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Tragedy of the Auditory Commons

Tragedy of the Auditory Commons

Everyone will admit that coming out of the Covid cocoon was going to be liberating.  And, indeed, it has been.  We are now free to come and go as we please and enjoy the sweet taste and smell of liberty.  […]

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How to Democratize Twitter & Get Musk Back a Bit of His Money

How to Democratize Twitter & Get Musk Back a Bit of His Money

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter at a price of $44 billion dollars took one of the internet’s largest public forums out of ‘public’ ownership and moved it into private hands.  Since his takeover the debate around the direction Musk is […]

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Want True Innovation in UK Higher Education? Start by Breaking Up Some Universities 

A number of years ago, a colleague and I were doing a Board/Top Management Team intervention at a major diversified multinational.  It was interesting in that the firm was fairly financially successful but was struggling in key businesses.  It also […]

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Is Russia on Its Way to Becoming a Vassal of China?

Is Russia on Its Way to Becoming a Vassal of China?

The news that Russia has reached out to China for military and economic support has sent shockwaves across the world.  What is going on?  Is this simply a way in which Vladimir Putin is forcing Xi Jinping to take a […]

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The Multinational’s Conundrum: From Moral Outrage to Ethical Dilemma

The Multinational’s Conundrum: From Moral Outrage to Ethical Dilemma

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has represented an escalation of hostilities that has led to perhaps the quickest and most aggressive and comprehensive economic reactions in history.  Prior sanctioning usually has been a slow boil or limited to economies that operated […]

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What if Your Stakeholders are Evil?

What if Your Stakeholders are Evil?

The last decade has seen the rise of a belief that shareholder capitalism has failed and that a new era of stakeholder capitalism is needed.  This is more than an academic viewpoint as more and more influential organisations, leading companies, […]

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Corporate Purpose: Fact or Fiction? Myth or Reality?

Although the corporation as a form dates from the 17th Century, what we would call the “modern corporation” originated with the development of formal corporate law, and the establishment of limited liability, in the middle of the 19th Century.  However, […]

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Corporate Rats Desert a Sinking Ship

Corporate Rats Desert a Sinking Ship

The events in Washington DC on January 6th have resonated far and wide.  Some of those involved on the day find themselves facing Federal charges while others are surprised that there are consequences for their jobs, careers and flight status.  […]

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What I Learned During A Covid Infused 2020

What I Learned During A Covid Infused 2020

As the end of 2020 approaches, I thought it worthy of a waste of time — or the avoidance of doing more university administrative work — to take stock of the knowledge that the varieties of lockdowns (and tier surfing) […]

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This is the Crisis Higher Education Needs to Have

This is the Crisis Higher Education Needs to Have

When, on November 29th 1990, the then Australian Treasurer Paul Keating faced a financial crisis that would severely damage major sections of the Australian economy he said “[t]his was the recession we had to have”.  Later, when queried about the […]

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