Opinion - CEO Today

Which Brands Handled Employee Engagement Right During The Pandemic?

August 20, 2021

Danni Rush, chief operating officer at Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Incentives, shares her thoughts on which brands handled employee engagement well throughout the pandemic. COVID-19 has changed working practices in ways unthinkable just a few years ago. One of the most evident changes is the shift to home working, with research released in May […]

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In The Pursuit Of Happiness: How To Create Meaningful Brand Experiences

August 19, 2021

Nathalie Nahai, international speaker and author of Business Unusual: Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience explains how businesses can create meaningful experiences for their customers. We’ve all witnessed it – the rapid, extensive, unstoppable roll-out of tech-mediated commerce, education and work have transformed how we live these past 18 months. Yet alongside the […]

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Tokyo Olympics And Workplace Happiness – Is There A Case For Watching Sport In Business?

August 18, 2021

If you’re a sports fan, it's been a glorious summer with the European and Latin American football championships followed by the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Analogies between sports and business have always been popular because there are so many examples of inspiring athletes stretching themselves and high-performing teams working seamlessly together. Yet, it’s not surprising […]

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Can CEOs Really Make A Difference To The World?

August 16, 2021

Bridget Grenville-Cleave, a positive psychology consultant specialising in happiness and well-being at work, considers the sphere of influence of CEOs. Our expectations of companies are rising The idea that companies can and should try to change the world is hardly new; Corporate Social Responsibility reporting (sometimes referred to as ‘people, planet, profit’) has been around […]

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Leading The Way On Disability Diversity

August 13, 2021

Marc Woods, gold medal winning Paralympian and co-founder of DE&I, Leadership and Performance consultants Equiida, challenges senior leaders to do more on disability diversity. Limited progress on disability diversity Following the announcement of the UK government's National Disability Strategy in July and with Tokyo hosting the Paralympics in August, for a short while attention will […]

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Remote Vs Office Working: Navigating The Right Balance And Maintaining Professional Development

August 13, 2021

Tony Lysak, Founder and CEO of The Software Institute, explores the pros and cons of remote working. The past year and a half has seen a severe and long-lasting impact on businesses that have had to adapt and overcome challenges to survive since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020. Millions of employees in organisations […]

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Shifting Perspectives: How Museums Are Capitalising On Their Cultural IP To Diversify Their Business And Reach Younger Audiences

August 12, 2021

Yizan He, Co-founder and MD of ARTiSTORY, explains how museums are adapting to survive in the post-pandemic, Gen-Z era. Visiting museums isn’t the first hangout of choice for most of Generation Z, which accounts for almost 30% of the world's population in 2020 - that is nearly 2 billion people.In recent years, museum attendance among […]

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How COVID-19 Has Accelerated Demand For Technological Innovation In Airports And Why Contactless Experiences Are Necessary To Reboot The Travel Sector

August 10, 2021

Miguel Leitmann, CEO of Vision-Box, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the aviation and travel sector. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented global collapse for the travel industry compounded by the sharp downturn for the air transport sector and its supply chain. The result, which continues to play out today against the backdrop […]

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The Future Of Workplace Printing In Tomorrow’s World

August 4, 2021

Jerry Mead, Managing Director at Mead&Co, discusses the future of workplace printing in the digital era. Over the last two decades, we’ve become more digitally inclined than ever before. Technology is now embedded in our lives, and the demand for constant innovation has resulted in regular newer, better products being brought to market, from […]

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Robinhood’s Founders & How to Start a Revolution

July 30, 2021

On 29 July, after a bumpy few months and a fair share of troubled headlines, Robinhood founders Vlad Tenev, 34 and Baiju Bhatt, 36 each sold around $50 million worth of stock. The mobile-friendly discount brokerage, which pioneered commission-free stock trades, generated a profit of just under $2 billion in its public market debut. Following […]

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How to Make Hybrid Working Work for Your Business

July 30, 2021

The huge rise in hybrid working in the UK brought about by the impact of COVID-19 has seen individuals, teams and organisations work part of their time at their normal workplace and part of it remotely. For instance, NatWest Bank recently announced that nearly 90% of its workforce will take part in hybrid working, with […]

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Is it Time to Reset Management?

July 30, 2021

First, hierarchical bureaucracy is geared for predictability and risk avoidance. With digital ending up blurring industry boundaries unexpectedly, (de)globalisation and other social changes, turbulence becomes the norm. In a turbulent environment, practices are emergent; they escape replication. Cause and effect are often only discernible in retrospect. Risk management should give way to uncertainty management. Second, […]

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