How can long-term sustainability-centricity deliver short-term value?

A while back, my fellow CommScrummer, Mike Klein, and I locked horns over different perspectives on sustainability and opportunities for value creation (see here). With reference to some of...

Guilt or Shame?

Do you take an interest in your company's culture? Are you given to saying things like, "if only we had a culture of open communication", or "we must develop a culture of quality"? If so, you...

Some brief collective thoughts on a corporate governance question and BP

I am still reading news on the departure of Tony Hayward as CEO of BP.  I know a lot has been and will no doubt continue to be written on this issue.  I have discussed the points made below with...

It is a long, long time from April to October (with apologies to Anderson and Weill)

Regulation of the capital markets around the world changed radically following the stock market crash in 1929. The unprecedented fall in share prices largely reflected the massive loss of...

Trendspotting at the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, and the implications for business schools

Sitting in the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, I am reminded of something I heard someone say at a conference many years ago. They were speaking of the movement for racial...

Why your Big Society is not big enough

David Cameron has plans for a Big Society. “We want to give citizens, communities and local government the power and information they need to come together, solve the problems they face and...