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    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Andrew Hill
      How to ensure experiments leave the launch pad

      Companies advance by trial and error, but nobody wants to be part of the ‘error’

      A SpaceX rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. Experimentation is a mindset unconstrained by a company’s size, age, or sector
    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
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      Simpler menus and revamped technology will be introduced as part of effort to rein in costs

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    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
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      Inflation is a friend of your trend

      Trend-following investment strategies have sprung to life after a lost decade. Can the resurgence continue?

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      Andrew Hill
      Sanctions and rationing: the next shock for companies

      Managers are being tested again, but the pandemic offers a template for survival

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    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      Andrew Hill
      Companies’ flight from Moscow sets some hard precedents

      Not all boards have thought how to apply their principled political approach in future

      Illustration of a figure in a long coat and brief case with money spilling out fleeing an advancing dark cloud
    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
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      ‘I’m old, not an idiot’: the elderly are ill-served online

      The clever businesses will provide the best choice, digital and analogue, for older customers

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      When done properly, systems thinking can help us solve the world’s most complex problems

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    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
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      Too much choice is confusing — and unsustainable

      Supply chain shortages and a climate crisis are spurring companies to rethink their strategies and streamline their offerings

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    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      Release strategy from the grip of a corporate priesthood

      Opening strategic planning to staff and stakeholders has clear benefits if only boards would take the leap

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    • Monday, 13 September, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      The day after: how to respond to disaster — and how not to

      Events such as 9/11 or the pandemic teach valuable lessons, if only managers would remember them

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    • Monday, 28 June, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      It’s time to extinguish the ‘burning platform’ for good

      Fear may prompt staff to take urgent action but it is a dangerous way to encourage long-term change

    • Monday, 14 June, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      Adaptable managers help companies pull through

      Businesses need to change strategy to stay alive, but should more be done to curb the takeover threat?

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    • Monday, 7 June, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      The strategic moves that can help companies dodge disaster

      Food companies such as Nestlé offer some important lessons in how to keep customers and investors happy

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    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
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    • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
      Elisabeth Braw
      Military knowhow can help business navigate a hostile world

      Understanding how countries jockey for power by using the private sector as a proxy requires specialist skills

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    • Monday, 25 January, 2021
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      The conclusion of this three-part series looks at digital transformation in sectors including private equity, professional services and retail banking

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      How to shine as a digital transformation leader

      Three experts share tips on goal-setting, developing empathy and effecting strategic shifts

    • Monday, 11 January, 2021
      Alexandra Morris
      Why more women in top finance jobs will benefit everyone

      Gender parity in decision-making increases creativity, diversifies competence pools and reduces conflict

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
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      Company lawyers dealt with Covid-19’s effect on businesses and wider communities. Plus: the best teams showcased

    • Friday, 2 October, 2020
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      Clients are going digital, and so must the lawyers

      Firms try to change their culture from hierarchical and risk-averse

    • Monday, 3 August, 2020
      Andrew Hill
      How the zombie apocalypse can help prepare us for real crises

      Fictional doomsday scenarios can offer guidance on how to handle a second wave of coronavirus

      'The Walking Dead': imagining the unimaginable is part of the scenario planning process many companies are undertaking now
    • Thursday, 9 July, 2020
      Personal Finance
      Psychological traps investors should be wary of

      Do you need an ‘emotional circuit breaker’ to prevent untimely investment decisions?

    • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
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      The pandemic is changing the way leaders interact with their workforce, how different teams work together and the core technology that makes it all possible — what other shifts are on the horizon?

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      Andrew Hill
      Why crisis marks end of the road for longstanding business lines

      The pandemic should sever executives’ emotional ties to underperforming projects and products

    • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
      Kishore Sengupta
      Why businesses need to embrace discontinuity

      Incremental change suffices for normal times — but not for the aftermath of a pandemic

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