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    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Go with the gut or start a spreadsheet? How to become more decisive

      By all means analyse the options and consult your colleagues — but at some point you must trust your judgment

      A woman at a desk stares musingly into space
    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      The mundane organisational flaws that can lead to tragedy

      The chaotic evacuation of Kabul is only the latest example of what can go wrong when systems are poorly set up and run

      A photo of Afghans outside Kabul airport struggling to reach foreign forces to show the necessary credentials to flee the country
    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      The hidden costs of cost-benefit analysis

      ‘What is the point if all the costs and benefits being analysed are flights of fantasy?’

    • Monday, 28 June, 2021
      ReviewBusiness books
      Why humanity is an asset in an age of tech

      An exploration of how ‘framing’ decisions by exploring our choices is a skill we can all deploy

    • Monday, 2 March, 2020
      Andrew Hill
      Volkswagen is right to hire the devil and not his advocate

      The recruitment of a grumbling Green faces some potential bumps in the road, though

      Albanian-born Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, 1910 - 1997), who has devoted her life to helping the poor. She was awarded the Nobel prize for peace in 1979 for her charitable works. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 30 September, 2018
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Vodafone’s Vittorio Colao: streamlining assets

      Outgoing chief executive worked patiently on huge deals to transform the company

      Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodaphone, photographed in the FT for How to Lead.
    • Friday, 6 July, 2018
      FT CollectionsCorporate culture
      Reinventing business

      Disruption hits retail, consumer goods, industrials and pharma sectors

    • Monday, 7 May, 2018
      Andrew Hill
      Why groupthink never went away

      First identified in the 1970s, our capacity for flawed decision-making is unchanged

      1961: Members of Castro's militia in the Escambry Mountain area of Cuba during the ill-fated US backed Bay of Pigs invasion. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)
    • Friday, 6 April, 2018
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Spending decisions that show our limitations

      Everything has a cost, whether we are making a political choice or a purchase

      Richer Sounds shop near London Bridge for Business Life.
    • Friday, 1 September, 2017
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      When doing nothing is the best option

      In many areas of life, we demand action when inaction would serve us better

      Marine One, carrying President Donald Trump, lands on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Trump returned to the White House after a working vacation at his golf club in New Jersey. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
    • Monday, 21 August, 2017
      Andrew Hill
      What Donald Trump lost by wrecking his business relationships

      Advisory councils can work, but they need a strong chair and a proper agenda

      President Donald Trump points as he answers a question after an event to sign a memorandum calling for a trade investigation of China, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    • Monday, 28 November, 2016
      Andrew Hill
      Seven lessons from the FT’s business book prize judges

      Discussions are rigorous and reflect how some teams take weightier decisions

      14/09/10. FT / GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2010. PICTURE SHOWS THE JUDGING PANEL MAKING THEIR 6-STRONG SHORTLIST AT THE OFFICES OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON TODAY. CREDIT: DANIEL LYNCH. 07941 594 556. http://www.lynchpix.co.uk
    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2016
      Anjana Ahuja
      Driverless cars and MIT’s test of the crowdsourcing morality

      Will your morals and ethics match those of other people, asks Anjana Ahuja

      epa04744356 Tinosch Ganjineh (L) Project Leader AutoNOMOS, and Daniel Goehring, Project Leader Self-Driving Cars Intelligent Systems and Robotics Freie Universitaet Berlin (R) drive in a driverless car, presented by Swiss communication company Swisscom, during a press event in Zurich, Switzerland, 12 May 2015. In cooperation with UVEK (the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications) and Germany's Autonomos Labs, Swisscom presented the first driverless car to take to Swiss roads. The car is a VW Passat, which Autonomos Labs has fitted with sensors, computers and software. The computer drives, steers and brakes the vehicle autonomously, and detects other vehicles and pedestrians by means of laser scanners, radar and video cameras. EPA/ENNIO LEANZA
    • Sunday, 28 August, 2016
      Working Smarter
      Make better decisions by using stress to your advantage

      Learning to be excited rather than anxious will boost your results

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2016
      European companies
      Top 1,000 European companies improve use of working capital

      Concern many UK corporates in the group seem unprepared for the risks post-EU referendum

      There were concerns about British levels of debt in the light of Brexit
    • Friday, 15 July, 2016
      Helen Lewis
      The freedom of deciding to cut down on choices

      Notebook: Obama seeks to be in an optimum state for his role as Decider-in-Chief, writes Helen Lewis

      U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the police shootings in Dallas after meeting with EU leaders at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, Poland July 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
    • Monday, 11 July, 2016
      Andrew Hill
      What decision makers can learn from Blair’s failures

      Iraq war shows how an inner circle that becomes a cabal will confirm what CEOs think they know

      Fighting Continues Around Basra...BASRA, IRAQ - APRIL 1: (FILE PHOTO) An Iraqi man is searched, as he makes his way down the road out of Basra, by members of the Irish Guard 7th Armour Brigade April 1, 2003 in Basra, Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Blair, April 28, 2005 faces fresh pressure about the war in Iraq following a leaked document from the Attorney General that a second UN resolution was advised to be the safest legal course. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 3 July, 2016
      Strategy
      Students choose their must-read business books

      MBA bloggers share standout works on topics ranging from negotiation to strategy

      An Oxford student in a Blackwells bookstore
    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2016
      Jan Techau
      Sophisticated states are failing — politicians need to take risks

      We have functioning states but nothing is getting done, writes Jan Techau

      Politics - 1987 General Election Campaign - Margaret Thatcher - Docklands Headquarters, London...Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discusses an artist's impression of future development in the dockland area with Chris Benson, Chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation at it's headquarters in London. Also pictures (l) is Denis Thatcher.
    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2016
      Management
      Google X disrupter Sebastian Thrun on fingernails and moonshots

      Udacity founder and Google X man declares war on groupthink, complacency and meetings

      Sebastian Thrun, CEO Udacity, talks about the growth of the online education company at the Udacity office in Mountain View, California, Friday, Feb. 5 2016. Thor Swift for the Financial Times
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