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Work less, for more?
The Boomtown Rats didn’t like Mondays. The Cure were in love on Fridays. The Beatles worked eight days a week. If these iconic bands ran companies, who…
Mar 1, 2023
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Feb 24, 2023
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Politicians do digital.... again.
There was an exciting new double act on r4 this morning. Tony Blair and William Hague were releasing their new hit “Do more Digital strategy uk, and…
Feb 22, 2023
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B Corp badge of honour
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Feb 21, 2023
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Warren vs Oprah
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Feb 21, 2023
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How to be on a board
With the latest season of The Apprentice reaching its climax, boardrooms are back in the popular imagination. By the looks on the candidates’ faces…
Feb 16, 2023
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I am 50 this week. What would be my best present? More women.
I am 50 this week. I am taking much comfort from recent headlines declaring that “over 50 year olds are back in vogue at work”. Apparently Mcdonalds and…
Feb 7, 2023
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January 2023
Can cake build culture?
‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. So said Reed Hastings, who announced his retirement as Netflix chief executive last week. The much quoted idea…
Jan 31, 2023
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Are you a Warren or an Oprah?
“Meetings are a bug, today we shipped a fix to this bug @shopify. To start 2023 we are canceling all meetings with more than 2 people”. So wrote Kaz…
Jan 18, 2023
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Martha Lane Fox
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Become a B-corp, it’s a badge of honour
When Stuart Rose returned to revive the ailing Marks & Spencer in 2004, he launched what he called Plan A. It was an initiative to put sustainability at…
Jan 17, 2023
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Everyone can be an entrepreneur
“The French don't even have a word for entrepreneur,” President George Bush reputedly once quipped to Tony Blair. Whether true or not, it was revealing…
Jan 17, 2023
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Nobody knows anything
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING pinged out in bold capitals on the first slide of our presentation. I sat, aged 21, feeling very out of place in a boardroom in…
Jan 17, 2023
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