro and Lorenzo Vicens explore why business education must move beyond assessing polished outputs and instead focus on developing judgment. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Teaching Entrepreneurial Judgment in the Age of AI | IE Insights

Entrepreneurship education must evolve beyond polished AI-generated outputs to cultivate judgment, write Julio De Castro and Lorenzo Vicens.

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"What matters is not whether apprenticeship returns in its historical form, but whether its logic can be reinterpreted for the present." In a world of platform work and non-linear careers, apprenticeship offers a model for how expertise is built and shared. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

The Case for Apprenticeship in Creative Work | IE Insights

Can apprenticeships offer a better model for creative work? Digital platforms are reshaping careers, but mentorship remains essential to lasting success, writes Cristina Mateo.

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Learn more about the politics of sports by reading this article by our faculty member Andrew Bertoli. Andrew's book, "Beyond the Stadium: How Sports Change the World" has recently come out with Stanford University Press: www.sup.org/books/politi...

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Do World Cups reveal which nations are thriving? Andrew Bertoli writes that sporting success can reflect wealth, opportunity, and strong institutions. It can also reflect luck, or governments using athletic achievement to project national strength. www.ie.edu/insights/art... @iepolisci.bsky.social

A GenAI-produced “result may look professional, persuasive, and well structured, while still leaving unsettled the question that matters most: has the student learned to think like an entrepreneur, or merely produced the visible signs of entrepreneurial thinking?” #AcademicSky

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Business plans can be generated in seconds, but judgment cannot. A new book from Julio De Castro argues that entrepreneurship education should focus less on polished outputs and more on developing curiosity, resilience, and decision-making. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

In this new episode of Power&Purpose @F__Timmermans reflects on Europe’s quest for energy security and transition amid wars, transatlantic rupture & the China challenge. Above all he reminds us of the enduring value of diplomacy & principled leadership podcasts.apple.com/podcast/powe...

Frans Timmermans on Europe's Climate Leadership and Energy Future

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Business plans can be generated in seconds, but judgment cannot. A new book from Julio De Castro argues that entrepreneurship education should focus less on polished outputs and more on developing curiosity, resilience, and decision-making. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Teaching Entrepreneurial Judgment in the Age of AI | IE Insights

Entrepreneurship education must evolve beyond polished AI-generated outputs to cultivate judgment, write Julio De Castro and Lorenzo Vicens.

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Do World Cups reveal which nations are thriving? Andrew Bertoli writes that sporting success can reflect wealth, opportunity, and strong institutions. It can also reflect luck, or governments using athletic achievement to project national strength. www.ie.edu/insights/art... @iepolisci.bsky.social

What Does International Sports Success Say About a Country? | IE Insights

International sporting success can reflect national strength, but luck, politics, and manipulation often matter just as much, writes Andrew Bertoli.

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"The ultimate goal of language learning is not linguistic perfection or technological efficiency." AI may be changing the way we learn another language, but not why it matters. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Is Learning Another Language Still Worth It? | IE Insights

AI can strengthen language learning through practice and confidence, but human connection remain its ultimate purpose, writes Flor Gragera de León.

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What is the role of a university when talent, knowledge, and research become matters of national strategy? Borja Santos looks at how geopolitics, economic pressures, and AI are reshaping higher education -- and what that means for the future of global talent. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

How Geopolitics Is Reshaping Universities | IE Insights

Geopolitical competition, economic pressures, and artificial intelligence are forcing universities to redefine their role, writes Borja Santos Porras.

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"For Beijing, technological leadership is not simply an economic objective; it is a matter of national security and geopolitical survival." Rafael Pampillón examines the strategic thinking behind Xi Jinping's vision for China -- and why it matters far beyond Beijing. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Xi Jinping, the Man Shaping the 21st Century | IE Insights

Xi Jinping's long-term vision has made China central to the defining questions of the 21st century, writes Rafael Pampillón.

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Honored to write about the literary implications of text-to-image generative AI for @ieinsights.bsky.social @ieuniversity.bsky.social

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Text-to-image AI is often framed as a visual revolution but at its core, it's a linguistic one. @anamariacaballero.bsky.social explains how prompting is a literary act that relies on precision, revision, interpretation, and selection. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Text-to-image AI is often framed as a visual revolution but at its core, it's a linguistic one. @anamariacaballero.bsky.social explains how prompting is a literary act that relies on precision, revision, interpretation, and selection. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

From Prompt to Image: The Literary Implications of Text-to-Image AI | IE Insights

Text-to-image AI is transforming writing into a visual medium, expanding literature through interpretatoin, writes Ana María Caballero.

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Can habits make us more creative – or less? Shana Cooperstein explores the ways in which a debate from 19th-century France reveals how drawing education shaped ideas about creativity, mastery and innovation. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...

Do Habits Kill Creativity? Lessons from 19th-Century France | IE Insights

Can habits make us more creative - or less? Shana Cooperstein explores the ways in which a debate from 19th-century France reveals how drawing education shaped ideas about creativity, mastery and inno...

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Listen to this wonderful new episode of Power&Purpose, where @A_Sloat and I talk with @KerstiKaljulaid about what Estonia teaches us when it comes to hybrid war and democratic resilience Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/07Bw... Apple podcasts.apple.com/podcast/kers...

Kersti Kaljulaid on Estonia's Lessons on Hybrid Threats and Democratic Resilience

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The people who avoid news most are often the people who have the least political power. www.ie.edu/insights/vid... #media

News Avoidance and the Crisis of Political Engagement | IE Insights

News avoidance is rising worldwide, with growing consequences for how citizens engage with politics and public life. Ruth Palmer explains the structural drivers behind disengagement—and what it means ...

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"The EU-UK conversation still lives in the past. It is time to invent the future." -- @ilketoygur.bsky.social and @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Why Brexit Should No Longer Define the EU-UK Relationship | IE Insights

A decade after Brexit, geopolitical realities are pushing the UK and EU toward a more strategic partnership, write Ilke Toygür and Sébastien Maillard.

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If AI can summarize a book, write an essay, analyze a painting in seconds, why should we learn to do those things? Catalina Tejero argues that education is not just abt producing an answer. It's abt developing judgment, attention, creativity, & imagination along the way. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

What We Gain by Doing It Ourselves | IE Insights

Education is, more than ever, about developing the ability to use information judiciously, writes Catalina Tejero.

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Utaara Mootu, a Member of Namibian Parliament for the Landless People’s Movement, joins Power & Purpose to discuss Namibia’s struggle for historical justice, the lasting impact of colonialism, and what is means to represent a new generation in politics. www.ie.edu/insights/pod...

Utaara Mootu on Land, Next Gen Leadership, and Finding Her Voice | IE Insights

Utaara Mootu joins Amanda and Nathalie to discuss Namibia's struggle for historical justice, the lasting impact of colonialism, and what is means to represent a new generation in politics.

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“The lesson for every leadership team is the same: tools are not a strategy.” Ted Yang argues that AI adoption is ultimately a leadership and organizational challenge -- one that depends on workflows, culture, and human capability as much as technology itself. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Your Team Has AI Tools. But Is It AI-Ready? | IE Insights

AI access is not AI readiness. Ted Yang examines what serious leaders do differently in AI adoption.

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"Our brains default to fast, emotional processing when modern finance increasingly demands slow, deliberate, and analytical thinking. The result is typically anxiety, stress, and indecision." www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Modern Finance Runs Against Human Nature | IE Insights

Our psychology, not our knowledge, determines our financial outcomes, writes Arseniy Goldberg.

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The question for educators when assessing classroom participation: are we measuring engagement and learning, or are we measuring self-confidence and dominance? www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Cultural Intelligence in the Classroom | IE Insights

Cultural Intelligence can help educators navigate hidden cultural differences that shape belonging in diverse classrooms, writes Hayley Dormand.

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What makes design “good”? Is it function, beauty, or something deeper? Nifemi Marcus-Bello and David Goodman explore the ways design is shaped by culture, context, and human behavior. www.ie.edu/insights/vid...

What Is Good Design? How Culture Shapes Everyday Objects | IE Insights

Designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello and David Goodman explore how design is shaped by culture, context, and human behavior.

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For decades, the insurance industry has modelled how climate change affects physical assets. The next challenge is understanding how it affects people themselves -- their health, longevity, and the long-term risks insurers carry. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Climate Change and the Future of Life Insurance | IE Insights

The insurance industry must start thinking beyond catastrophe risk and understand how a changing climate affects the risks faced by people themselves, writes David Gómez-Ullate.

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When talking about the future of work, AI, automation, and hybrid work get most of the attention, they’re just the beginning of much bigger changes happening in the workplace. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Beyond AI and Hybrid Work: The Next Big Workplace Shifts | IE Insights

Career success now depends on adaptability, with reskilling and coaching becoming essential in the modern workplace, writes Nacho Marijuan.

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Science and technology can help societies do extraordinary things. But they cannot, on their own, determine what societies should value, prioritize, or become. Philosophy is making a comeback as a way of questioning the assumptions shaping modern life. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Why Philosophy Is Making a Comeback | IE Insights

The queen of the sciences can help us treat root causes, not just symptoms, writes Paule Ansoleaga Abascal.

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Our latest "Power & Purpose" welcomes @verajourova.bsky.social, who talks with @nathalietocci.bsky.social and Amanda Sloat about regulating Big Tech, promoting innovation while protecting citizens’ rights, and the digital challenges facing democracies today. www.ie.edu/insights/pod...

Věra Jourová on Digital Power and Europe’s Global Role | IE Insights

Věra Jourová joins Amanda and Nathalie to reflect on her time at the forefront of EU policymaking on technology, disinformation, and media freedom.

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“We are entrepreneurs, like our parents and grandparents. The difference is that instead of building companies, we invest in them.” Family offices are evolving into entrepreneurial platforms designed to sustain value creation across generations. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Family Office | IE Insights

Family offices are evolving into entrepreneurial platforms designed to sustain value creation across generations, write Cristina Cruz and Jesus Casado.

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