A couple of years ago I asked a panel of Deans of business schools a question: “Business schools seem great at teaching subjects like strategy and finance, but do you think you should focus more on the people stuff which can make a huge difference?” The response...
Every two years, Thinkers50 ranks the globe’s greatest business minds. It is known for its objectivity and market intelligence, sharing the best management thinking in the world. The Thinkers50 mission is based on three core beliefs: Ideas have the power to...
In his excellent book “Becoming a Better Boss”, Julian Birkinshaw describes a very interesting experiment at the pharma multi-national Roche. Two groups of staff, in Germany and Switzerland, were told that their travel claims were to become...