Purposeful Business - who are we kidding? A question every GC should be asking
I like talking to lawyers. They care about words and their precise meaning. So do I. Last week I spent a day amongst lawyers who were...
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- Jun 18
- 4 min
To hell with protocol, let’s be sure there isn’t an injustice here
My first grown-up job was in industrial relations in an engineering company. After 18 months I was asked to take up a post in a Cumbrian...
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Prison for parents? If 1 in 50 pupils are missing from half the lessons, it’s time to think again about what school is for
Throughout the world, education is seen as the route to progress. If children can be educated, they may find a route out of poverty. If...
- Nov 17, 2023
- 4 min
We need a curriculum for life – here’s how the next generation might shape it
Do schools look for talent in the wrong places? That was the question with which Tomorrow’s Company embarked on its session...
- Nov 6, 2023
- 4 min
Wake up and smell the 21st century coffee – three post Anthropy challenges for boards
SUMMARY 1. Do you understand the ways in which your business future depends on nature and nature-based solutions? If not, how will you...
- Oct 23, 2023
- 4 min
What is corporate responsibility and how can I identify it?
What is corporate responsibility? Try answering this question and you enter an Alice-through-the-Looking-Glass world where nothing is...
- Sep 25, 2023
- 4 min
Long term decisions for a brighter future? Yes Prime Minister, here are 12 suggestions to start with.
Standing at a lectern embellished with the words ‘LONG-TERM DECISIONS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE’ our Prime Minister announced, without...
- Sep 13, 2023
- 4 min
Everything is collapsing and we aren’t learning any lessons. Time for business to speak up.
The front cover of the most recent edition of Private Eye has an infant school pupil saying to the Prime Minister ’Everything is...
- Jul 23, 2023
- 4 min
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...
- Jul 10, 2023
- 4 min
Discovering and nurturing tomorrow’s wealth creators
A virtual garden. A clothing company for pets. A smart toothbrush that monitors your oral health as you use it. A multi-purpose bedside...
- Jun 26, 2023
- 4 min
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...
- Jun 19, 2023
- 4 min
Memo to the chair: unhappy about ticking those ESG boxes? Then lead from the front
I experienced a nasty discordant sound last month on hearing two pieces of news. First I learned from some of the world’s leading...
- Apr 25, 2023
- 4 min
Set up a shadow board by all means, but when will you get serious 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...
- Apr 17, 2023
- 4 min
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...
- Mar 28, 2023
- 3 min
We need to talk about Purpose – but also about values!
The UK needs better, stronger companies. Companies which, while being commercial and competitive, dedicate themselves to serving human...
- Mar 8, 2023
- 4 min
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...
- Feb 27, 2023
- 4 min
From Jack Welch to Paul Polman — what a change in just 15 years!
Trials of a 4-day working week have been a success, according to recent reports in The Guardian. 18 of the 61 participating companies...
- Feb 6, 2023
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- Jan 30, 2023
- 1 min
Nadhim and Ram – two tales about fairness
My Silk Road The Adventures and Struggles of a British Asian Refugee Pippa Ramm Books 2022
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