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...
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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...
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