Only a third of senior managers can correctly identify their firms’ top three priorities, a survey has revealed. The survey of 11,000 senior executives, leaders and managers from more than 400 companies, […]
Only a third of senior managers can correctly identify their firms’ top three priorities, a survey has revealed. The survey of 11,000 senior executives, leaders and managers from more than 400 companies, […]
Give your Christmas tree a good shake before carrying it indoors. If not, you’ll probably transport holiday hitchhikers straight into your living room. It’s not usual for an assortment of bugs – ranging […]
Researchers of Leuven University and VIB in Belgium have shown that the yeasts used to ferment cocoa during chocolate production can modify the aroma of the resulting chocolate. “The set of new […]
Topic? The conference is built around three plenary sessions and five rounds of parallel sessions on three tracks of private, institutional and collective/multi-party mediation. Academic and professional experts share the newest insights […]
Too many firms apply Band-Aids to employee dissatisfaction With employee engagement levels low and falling, two organisational behaviour experts from London Business School encourage organisations to ask the question, why should anyone […]
Noble fir, the iconic tree of holiday greenery, is under attack by a disease known as purple needle eater. The mysterious disease attacks new growth, causing needles to turn purple and die. […]
Is Manneken Pis real? The authenticity of the most famous statuette of Brussels has been subject to debate amongst art historians. As from today, they will receive assistance in their search for […]
New data presented by researchers at Lund University and others in the journal Oceanologia show that the air along the coasts is full of hazardous nanoparticles from sea traffic. Almost half of […]
Vast valley networks on Mars have suggested that water may have flowed there for millions of years. Now a study at Brown University suggests the valleys could have been carved by much […]
“Ask chief executives why their companies are performing so well, and they’ll typically credit a brilliant strategy coupled with hard-nosed, diligent execution. When you ask Lars Sørensen of Novo Nordisk what forces […]
Adolescents more readily choose an unhealthy snack if they’ve been shown a picture of, for example, crisps or chocolate. This is the main finding of research conducted among Amsterdam schoolchildren by researchers […]
A UCL mathematics student has found that the falling ‘curtain’ of chocolate in a chocolate fountain surprisingly pulls inwards rather than going straight downwards because of surface tension. “Chocolate fountains are just […]
In the war against infections, constructing single-patient rooms – rather than sick-bay style, multi-patient rooms – reduces hospital-acquired infections among patients. A new Cornell-led study finds that the purported high building costs […]
Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe on why chief executives have to scrutinise every detail when making acquisitions Chief executives must be rigorous to avoid making basic errors that could cost their organisation millions […]