Four more years of Trump? Don’t get mad - get imaginative
Four more years of Trump? Around me people are depressed. I too am discouraged and anxious. So why do I feel a tiny bit less pessimistic...
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Oct 284 min read
What the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer might have said… and should say next year
Introduction: In November 2022 I heard Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor, speak at the Anthropy Conference . Her speech – and the...
Oct 94 min read
Message to boards – get off the fence and start arguing for the regulation that the wellbeing of future generations demands
“The burden of regulation is too high” said Kemi Badenoch MP as she set out her case in front of Conservative Party members at their...
Sep 94 min read
Dishonourable compliance, suppressed conscience, and lethal compartmentalisation
The slippery slope to Grenfell to which all boards should be alert I haven’t read the whole Grenfell Inquiry Report . But I have listened...
Aug 274 min read
Abysmal exam results – the deeper causes
Almost 40% of students in the UK failed to pass English and Maths GCSE this year. The pass rates were even worse for those over 17.There...
Aug 55 min read
Riots, refugees and reconciliation
How we got into this mess and how we start to get out of it Imagine the scene. Civil war has broken out. Soldiers arrived in your...
Jul 153 min read
What nature teaches us about economics: everything is connected
In the 18th century the city of Edo (now Tokyo) adopted a policy of no waste. Almost everything was recycled, and the city was home to...
Jun 285 min read
Purposeful Business - who are we kidding? A question every GC should be asking
I like talking to lawyers. They care about words and their precise meaning. So do I. Last week I spent a day amongst lawyers who were...
Jun 184 min read
To hell with protocol, let’s be sure there isn’t an injustice here
My first grown-up job was in industrial relations in an engineering company. After 18 months I was asked to take up a post in a Cumbrian...
Jun 53 min read
Prison for parents? If 1 in 50 pupils are missing from half the lessons, it’s time to think again about what school is for
Throughout the world, education is seen as the route to progress. If children can be educated, they may find a route out of poverty. If...
Nov 17, 20234 min read
We need a curriculum for life – here’s how the next generation might shape it
Do schools look for talent in the wrong places? That was the question with which Tomorrow’s Company embarked on its session...
Nov 6, 20234 min read
Wake up and smell the 21st century coffee – three post Anthropy challenges for boards
SUMMARY 1. Do you understand the ways in which your business future depends on nature and nature-based solutions? If not, how will you...
Oct 23, 20234 min read
What is corporate responsibility and how can I identify it?
What is corporate responsibility? Try answering this question and you enter an Alice-through-the-Looking-Glass world where nothing is...
Sep 25, 20234 min read
Long term decisions for a brighter future? Yes Prime Minister, here are 12 suggestions to start with.
Standing at a lectern embellished with the words ‘LONG-TERM DECISIONS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE’ our Prime Minister announced, without...
Sep 13, 20234 min read
Everything is collapsing and we aren’t learning any lessons. Time for business to speak up.
The front cover of the most recent edition of Private Eye has an infant school pupil saying to the Prime Minister ’Everything is...
Jul 23, 20234 min read
Are you connected with the soul of your company?
I landed in Barcelona at around 10.30 in the morning. Half an hour later the ground under my feet suddenly seemed uneven. Why such a...
Jul 10, 20234 min read
Discovering and nurturing tomorrow’s wealth creators
A virtual garden. A clothing company for pets. A smart toothbrush that monitors your oral health as you use it. A multi-purpose bedside...
Jun 26, 20234 min read
Asylum – is business playing its part?
The tragedy of lives lost in Greece reminds us more than ever of the need to find safe routes for migration. This is a problem that all...
Jun 19, 20234 min read
Memo to the chair: unhappy about ticking those ESG boxes? Then lead from the front
I experienced a nasty discordant sound last month on hearing two pieces of news. First I learned from some of the world’s leading...
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