Truth and change: banks can and must
It is refreshing to find a senior banker speaking with candour, as reported in today’s Evening Standard (May 18, 2016). The speaker in question is Antony Jenkins, former CEO of Barclays. It is he who famously required all employees to sign a document confirming their acceptance of a set of
Read in fullThinking with the right logic
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker Any description of a company and its troubles and successes is characterised by the kind of thinking that went into the seeing and analysis. If that same thinking is
Read in fullFirst Glimmerings: a brilliant paper on the creativity of margarine
This is an archive paper for Ogilvy by Michael Jacobs, a member of the company for many years and still a friend who now does excellent work in conflict resolution. It dates from 22 June 1998. The context was a conversation with a senior Ogilvy executive we met, in which Michael
Read in fullOf Billiard Balls and Turtles
Our western culture takes it very much for granted that we are separate individuals. We experience ourselves as such, and there is no serious challenge to that self-perception. The exceptions such as the behaviour of crowds are seen as individuals being “taken over” rather than a point on a spectrum
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