10 November, 2020
Innovation in a crisis: how to seize opportunities for growth
As business navigates a second set of lockdowns across the UK, thoughts naturally turn to how companies will survive and prosper. For many experts innovation is the key. Recent research shows that ...
27 October, 2020
Leadership in wicked times
This extraordinary year has brought to the fore an unprecedented number of wicked problems—like Covid-19 or systemic racism. Global warming, developing over decades, arguably is the biggest one. Unl...
8 October, 2020
Tesco’s John Allan on the role of non-executives at a time of crisis
In our latest Board Agenda podcast we interview John Allan, chair of Tesco's board and one of the UK’s foremost corporate leaders, for his insights on the role of non-executive directors, t...
21 September, 2020
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
The scale and pace of change unleashed by the Covid-19 pandemic has no precedent in modern history. How well companies perform depends in part, at least, on their board of directors, the highest decis...
1 September, 2020
Power, politics and crisis response on the board
When crisis kicks in, we tend to rely on instinct. Familiar solutions and well-honed responses will occur most naturally to us—regardless of their relevance to the problem at hand. If you want to kn...
20 August, 2020
ESG ‘not a factor’ in share price resilience during Covid-19 crisis
There’s bad news for supporters of companies who score highly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Academics claim that lofty ESG ratings failed to “immunise” the stock prices ...
30 July, 2020
In the current crisis, less hierarchical companies show special resilience
“Our three-year transformation towards a more participative organisation helped us to overcome this,” shared the CEO of the Brussels-region governmental employment agency regarding the Covid-19 cr...
13 July, 2020
Warning over boardroom composition as businesses adapt to Covid-19
The trials placed on governments, economies and societies by Covid-19 are far from over, but it’s already clear that the pandemic is forcing organisations—and boardrooms—to adapt. One realisatio...
14 May, 2020
Balancing the books: the challenges of chairing a library charity
I have been chair of the board for the past 18 months at Libraries Unlimited, which is a charity representing more than 50 libraries across Devon. During this time I have found myself navigating five ...
12 May, 2020
