Victoria Petrova at Basic Element

She runs a leading Russian conglomerate with a 250,000 employee organization, encompasing hundreds of companies in five continents and eight sectors. Petrova's main challenge: change management, introducing new operating models that recurrently expand people's productivity. Her answer: technology & telepresence, training, hard work (reading a lot, keeping yourself connected with emerging conversations). Her struggle: attracting young talent - who seem to be more interested in entrepreneurial ventures - to work in large corporations.