Equality Riots, refugees and reconciliation How we got into this mess and how we start to get out of it Imagine the scene. Civil war has broken out. Soldiers arrived in your village. You feared for the safety of your children. You left in a con… 0 0
Governance Dishonourable compliance, suppressed conscience, and lethal compartmentalisation The slippery slope to Grenfell to which all boards should be alert. I haven’t read the whole Grenfell Inquiry Report. But I have listened to the authoritative BBC Radio 4 podcast series Grenfell – Bui… 0 0
Governance Message to boards – get off the fence and start arguing for the regulation that the wellbeing of future generations demands “The burden of regulation is too high” said Kemi Badenoch MP as she set out her case in front of Conservative Party members at their party conference last month. How short memories can be. Only a mont… 0 0
Steward Leadership Instead of compelling people to work in the office ask: is this office a compelling place to work? Let me take you back in time. The year is 1983. For four years I have been working as a manager in one of Europe’s largest paper manufacturing plants. I have done a stint running the site’s hardboard… 0 0
Governance Breaching the world’s safe boundaries I experienced a nasty discordant sound last month on hearing two pieces of news. First, I learned from some of the world’s leading scientists who formed The Earth Commission that: “Human activity has… 0 0
Governance When does a cause become ‘politically motivated’? And is that a reason for boards to steer clear of it? ‘Politically motivated’ . I first became aware of this label in 1983 when I was an election candidate in the UK. In my campaign to become the next MP I dropped in on retired people who had gathered fo… 0 0
Governance A new headache for boards 16 years ago, Tomorrow’s Company published the conclusion of an inquiry into the global company of the future. The tone was positive and optimistic. In the Tomorrow’s Global Company report of 2007 the… 0 0
Steward Leadership Harvest Economics – sentimental throwback or idea whose time has come? Recently, Kate Raworth the creator of Doughnut Economics, asked her twitter followers how she might better describe the flaws in prevailing orthodoxy about economic growth In reply, I suggested that s… 0 0
Equality Asylum – is business playing its part? The tragedy of lives lost in Greece reminds us more than ever of the need to find safe routes for migration. This is a problem that all of us need to confront, whether we are individual or corporate c… 0 0
Steward Leadership Thinking like an owner – a precious byproduct of capitalism Last week BBC Radio 4 hosted a discussion about capitalism between three authors – the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf, US Senator Bernie Sanders and economist Kate Raworth, whose contribution to an earl… 0 0
Equality Migration – the fairness test to come I listened recently to a fascinating BBC radio programme about housing in Vienna. There was so much to admire. Housing designed for community living; plenty of green space; accommodation rented to all… 0 0
Steward Leadership Are you connected with the soul of your company? I landed in Barcelona at around 10.30 in the morning. Half an hour later the ground under my feet suddenly seemed uneven. Why such a rough floor in such a modern airport? It turned out that the roughn… 0 0
Equality What is your company doing about intergenerational fairness? “It’s clear that while capitalism has a huge amount to offer in terms of wealth creation and encouraging free enterprise, it has still not found a way of enabling participation for all.” “Imagine a wo… 0 0
Steward Leadership Creativity – a basic requirement for business students I was standing in the coffee queue at the University of East Anglia, in the break during the closing conference for our first-year business students. I turned to the student in front of me and asked i… 0 0
Equality Riots, refugees and reconciliation How we got into this mess and how we start to get out of it Imagine the scene. Civil war has broken out. Soldiers arrived in your village. You feared for the sa… 0 0
Governance Dishonourable compliance, suppressed conscience, and lethal compartmentalisation The slippery slope to Grenfell to which all boards should be alert. I haven’t read the whole Grenfell Inquiry Report. But I have listened to the authoritative B… 0 0
Governance Message to boards – get off the fence and start arguing for the regulation that the wellbeing of future generations demands “The burden of regulation is too high” said Kemi Badenoch MP as she set out her case in front of Conservative Party members at their party conference last month… 0 0
Steward Leadership Instead of compelling people to work in the office ask: is this office a compelling place to work? Let me take you back in time. The year is 1983. For four years I have been working as a manager in one of Europe’s largest paper manufacturing plants. I have do… 0 0
Steward Leadership Thinking like an owner – a precious byproduct of capitalism Last week BBC Radio 4 hosted a discussion about capitalism between three authors – the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf, US Senator Bernie Sanders and economist Kat… 0 0
Equality Migration – the fairness test to come I listened recently to a fascinating BBC radio programme about housing in Vienna. There was so much to admire. Housing designed for community living; plenty of… 0 0
Steward Leadership Harvest Economics – sentimental throwback or idea whose time has come? Recently, Kate Raworth the creator of Doughnut Economics, asked her twitter followers how she might better describe the flaws in prevailing orthodoxy about econ… 0 0
Equality What is your company doing about intergenerational fairness? “It’s clear that while capitalism has a huge amount to offer in terms of wealth creation and encouraging free enterprise, it has still not found a way of enabli… 0 0
Steward Leadership Are you connected with the soul of your company? I landed in Barcelona at around 10.30 in the morning. Half an hour later the ground under my feet suddenly seemed uneven. Why such a rough floor in such a moder… 0 0
Governance Breaching the world’s safe boundaries I experienced a nasty discordant sound last month on hearing two pieces of news. First, I learned from some of the world’s leading scientists who formed The Ear… 0 0
Steward Leadership Creativity – a basic requirement for business students I was standing in the coffee queue at the University of East Anglia, in the break during the closing conference for our first-year business students. I turned t… 0 0
Governance A new headache for boards 16 years ago, Tomorrow’s Company published the conclusion of an inquiry into the global company of the future. The tone was positive and optimistic. In the Tomo… 0 0
Governance When does a cause become ‘politically motivated’? And is that a reason for boards to steer clear of it? ‘Politically motivated’ . I first became aware of this label in 1983 when I was an election candidate in the UK. In my campaign to become the next MP I dropped… 0 0
Equality Asylum – is business playing its part? The tragedy of lives lost in Greece reminds us more than ever of the need to find safe routes for migration. This is a problem that all of us need to confront,… 0 0