Howard Yu is the LEGO(R) Professor of Management and Innovation at IMD Business School in Switzerland and founding director of its Future Readiness Center, which helps companies navigate strategic transformation. A globally ranked Thinkers50 member, he won the Strategy Award in 2023, building on earlier recognition from Poets&Quants as one of "The World's Top 40 Business Professors Under 40." He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice. Yu writes the widely read Substack newsletter One Inch Ahead and earned his doctorate at Harvard Business School.