Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us I had one of those surreal conversations with someone yesterday. They insisted that they got the best performance out of their salesforce by offering them a very high proportion of their… Continue reading
Them and Us: Changing Britain – Why We Need a Fair Society by Will Hutton In a small village in Oxfordshire, last Friday night, there was the latest in a series of public talks being given to raise funds to… Continue reading
Business Book Of The Week – “Linked – How Everything is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means for Business and Everyday Life” by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi I was planning on reviewing Albert-Laszlo Barabasi’s latest book, “Bursts: The Hidden Pattern… Continue reading
…To enable change in the Autumn. I agree that it’s a stunt – but it will have an impact on BP – though not in the way that some people might expect. In the world of direct action strategy it… Continue reading
As some of you may know, for the last three or four years, I have been managing the networks of former employees for a couple of large organisations. A corporate alumni network, provides the means for people who used to… Continue reading
Last week’s 10th Annual Conference of Corporate Governance (#wccg09), explored alternative, hopefully more effective, means of corporate governance. What emerged clearly from the presentations and the discussion was that our current approaches to governance miss the mark. They are targeted… Continue reading
Be honest, you didn’t expect to read that did you?! Well, in 2007, the US fast food industry consisted of around 250000 outlets, of which McDonald’s alone had 14000 in the US and a further 32000 worldwide. Fast food outlets… Continue reading
This is the second part of a keynote paper prepared for the 11th Global Conference on Environment Management, held in Palampur last week. A short-term geopolitical scenario This though, is not a conference about the science and technology necessary to… Continue reading
This is the first part of a keynote paper prepared for the 11th Global Conference on Environment Management, being held at Palampur later this week. At the UN Security Council debate on climate security in 2007, the Ghanaian representative, LK… Continue reading
The other weekend, I was lucky to attend the Annual Branch Conference of the Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS). The RLSS is a charity, established in 1891 to combat a high drowning toll. The techniques advocated by the Society were… Continue reading
