Strategy

At Global DMC Partners’ Connection 2026 in Lisbon, industry leaders argued that in an unstable world, meetings and incentives are no longer optional extras but strategic assets. In January 2026, the Global DMC Partners convened its annual Connection event in Lisbon, bringing together global planners and partners at a moment of heightened economic and geopolitical uncertainty. The event was shaped by a shared concern: how to future-proof meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions as inflation, visa constraints and AI disruption collide with rising demand for in-person engagement. Opening the programme, Catherine Chaulet, President and CEO of Global DMC Partners, framed the […]

An interview with Harvard Business School professor Boris Groysberg in January 2026 challenges a prevailing assumption of the AI era: that hiring elite talent alone is enough to win. In January 2026, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge published an interview with Boris Groysberg, exploring how organizations are responding to intense competition for artificial intelligence talent. The discussion comes at a moment when companies across sectors are paying unprecedented sums to recruit AI specialists, under pressure from investors and boards to signal competitiveness in a rapidly shifting landscape. Groysberg’s central argument is that the real differentiator is not individual brilliance, but […]