In 2018, I gave a talk at a Chamber of Commerce event in Worcestershire about business leaders needing to give thought to others in the world regarding their environmental decision-making policies, and the need for us to realise that all humans are interconnected. One of my slides was a picture of around 100 Bangladeshis wading through waist-deep water, having been flooded out of their homes […]
What fuels creativity? Some argue that it’s the challenge of a deadline. Others say that it’s the drive to solve problems and create a better world. From firsthand experience, I’ve seen how encouraging freedom drives ideas and innovation. Yet the way in which businesses across all industries structure their working days gives little allowance for […]
In this strange, topsy-turvey pandemic-blighted country, it is the right of the political spectrum, rather than the left, who are criticising businesses for exploiting cheap labour and fueling the supply chains crisis. In his speech to the Conservative Party conference, Boris Johnson claimed firms have used “immigration as an excuse for failure to invest in […]
Have you ever really thought about how you formulate your goals? Do you draw up clear, written goals that are expressed in such a way that you also set unambiguous deadlines for whether and when you want them to be achieved? Or are your goals vague, such as “I want to be happy”? Sure, that’s a nice wish, the kind of thing everyone wants, but it’s not a clearly defined goal. Do you know what you really, specifically want?
We speak with Anna Alex, founder of the climate-tech startup Planetly, which helps companies analyse, reduce and offset their CO2 consumption thanks to cutting-edge technology and digital tools.
With a current net worth of $105.6 billion (according to Forbes), Warren Buffett is one of the most successful and influential investors and business magnates in the world. The son of a US congressman, Buffett first bought stock when he was 11 years old and first filed taxes at 13. In 1956, he founded Buffett Partnership, which was renamed Berkshire Hathaway after the company bought a textile manufacturing firm with the same name. Today, Berkshire Hathaway is a multinational conglomerate holding company which owns and operates over 60 companies, including Helzberg Diamonds, battery manufacturer Duracell, insurer Geico and the Dairy Queen restaurant chain.
We introduce you to Wascosa – a Swiss company focussed on the hiring out and management of freight cars for rail traffic and a pioneer in the industry. Peter Balzer is the Chief Executive Officer of Wascosa and works closely with Philipp Müller, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Peter has been in charge of Wascosa's fortunes since 2014 and since then has helped the company to become the fourth largest wagon leasing company in Europe. He tells us all about it over the next few pages.
Following Nick Beighton stepping down as CEO of Asos, Doug Baird, founder and Chief Executive of New Street Consulting Group, looks at the challenge for CEO successors keen to take fresh eyes to a new role.
Covid pushed operations into the limelight, but what does the future hold? Dale Smith, Operations Director at The Frameworks, explores the question. The pandemic has thrown the structure of working life completely out of shape. Since the many lockdowns forced companies to adopt remote working overnight, the pressures on operation teams are greater than ever […]
IRIS, leaders in the international HR space, offer crucial understandings on how employers need to change the approaches that have led to biased burnouts. Workplace experiences vary greatly for minorities. The emerging “occupational phenomenon” known as burnout, which was identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of […]
On arrival at the city of Thebes, Oedipus encountered the great sphinx. If Oedipus could answer the sphinx’s riddle, he would be able to enter; if not he would be devoured. In the age of deep tech, our heroes are those who have undertaken their own personal odysseys to become billionaire founders of unicorn startups. […]
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