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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Leadership
      Success is more complicated than one exceptional individual

      Is our fixation on identifying what good leadership is based on an attribution error?

    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      The tech sector’s free pass must be cancelled

      Ignoring AI is the wrong response to ethical and social questions about it

      Andy Carter illustration of a robot walking past a security cordon while a woman is held back from entering by a security guard
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Leadership
      Succession is painful but it doesn’t need to be

      If CEOs didn’t define themselves so completely by their work, retirement would be less frightening

      Brian Cox sits at a boardroom table holding his glasses and looking pensive
    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Future of work
      Schools should teach curiosity, not careerism

      The Department of Education is wrong to suggest that young children should start thinking about future jobs

      Ben Hickey illustration of a child looking up stairs leading to a door at the top
    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Climate change
      Stigma is costing oil and gas majors their staff

      Companies need detailed transition plans to retain essential specialised staff

      Young climate change protesters outside the COP26 conference in Glasgow last year
    • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
      Climate change
      Chief executives have a climate crisis blind spot

      While many business leaders discuss environmental concerns, a PwC survey suggests few know where or how to start

      Flooded homes after heavy rains in Citrolandia, Brazil. With just 13% of CEOs having incentive plans linked to decarbonisation, the message is clear: climate change has little strategic impact
    • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
      UK economy
      An artists’ levy on tech would solve the UK’s copyright issue

      The creative industries are badly remunerated, but a small percentage on gadgets can make things fairer

      Artist Rachel Whiteread poses with her sculpture ‘Nissen Hut’ in Dalby Forest in York, England
    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Anthro-Vision by Gillian Tett — soft insights on society

      The FT journalist asserts that anthropology can help us understand ourselves, our tribes, companies and communities

    • Monday, 3 May, 2021
      Climate change
      Courts can no longer protect companies from climate flak

      A jury’s unusual acquittal of activists who attacked Shell’s London HQ sets a worrying precedent

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      Whistleblowing
      Silence isn’t golden, whistleblowers are

      Most employees do not leak information because they want to but because valuable insights are ignored

    • Monday, 7 September, 2020
      Rebooting the Workplace
      A radical prescription to make work fit for the future | Free to read

      Organisations will thrive when all staff feel valued — and their ideas are implemented

    • Monday, 24 February, 2020
      Management
      Treat workers like robots and they might behave like them

      Rigid targets and blind obedience look like efficiency but should haunt every manager

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    • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together — a plea for fresh thinking

      Margaret Heffernan’s secular sermon calls on us to respond differently to predictions about the future

      An attendee takes a photo of the live feed of the Ozo, a virtual reality camera, manufactured by Nokia Oyj, at the European launch in London, U.K., on Thursday, March 17, 2016. The ball-shaped gadget has eight shutter sensors capturing 3D footage for the creation of content for devices such as virtual-reality headsets, Nokia said in a statement. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
      Office life
      There is nothing wrong with changing your mind

      Aversion to debate and organisational silence run deep in many corporations

      Senior businesswoman telling her colleagues to stop arguing on a meeting.
    • Sunday, 14 July, 2019
      Management
      This is change management — without all the risk and upheaval

      Experiments allow leaders to unleash fresh thinking, without a massive redesign

      KDP8P6 Colleagues working together in modern office
    • Tuesday, 9 April, 2019
      Artificial intelligence
      Google finds AI raises ethical questions we struggle to answer

      Tech companies are searching for fixes to problems they do not fully understand

      The sculpture of a Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system mascot sits inside the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. Google, part of Alphabet Inc., plans on tapping into existing fiber networks in San Francisco to deliver ultra-fast internet access across the city. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 14 December, 2018
      Sexual misconduct allegations
      Corporate calculations on sexual harassment have changed

      Companies can no longer count on victims to remain silent about abuse

      Man at an office window in central London. (Photo by In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images)
    • Monday, 1 October, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Are Chief Executives Overpaid? by Deborah Hargreaves

      A devastating argument in favour of redesigning leaders’ pay

      Leader Jeremy Corbyn at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today.
    • Tuesday, 24 April, 2018
      Drugs research
      University reputations risk being tarnished by business links

      Cambridge Analytica scandal shows higher education is vulnerable to taint

      The Judge Business school, Cambridge
    • Sunday, 11 March, 2018
      UK labour disputes
      Universities risk their reputations by failing to value teaching staff

      In no successful business do smart leaders deliberately alienate frontline workers

      University workers and students hold placards outside the University of Cambridge Sidgwick Site, as university workers begin a month of walkouts in the latest stage of a bitter dispute over pensions. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday February 22, 2018. Lectures and seminars are expected to be cancelled, and more than a million students could face disruption in the coming weeks. See PA story EDUCATION Pensions. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
    • Thursday, 8 March, 2018
      Corporate culture
      Assemble your own role models from the best of others

      Whether we like it or not, everyone is a guide of some kind

      AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 19: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford speak to the media January 19, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are expecting their first child in June 2018. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters will take on Prime Ministerial duties for six weeks after the baby is born. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 18 February, 2018
      Audio articles
      It is not up to film stars to sort out workplace harassment

      Three steps to changing a culture

      BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Actor Gary Oldman, recipient of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award for 'Darkest Hour', time's up pin detail, attends the Focus Features Golden Globe Awards After Party on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)
    • Thursday, 7 December, 2017
      Special ReportManagement
      Hierarchies lie at the root of corporate decay

      Today’s organisations confront an awkward truth: creative success does not respect status

      Grading: wrong on so many levels
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2017
      Sport
      Saracens rugby club on the value of nurturing team mentality

      The hugely successful English side takes an unconventional approach

      Saracens' chairman Nigel Wray (right) after the European Champions Cup Final at BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2017
      Technology sector
      The Google affair bares Silicon Valley’s trust deficit

      Tech sector behaviour must live up to its powerful role in the economy and society

      Google employees enjoy outdoor lunch at Charlie's Cafe at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. The Googleplex campus includes over 20 dining options that encourage a communal experience with group tables. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)
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