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Jun 22, 20184 min read

Productivity: what is the problem and how to fix it?

What are we to make of Labour’s new report entitled Financing Investment? As it happens, the report came out on the same day as I joined...

Jun 19, 20183 min read

The part of the financial services industry we could usefully do without

Since the Lord Mayor’s Mansion House debate I have been reading and thinking about trust and the City of London. This has strengthened my...

Jun 15, 20186 min read

Staring wide-eyed at the future

Tomorrow's Company co-sponsored an event in York in which sixth-formers discussed the world they will inherit – and what sort of world...

Jun 8, 20186 min read

Reflections on the Mansion House Trust debate

We need to change the rules as well as promoting individual codes of behaviour ‘It’s about character as well as competence’. These words...

Jun 7, 20185 min read

Stewardship in disruptive times

I’m in Singapore, working with Stewardship Asia, that impressive organisation with which Tomorrow’s Company has been proud to be a...

May 23, 20181 min read

Carillion – the Stewardship Role

The stewardship role of professional advisors. There are so many vital questions prompted by the joint parliamentary select committee...

May 23, 20182 min read

Carillion and its advisors: partners or observers in adversity?

Over 25 years ago I spent a fascinating week in Silicon Valley, invited by an English venture capitalist to go and meet Intuit and...

Apr 26, 20184 min read

Lessons from Facebook

Trust in Facebook has evaporated, according to a recent survey in Wednesday’s Financial Times. (17 April 2017). A year earlier, nearly...

Dec 7, 20173 min read

Creating Company Citizens

by Tom Levitt ‘Responsible business’ makes sense: there’s always something to be said for balancing your company’s needs against those...

Oct 18, 20173 min read

The missing puzzle piece

How can you embed your purpose, values and strengthen relationships in an organisation with 5 generations? I was recently speaking to...

Oct 2, 20173 min read

The sell-side doesn’t have to be the dark side!

I have had a wonderful summer since stepping down as CEO of Tomorrow’s Company. For three months I didn’t read anything except fiction...

Sep 11, 20174 min read

Fulfilling the purpose of investment, not the purpose of the investment chain

by Daniel Godfrey, Co-Founder, The People's Trust The purpose of investment is sustainable wealth creation. Success delivers long-term...

May 4, 20174 min read

A vision of value creation

On 4 May Mark Goyder was an opening speaker in the 30th EU Corporate Governance Conference, held in Malta. The theme of the session in...

Apr 5, 20173 min read

Beware of further governance prescription

The BEIS Select Committee has published its report on corporate governance. While these are only recommendations, they are an important...

Mar 30, 20172 min read

Unilever case: a market failure that government must address

After the last financial crisis I remember two conversations with remorseful business leaders. One was a company chairman. The other was...

Mar 6, 20174 min read

Can global capitalism have a human face?

Capitalism is a free-market system. It allows entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses by selling products and services at the price...

Jan 14, 201710 min read

The Future of Capitalism and the Company of Tomorrow

Talk given by Mark Goyder, Founder and CEO of Tomorrow’s Company in Madrid on 13 January 2017 to an audience of chairs, CEOs, NEDs,...

Jan 13, 20174 min read

Tomorrow’s company today

This blog was written by Tim Johns of Orato Consulting. Regular reader(s) of this blog will know that I find work fascinating. Like...

Jan 1, 20172 min read

Shareholder Committees - let's keep it simple.

Commenting on The Telegraph article from 30th December: RBS investors mount campaign for shareholder committee It is understandable that...

Dec 20, 20162 min read

Boardroom diversity - response to BEIS Select Committee

Diversity in the boardroom is a big issue. There has been significant progress on this issue and many other aspects of corporate...