Be careful out there…

Christmas is the time of year when amateurs are often forced to party like professionals. It’s not their fault, but the annual shenanigans can leave a trail of victims in their wake. Here are a few pointers to help you through the festive period with, hopefully, your dignity and job intact. On the day of […]

Trump works too hard

Americans celebrated Thanksgiving on November 22nd, and having eaten turkey and cranberry sauce, took the next day off work as well. That is a rare break in what, by global standards, is a tough-working regime. In a typical year the average American works 100 more hours than a Briton, 300 more than a French employee […]

Get with the programme

Earlier this year, Nike wanted a new face for its marketing campaign. Instead of someone safe, it chose one of the most controversial athletes in America, Colin Kaepernick, a quarterback who had knelt during the national anthem to protest against racism and police brutality. He had been condemned by President Donald Trump and shunned by […]

Look out boys…

Are men now under threat in the workplace? If you were to listen last week to a group of advertising executives at J Walter Thompson, you might believe so. The men claim they were made redundant for being “white, male, straight, and British”, and are said to have approached lawyers about the possibility of bringing […]

Business will be the death of us

At at a recent press conference held by climate activists Extinction Rebellion, journalists pressed the organisers on whether their aims were realistic. They have called, for example, for UK carbon emissions to be reduced to net zero by 2025. Wouldn’t it be better, they were asked, to pursue some intermediate aims? A young woman called […]

Dinnage lady

Women’s sport is currently enjoying a bit of a moment and the world of football has just introduced a woman as one of its chief executives. The television executive Susanna Dinnage is to become one of the most powerful women in professional sport after being named Richard Scudamore’s successor at the Premier League. Dinnage will […]

CEOs should look to real leaders

Very few business leaders offer up politicians as their heroes, preferring, instead, to to look at other boardroom warriors or the sporting world. However, running a country is an even greater test of leadership and character than running a corporation or a baseball team. Surely some who have passed through the fire have something to […]

Can you attack a national treasure?

In a recent interview with the Observer, Sir David Attenborough (aka The Most Trusted Man in Britain), has received criticism from certain quarters. By downplaying the environmental crisis, the presenter’s BBC films have apparently generated complacency, confusion and ignorance. Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, says that knowingly creating a false impression of the world is a […]

The new tech bubble?

Business booms and busts follow a pattern. They start with an exciting change in the economy. Managers and investors collectively create a story about it, which begins as an explanation, then morphs into an extrapolation, and then into an exaggeration. Eventually the data contradict the narrative, boom turns to bust, and a bout of austerity […]

WLTM

“Thirty-something executive with great plans for a startup business would like to meet similar. Must possess relevant experience and have gsoh (graduated from Stanford or Harvard).” Romance-seekers place adverts like this on the internet all the time. So why not entrepreneurs? People who want to start a business may be aware they do not have […]

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Our Cause

We will fight for a world where everyone feels safe, valued, able to grow, and be inspired by their role and the organisation that they work for. And that starts with us…

cause-rotated-pink

Our Cause

We will fight for a world where everyone feels safe, valued, able to grow, and be inspired by their role and the organisation that they work for. And that starts with us…