Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, has died aged 91. He was one of the most successful business people of all time. At various times his fortune was estimated between …
Blue Ocean Shift – Beyond Competing
The book Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne was published in 2005, with an expanded edition following in 2015. Now a new book Blue Ocean Shift by …
What are Business Schools for?
I was struck by the first line of an article in the Sunday Times this week. Luke Johnson asks ‘What are Business Schools for?’ It is, to me at least, …
Dear CEO – Thinkers 50
Recently published by Bloomsbury this collection of letters from respected business thinkers makes interesting reading. One piece we enjoyed was by Costas Markides of London Business School, titled “Maximising shareholder …
Why do we Undervalue Competent Management?
This well researched article from Harvard Business Review turns what students are taught at Business School on its head, at least to some extent. It has been accepted in Business …
Is Trump’s view of Germany right?
Roger Bootle is one of our favourite writers on Economics. We have reviewed two of his published books; The trouble with Markets in 2012 and The trouble with Europe in 2016. As well …
Business Strategy – making the right choices
As a trainer of Business and Finance to major global organisations for over 25 years, I have frequently been asked to recommend a book which covers many of the core …
The Euro and its Threat to the Future of Europe
The Euro and its Threat to the Future of Europe by Joseph E. Stiglitz A few weeks after the referendum on what has become known as Brexit I wandered into …
Strategic Decisions: When can you trust your gut?
Over the past few years there has been a growing interest from our clients for programmes which cover the tools and techniques to improve decision-making skills, particularly across Finance functions. …
Invasion of the Bottle Snatchers
As I settle down towards the end of the holiday period (at least in the UK) a colleague has pointed out an article in The Economist of July 9th. This …