AI pilots succeed remarkably often. They deliver working models, accurate predictions, and convincing demos. Yet in most cases, that is where it ends. The step from pilot to structural impact is rarely taken. This is not a technology issue. In most cases, the technology works just fine. The problem lies elsewhere: scaling affects the organization, not IT.

Good AI doesn’t start with data or a model, but with five sharp choices that determine whether it will actually be used later or just sound clever on paper.

Why Governance, Assurance, and Accountability must keep pace with AI innovation”

Barry Posner: “Organizations can make you a manager, but they cannot make you a leader.”

Fenya and Axel Ten Kortenaar on personal leadership, generational differences, and the impact of their TIAS education.

Planning to start a TIAS program in 2026? Benefit from the most favorable rates available to you until January 31.

Amy Edmondson: “We don’t have the answers yet. We’re going to have to create them together.”

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.