Knut Haanaes
Professor | Strategic Innovation & Sustainability
About
Knut Haanaes is a Professor of Strategy and Innovation at IMD Business School. He has dedicated his career to helping organizations adapt to disruptive changes and create sustainable competitive advantage.
Haanaes previously served as a Senior Partner and Global Leader of the Sustainability and Innovation Practices at McKinsey & Company. He is the co-author of the acclaimed books 'Your Strategy Needs a Strategy' and 'The Ecosystem Advantage'.
Haanaes' research-driven keynotes provide leaders with practical frameworks for driving innovation, managing paradoxes, and building more sustainable businesses.
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Two reasons companies fail -- and how to avoid them
Is it possible to run a company and reinvent it at the same time? For business strategist Knut Haanaes, the ability to innovate after becoming successful is the mark of a great organization. He shares insights on how to strike a balance between perfecting what we already know and exploring totally new ideas -- and lays out how to avoid two major strategy traps.
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