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The joy of absence
To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.
Tortured By Meetings
Meetings have been a form of torture for office staff for as long as they have pushed pencils and bashed keyboards.
Michel Foucault’s lessons for business
Michel Foucault argued that how you structure information is a source of power. It is one of the most important but least understood skill..
Ten years on from Norway’s quota for women on corporate boards
Gender quotas at board level in Europe have done little to boost corporate performance or to help women lower down.
Psychology beats business training when it comes to entrepreneurship
Budding entrepreneurs might want to avoid the business shelves and make for the psychology section.
The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules.
Computer security is broken from top to bottom
Annoyed by the parlous state of computer security, he had, he claimed, decided to perform a public service by demonstrating just how easy ..
Corporate short-termism is a frustratingly slippery idea
In American boardrooms a widely held view is that a dangerous short-termism has taken hold.