Beyond profit: How a shared direction lifts performance

Beyond profit: How a shared direction lifts performance

How do you know if purpose is working effectively in your culture?  And if it isn’t, why not? The single-minded purpose of business for the last 50 years has been simple; as exemplified in Milton Friedman’s maxim, it has been to generate profits for its shareholders....
17% of your people would sabotage your business

17% of your people would sabotage your business

What does managing corporate risk mean to you? In most large organisations, particularly financial services ones, it’s mostly about processes and oversight structures designed algorithmically to detect fraud, prevent safety violations, or predict and circumvent human...
Why purpose lies at the heart of corporate resilience

Why purpose lies at the heart of corporate resilience

Corporate resilience is at the top of agendas right now in most large organisations. Google it and you get 72 million results. And no wonder. We’ve seen plenty of big organisations in recent years brought to the brink – or over it – by a derisory response to a crisis....