Amy Edmondson: “We hebben de antwoorden nog niet – die moeten we samen creëren.”

This ranking highlights business schools that are preparing future leaders with the tools to address today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

'Vision is the driver of change—sustainable change. Look at the big picture, not the micro.'

“Forty to sixty percent of the strategy gets lost during execution.”

Once again, gold for Randstad and TIAS, this time for the Future Executive Program Asia-Pacific.

At the frontiers of IT Auditing

Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2025: TIAS EMBA maintains leading position in the Netherlands in Career Progress.

Last week QS published its World University Business Masters Ranking 2026 for Masters in Management. The TIAS Full-Time Master in Management (MScBA) once again earns international recognition. This year, the program is ranked within the top 37% of all programs worldwide. This ranking has become increasingly competitive, now featuring 232 programs from 44 countries, up from 203 programs last year.

Leadership is evolving and so must our thinking. In season 2 of Rethinking Leadership, we broaden our perspective. This new season features in-depth conversations with globally renowned thought leaders who are reshaping the way we understand leadership, human behavior, and organizational culture.

Recently QS published the Global MBA Ranking 2026. The TIAS Full-Time MBA program has improved its strong position among the world’s leading programs. Placing withing the top 26% of MBA programs worldwide. This year’s edition includes 389 programs, an increase from 340 last year. Underlining the growing prestige of this ranking.

What happens when you apply Spotify’s simplicity to something as complex as insurance? The story of Zurich Insurance shows how an AI-driven CRM not only speeds up processes, but also fundamentally transforms the advisor’s role — from administrative to consultative.

We create plans, design roadmaps, hold workshops. We implement new structures, define KPIs, and steer toward results. But how much of that actually leads to real movement?

Today the Financial Times released its 2025 Masters in Management Ranking. We are proud that the TIAS Full-time International Master of Science in Business Administration (MScBA) is once again among the leading programs, this year placing 78th worldwide.

What happens when machines start co-writing your hits? In 2024, Björn Ulvaeus, ABBA legend, musical visionary, and co-founder of the Mamma Mia! Phenomenon, hands over part of his songwriting process to artificial intelligence for the first time. Not a robotic voice singing “Dancing Queen,” but an AI system that helps him search for melodies, lyrical fragments, and even dramaturgical twists for his new musical. “It’s like having an extra songwriter in the room,” Ulvaeus says in an interview. Not one with an ego or deadline issues, but a machine that endlessly supplies new ideas based on hundreds of ABBA songs, musical classics, and textual references that Ulvaeus himself feeds into it. Not to replace himself, but to leap forward when he feels stuck. What makes this collaboration fascinating isn’t the technology itself. It’s the mental shift: one of the most successful songwriters of the 20th century consciously chooses to open up his creative bubble. He admits: even after a career filled with gold records, you can still hit a wall. And maybe, just maybe, a machine can give you that extra push. Ulvaeus isn’t alone. More and more leaders, creatives, and strategists are discovering how AI not only speeds up processes but also opens new perspectives.

Prof. Dr. Lijckle van der Laan (Professor of Appropriate Care at TIAS, lecturer in the Executive Master of Health Administration, and vascular surgeon at Amphia) and Dr. Miriam Faes (geriatrician at Amphia) have been awarded a grant of more than one million euros through the ZonMw Medical Specialist Care and Research (MedZO) program.

Every morning, Marc, a man in his fifties from West Flanders, slides open the barn door. It’s quiet. No bellowing animals, no chaos. His fifty dairy cows lie calmly, chewing their cud. But even before he lays eyes on a single animal, Marc already knows which one isn’t quite herself. A notification appears on his smartphone: “Cow 227 – abnormal rumination pattern + elevated temperature.” One tap further reveals: restlessness during the night, reduced movement, heart rate 7% above baseline. Marc doesn’t need more. He knows Cow 227 is on the verge of developing mastitis. In the past, he would have noticed it two days later, when her milk production had already begun to drop. Today, he intervenes before things take a serious turn. Not just because of his experience. But because of artificial intelligence.

On AI, maintenance, and the art of thinking machines In a Siemens factory, a digital agent predicts a failure before anything goes wrong. Using vibration data, temperature shifts, and historical patterns, a part is replaced before it breaks. No downtime, no panic, no loss. Welcome to the world of agentic AI: systems that don’t just measure, but think, learn, and suggest decisions. Siemens’ maintenance agents analyze millions of data points in real time and recommend actions that go beyond reactive fixes. The result? A 25–30% reduction in unplanned downtime, lower costs, and less pressure on technicians and planners. But the real story is not just technical, it’s a mindset shift. AI doesn’t just make production more efficient, it makes it smarter. Human and machine are no longer opposites, but partners. Do you, as a leader, want to understand how AI systems like these can strengthen your strategy? Discover the Masterclass AI & Strategy for Executives with https://www.tias.edu/en/about-tias/profile/jeroen-de-flander at TIAS. In just three days, you’ll learn how AI becomes a lever for better analysis, faster decision-making, and more effective execution, without technical prerequisites, but with maximum impact.

Tilburg University Appoints Dr. Hans van Dijk as Professor of Leading Inclusion at TIAS School for Business and Society Effective September 1, 2025, Tilburg University has appointed Dr. Hans van Dijk as Professor of Leading Inclusion at TIAS School for Business and Society. At TIAS, Van Dijk teaches and conducts research on the conditions that foster inclusive organizations and the causes of growing resistance to inclusion.

In a dark studio in Berlin, a woman sings together with… herself. Or rather, with a digital version of herself. Holly Herndon, musician and PhD student at Stanford, developed an AI voice model with a team of artists and engineers that can analyze, mimic, and reshape her voice. The AI is called Spawn. It doesn’t just sound like Herndon, it learns to breathe with her, improvise, and respond to human input.

What happens when experience meets ambition? In this interview series, professors and alumni of TIAS School for Business and Society come together to discuss developments in their fields and the impact on today’s world. From the latest technological breakthroughs to the human side of leadership: each edition shows how knowledge and practice strengthen one another.