10 Feb

We Are Nowhere Near Stakeholder Capitalism

Stakeholder-capitalism
We Are Nowhere Near Stakeholder Capitalism - By Vijay Govindarajan and Anup Srivastava - If you read the headlines coming from the 2020 World Economic Forum at Davos, you may start believing that public corporations have fundamentally changed their raison d’être: from creating value for shareholders to benefiting society-at-large. In our opinion, this...
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07 Oct

Mindset – The psychological challenge of business growth

Mindset
Mindset - The psychological challenge of business growth - When a business changes faster than employees’ thinking there is a problem! Individuals’ assumptions, priorities and expectations become obsolete - mindset becomes a big obstacle to change and growth. Employees continue do a great job, but in some respects its yesterday’s...
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08 Jul

Why Don’t More UK Businesses Think in the Billions

Businesses Think in the Billions
British businesses have a habit of building quick and selling fast, with many of the global powerhouses hailing from Germany and the USA. Why is this? And why don’t British firms often build for the long-term? Why do so few UK businesses expand to become global giants? Are there structural...
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21 Dec

Transparency Is Key to Building Trust in Business

Transparency builds trust
Transparency Is Key to Building Trust in Business - When an engine exploded on Qantas flight QF32 on Nov. 4, 2010, endangering the lives of 469 passengers and crew, the plane’s captain, Richard de Crespigny, didn’t curse, panic, or pray. Instead, he relied on the supreme trust he had...
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02 Oct

How Your Business Can Adapt To Millennials

Recently a video by author and speaker Simon Sinek went viral on social media achieving over 78 million views on Facebook alone. The hot topic was about millennials (people born after 1984) in the workplace. The narrative in the media took a very negative tone about what he was...
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