Business Ecosystems. A new way to think about business, or a vacuous phrase, used so inconsistently and broadly that it is rendered as nothing more than a piece of decorative idiom? London […]
Myth Busting And Exploring Ecosystem Definitions.
Curiosity, A Core Ingredient Of Leadership
Curiosity means having an interest in situations from which you can potentially learn, or a desire for new experiences. And a curious mindset has many advantages for organisations, managers and staff. We […]
Employers Should Report On Disability Pay Gap: New LSE Report
The Government should require larger employers (over 250 staff) to collect and publish core information on their employment and pay of disabled people, argues a new report from the London School of […]
Women: Why Some Bosses Find Your Success Threatening
Ena Inesi explains the perverse effects of exceptional past performance on women’s careers. A 2018 book on how women can achieve greater career success encourages them to claim recognition for their accomplishments. […]
Four Ways To Stop Knowledge Leaking In R&D Partnerships
In industries where it is a race to the next innovation, partnerships in one form or another are highly attractive. But in these industries, such as biotechnology, pharmaceutical or technology, forming collaborations […]
It’s Good To Talk! Openness About Depression In Workplace Increases Productivity
Employees who feel able to speak openly about their depression with their managers are more productive at work than employees whose managers avoid talking to them about their condition, says new research […]
Most Millennials Will Only Work For Purpose-driven Firms
Today’s talent is attracted to companies whose values match their own. The most attractive companies to today’s talent are driven by purpose, according to London Business School (LBS) experts. “Maybe we will […]
Firms Need To Support Workers Threatened By Automation
Employees have to be retrained for a business world driven by artificial intelligence. Businesses, governments and educators are not ready for an automated working world where people who fail to retrain throughout […]
Why Is Change So Hard? 8 Tips For Managing Change
Initiating, managing and implementing change is one of the hardest challenges for any leader. How do you get people to accept a new idea as valuable and worthy of their attention? What […]
How Financial Management Can Make Or Break Your Start-up Business
Financial management is the heartbeat of every business. However, a start-up or scale-up will focus completely different aspects to an established company. Additionally, many starters and growing businesses tend to underestimate the […]
The Downside To Downtime At Work: There Are Significant Costs, Study Shows
Companies in the United States pay more than $100 billion in wages every year for time that employees spend idle, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The […]
Future Leaders Motivated By A Sense Of Purpose According To New Oxford Saïd Survey
The next generation of business leaders puts purpose at the centre of their career, a new international survey amongst 19- to 26-year-olds shows. The Future Skills Survey, conducted by Saïd Business School, […]
Sometimes, It Pays For The Boss To Be Humble
It’s good to be humble when you’re the boss – as long as that’s what your employees expect. Researchers studying workplaces in China found that some real-life teams showed more creativity if […]
Corporate Incubation – Giving Innovation a Space to Flourish
Think about this. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report (2016) indicates that twenty two percent (22%) of people across sixty four economies intend to start a business within the next three years. That […]
