With three decades of experience in international management and entrepreneurship, Christian is on a mission to establish Intelligent Fluids as the global pioneer in smart physical cleaning. Supporting 10 of the 17 SDGs of the UN, the company has the potential to replace aggressive solvents and dangerous cleaning chemicals in industrial volume markets such as […]
At managerial level, in particular, there are two different personality types: the ‘cuddly,’ harmony-seeking boss who would prefer everybody to agree on everything, and who above all wants to be liked by his or her staff; and the tough, success-oriented executive who is quite prepared to put up with significant clashes of interest within the […]
Both Marx and Bezos were big proponents of 'constant revolution', a mindset which too few of the C-suite reflect today. In a world where everything is digital, it isn't enough to merely seek to overthrow the established norms (Marx) or sell a few books before scaling to sell literally anything (Bezos). Constant revolution, not project-based […]
Ten years ago, I winced as I sat in the audience and heard the CEO get up and talk about “BLT”. That really did happen. In the UK, that acronym stands for a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich.
Following the much-touted IPO of dating app Bumble, its CEO and co-founder Whitney Wolfe Herd ended the day as a billionaire with a net worth of $1.5 billion.
Elon Musk's Space X are launching the first ever all civilian mission and members of the general public can now enter a competition that will see them orbit the Earth.
Arkaba - an outback wildlife conservancy in South Australia Arkaba, one of the Luxury Lodges of Australia, is a wildlife conservancy and beautiful homestead (sleeping ten in five gorgeous rooms) set in 60,000 acres of awe-inspiring Aussie outback in the Flinders Ranges. An easy five-hour drive north from the vineyard city of Adelaide via the […]
Over the past few months, music catalogues have been trading hands heavily as musicians, such as Bob Dylan and John Legend have been selling the publishing rights to their songs. We explore why music royalties are becoming so attractive in the current market environment, delving into the investment side of the music industry.
Whether it’s in the way we live, shop, eat and even travel - this is becoming part of our everyday. Alongside this shift, we are also seeing people starting to change how they invest their money, contributing to the rise of "ethical investing". People are naturally deterring, at both the corporate and individual level, from […]
Sugi is the UK’s first app to track the carbon impact of investments. How did you come up with the idea? My background is a combination of corporate finance and sustainability. At the start of my career, I structured private investment funds. Then I worked with several global green finance organisations, helping the private sector invest […]
Books on leadership often paint an unrealistic picture of the successful manager. He is always slow to criticise and generous with praise, never raises his voice and never dresses an employee down in the presence of others. These ideal entrepreneurs and executives are certainly out there — but just as certainly, they are outnumbered by the vast majority of others who are quite different from the prototype depicted in books and seminars on leadership.
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