Big media can never be truly creative media
Is it inevitable that media industries will be dominated by conglomerates? This is the industry where scale creates more problem than its advantages
You can’t cut costs without cutting service
Successive cost cutting rounds may just be a way of funding the present at the expense of the future.
Global warming? Leave it to human ingenuity
In this article John explains how human ingenuity is the most likely answer to environmental concerns in the future as it has been in the past.
Why those who seek popularity lose their authority
The market truly values advisers it can trust; subsequently the effort to impress may have the opposite results.
There’s a lot of money in the chit-chat
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is being read because it is being read; and indeed this makes sense.
Vodafone triumphs, Britain picks up the bill
So farewell, Sir Chris. The imminent departure of Sir Christopher Gent calls for an examination of the rise of Vodafone.
Why fat cats are bad for business
Greed perceived as a quality rather than as a defect has had serious consequences to the business world.
Investors, rejoice: BT is back where it started
From four consecutive failures of strategy in British Telecom we learn that policy making in business requires more than slogans and visions.
Big egos inflate executive pay, not markets
When genuine market operations are absent executive pay is seen as a measure of value rather than just a financial reward
Department of Trade and Industry/Forum for the Future
Lessons from ICI’s transformation; a lecture at the Department of Trade and Industry/Forum for the Future.