Memos on the faulty speedometer
In which Sir Humphrey Appleby wrestles with my musings on the retail price index?
The hope, or fear, that it might be you
Thinking clearly about risk is difficult: we are influenced by hopes, by regrets, and by an inability to evaluate new risks.
Strategic advantage
There is more vacuity about strategy than about any other topic in business today. But there is a real issue, and a real subject of strategy for the corporation.
Living in a state of true accountability
Despite the difficulties, one should be accountable more for outcomes than for the decision process.
The future is not what it used to be
A look at 1960s futurology suggests that we have been misled by one extraordinary sector, electronics, into exaggerating the rate at which the world around us is changing.
I own my umbrella
We talk about companies being 'owned' by their shareholders. But what does 'ownership' really mean? In this talk John highlights fundamental differences to ownership of a very different kind - that of an umbrella!
The chainsaw falls on instrumentalism
Chainsaw Al is obsessed with making money. Bill Gates is obsessed with computers. Who is the richer man?
Tick here if you have understood
Should regulations be clear, transparent and certain? To answer the question one must recognise the importance of informal systems of cultural regulation.
A fair trade in governance
The management and governance of LIFFE is not an easy job. Exchanges are natural monopolies, and provide benefits which are valuable only in what they make possible.
Why the last shall be first and the first shall fade away
Being the first to innovate is rarely the road to riches many presume. Business history is paved with industries dominated by followers.