Good - But good enough?

IMD and Agathon partnered to evaluate the company’s current position and develop recommendations for moving ahead. On Agathon’s side, the effort engaged their CEO as well as two other C-level members. On IMD’s side, 29 participants in the Global Management Foundations (GMF) program (made up of Executive MBA candidates) worked in seven teams under the guidance of professors Albrecht Enders and Arnaud Chevallier to provide recommendations. Participants in the GMF program are executives and senior executives from a wide breadth of industries, geographies, and overall expertise. The program has a rigorous filter, and only accepts business leaders with tremendous potential. This training in strategic thinking provided them with the integrative approach needed to drive structure into the Agathon project. This specific methodology guides them through a systematic process to frame the problem,

diagnose it, explore solutions, identify the best solution, and convince stakeholders. In just nine days, participants were able to understand the complex issues facing Agathon and propose tangible solutions that were creative yet evidence-based.

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