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This year's economics Nobel, read for business leaders

The 2026 prize honours the thinking behind how central banks try to steady an economy. With India's central bank raising rates for the first time since February 2023, that thinking is now showing up in boardroom borrowing costs.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

What makes a business recognition credible

A recognition is only worth what its process is worth. Here is the standard WCRC holds itself to: how candidates come forward, what is assessed, who selects, how money is kept out of the decision, and how anyone can check a claim.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

The 'alternative Nobel' goes to an AI accountability pioneer

The 2026 Right Livelihood Award has honoured AI researcher Timnit Gebru for challenging concentrated power in artificial intelligence. For boards deploying AI, the message is that accountability is no longer a niche concern: it is now recognised alongside human rights work.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

What this year's Nobel prizes teach about long bets and open sharing

The 2026 science Nobels reward ideas that took decades to mature, and one that spread because its inventors gave their tools away. Both lessons sit awkwardly with quarterly R&D budgets, and both are worth a boardroom discussion.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

Navi Pillay and leadership through institutions

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize honours a jurist who spent six decades building rules that outlast the people who wrote them. Her career is a study in a kind of leadership business rarely celebrates: making institutions work.

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk

No strings attached: what the MacArthur model teaches about recognising talent

The MacArthur Foundation has named 20 new fellows, each receiving $800,000 over five years with no application, no conditions and no reports. Its model raises a sharp question for corporate awards and leadership programmes: are we rewarding the past, or backing the future?

By WCRC Leaders Editorial Desk