The Weight of the Worldview, Part 1: The Heavy Lift
Learning how to articulate your personal worldview is a leadership imperative.
What can we learn from Viktor Frankl today?
The Basics breaks down the essential questions of purposeful business.
What can a bonsai tree teach us about business?
The resilient bonsai tree is the perfect metaphor for the lasting power of Japanese business.
New laws are pushing businesses to do better
What are the consequences of taking a legal approach to CSR?
The changing face of dyslexia
A new people’s art project aims to change the negative connotations of the word dyslexia.
The Edit: Happiness at Work
The best ways to increase happiness, promising vaccine responses in children and more in this week’s #TheEdit.
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What are the Larry Fink Letters?
The Basics is a series that breaks down the essential questions of purposeful business.
Only good guys win medals
How our unconscious expectations influence the behaviour of others.
Billionaire space race: the ultimate symbol of capitalism’s flawed obsession with growth
Ecological Economist Tim Jackson argues that the billionaire space race epitomizes everything that is wrong with capitalism today.
The myth of the hero CEO
To serve all stakeholders, companies need systems change, not just one committed leader. The ousting of Danone’s chief executive shows why.
What is the Friedman Doctrine?
The Basics is a series that breaks down the essential questions of purposeful business.
The Purpose of Capitalism
Can capitalism be done differently, and better? Our new documentary, The Purpose of Capitalism: Lessons from Japan, is airing on CNBC this Autumn.
Leadership
The Edit: Lessons in leadership
What we can learn about leadership from football, the importance of intergenerational leadership on climate change and more in this week’s edit.
How Patagonia and Allbirds set the pace on their journey as sustainable leaders
The CEO’s of Patagonia and Allbirds discuss how they’re tackling the climate crisis while sharing innovative practices and materials.
In 2021, we need female leaders more than ever
As we face the pressing issues of the 21st century, we need a multi-dimensional style of leadership.
Why faux-purpose will not last: episode one of the ‘Leaders Series’
How do you maintain both authenticity and contemporary relevance?
Films
Johan Norberg: Open
We asked five of the world’s leading thinkers what one quality they thought was key to a kinder, more equitable, and greener world.
Ellen Windemuth: My Octopus Teacher and the importance of storytelling
Ellen Windemuth – producer of the BAFTA and Oscar winning documentary, My Octopus Teacher – discusses our relationship with nature and the incredible power of storytelling.
Josh Roberts: breaking down the stigma around men’s mental health
Josh Roberts, author of Anxious Man, discusses his experiences with anxiety and how we can de-stigmatise men’s mental health.
Climate Change
A conversation with Naomi Klein
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I went along to the Southbank Centre to hear renowned journalist, activist and author Naomi […]
Risky business: Why risk reporting is key to stopping climate change and future pandemics
The business risks around climate change and future pandemics are huge, so why are so few companies reporting on them?
Climate scientists: concept of net zero is a dangerous trap
Is the concept of net zero emissions being used to ‘greenwash’ a lack of commitment to solving global warming?
Home Evasion
“Hybrid working” is in its honeymoon phase, but employer-worker relationships will shatter in the long-term without creating mutual trust.
The Workplace
The myth of the hero CEO
To serve all stakeholders, companies need systems change, not just one committed leader. The ousting of Danone’s chief executive shows why.
The fallacy of long hours: why working more doesn’t get the job done
Employees are crashing. Can we redesign the way we work to do better?
How to deal with a year of accumulated burnout from working at home
After a year of working from home, how can we combat the mental exhaustion of working in a pandemic?
The Edit: permanent change
Post-lockdown anxiety, resistance to returning to the office, the pursuit of purpose and more in this week’s edit.
Leader Series
Navigating adversity with purpose: episode five of ‘The Leaders Series’
Businesses now accept that they have a responsibility to consider climate change. But can they really steer the solutions?
Investment is personal: episode two of ‘The Leaders Series’
What does it really mean to live by your values when money is at stake?
Why faux-purpose will not last: episode one of the ‘Leaders Series’
How do you maintain both authenticity and contemporary relevance?
Solving supply chain transparency: episode three of ‘The Leaders Series’
As scrutiny on supply chains increases and the ethics of trade are being questioned, how can businesses improve their transparency?
Ellen Windemuth: My Octopus Teacher and the importance of storytelling
Ellen Windemuth – producer of the BAFTA and Oscar winning documentary, My Octopus Teacher – discusses our relationship with nature and the incredible power of storytelling.