Dear Readers, Here are a few articles published these past few days that touch on the sorts of issues - corporate governance, sustainability, leadership, the future of work, tech and AI - that Tomorrow's Company thinks business should seek to fully engage with if it is truly to become a force for good in society. Yours, The TC team
Insightful long-read in The Times: "Why working mums are being sold an impossible dream about work/life balance — and how to set the record straight" https://bit.ly/2MJhNfu
'Carillion is, quite simply, the single-most shocking business story I’ve covered in over 20 years as a journalist' – Liam Halligan on the collapse of the UK’s second-largest construction company https://unherd.com/2018/08/real-culprits-behind-carillions-collapse/
Article on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act. "The underlying theory of corporate behavior that changed in the 1980s and 1990s, to emphasize the primacy of shareholders, has not been significantly challenged. Sen. Warren is right to pinpoint this issue and should be applauded for proposing an alternative." https://brook.gs/2MtxDvr
Article in the Harvard Business Review: 'What Would It Take to Get Businesses to Focus Less on Shareholder Value?' https://bit.ly/2whDeK5
Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and ex-employees are getting together for a reunion bash. But according to Stefan Stern, 'the more serious question is whether we can afford to be relaxed about the financial system 10 years on' https://bit.ly/2o3Xr2A
From our own website: There are plenty of inspiring business stories out there - the best thing we can do is share them https://wp.me/p7u80c-1gO
Article about fake news websites, the decline of journalism, and the wider point about how rules to govern power simply can't keep up when technology evolves as rapidly as it is: 'The dangerous power of the clickbait king' https://bit.ly/2LgOITK