Twitter’s plans to sue Elon Musk proved another twist in a fractious deal. It’s been an acrimonious acquisition process and the entrepreneur’s intentions to countersue the social media company suggest there are more difficulties to come before a resolution is finally reached.
As of July, thousands of UK employees have enjoyed a three-day weekend, every week for at least six months, with zero loss of pay. To most of us, it sounds like a dream scenario—after all, a bank holiday is often the highlight of a working month. But what effect would regular extended weekends have on business profits? And can workers really be as productive in four days as they were in five?
Elon Musk’s offer to purchase Twitter caused investors to pummel Tesla, gouging out billions of dollars in Tesla’s market value. Investors doubted he could run both companies equally well, let alone all of his other holdings.
The Wimbledon tennis tournament is in full swing. Tennis is a unique sport in many ways with its bizarre scoring system; the number of biomechanical, equipment, surface and weather variables it brings into play; and, the complex interaction between mentality and physicality that it demands of its players. But perhaps the biggest oddity in tennis is a fundamental difference in the nature of the spectator sport versus the participation sport: although the vast majority of club players almost always play doubles, almost all of them prefer to watch singles. These are two massively different games in terms of patterns of play, technique and strategy, and it strikes me as quite strange that people choose not to watch the sport they play and vice versa. I can’t think of any other sport in which this dichotomy exists.
Every business leader will be feeling the pressure to articulate a net zero transition plan, as stakeholders continue to demand more action from companies to tackle the climate crisis. But as we see more companies being called out for perceived ‘greenwashing’ – it has never been more important to report net zero strategies in a clear, transparent, and credible way.
What is leadership? Zoom on values In the 17th century, Descartes, the French philosopher and mathematician, said that “it is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well”. In the context of leadership, what does “using it well” mean? Leadership involves building a sustainable vision to generate value. […]
“What’s next?” tends to be the question on everyone’s lips during a company takeover. New ownership often brings new promises, new ideas and new ways of doing things. All of this has the potential to deliver momentous change, creating excitement and trepidation in equal measure, and fuelling second-guesses about what the future might hold. Attention […]
The pandemic didn’t help. It forced us to interact solely through a screen and impacted upon key work relationships we’d developed over the years. It also may have stunted some new working relationships in terms of new hires who joined during periods of remote working. What we have learnt from recent years is that the […]
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