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Why trust has to be a key characteristic
“I’m not actively encouraging my children to join the family business because I want them to keep their options open,” says Victoria Brocklesby, co-founder of Origin, now the country’s biggest bespoke door and window manufacturers. “But once a family member joins usually they are here to stay so there have to be honest conversations about what value they will be bringing to the business.”
A conversation 20 years ago has never been forgotten
“A company shouldn’t have to resort to social media to say how wonderful its values are. Tangible evidence would be incoming posts from people referencing them. Being a responsible company comes from everyday behaviours, It’s the ‘how’, as in how they are demonstrated.” Helen Cook is the chief people and communications officer of Finestra, one of the world’s largest fintech companies.
Preparing to face up to difficult issues
The original plan was to build companion robots. A decade later, and while the heart of the business is still about robots and people fitting in together, something catapulted the company in another direction.
There’s something unsettling about the home page of the Clean Growth Fund website, although disturbing would describe it better.
Prominent is a digital clock counting down in years, days, hours, minutes, and to the second, the time left to limit global warming to one-and-a-half degrees, above which extreme weather events and rising sea levels threaten the continued existence of life on this planet.
Not something you’d expect to see from a firm of venture capitalists. But managing partner Beverley Gower-Jones has a particular agenda.
Managing sudden acceleration
“However you want to describe it, with AI the genie is out of the bottle, and the plus side is that right at the moment, AI is the worst it will ever be.”
Why risk management and governance is forward-looking
“Flexibility isn’t the same as having everything in the state of flux,” says Phil Rawnson, managing director of MRT Castings. “You need a solid foundation if you are going to be able to manage risk, which then gives the company permission to take a calculated gamble in other areas.”
“Often with marketing an innovation, the focus slips to how the product works rather than why a customer should want it,” says But effective communication has to be benefits led. It can’t be like a science project. Technical staff have to be trained so the benefits-led approach follows right through to the face-to-face presentations.” Helen Eaton is the marketing director of Evolito, creators of electric propulsion systems which will transform air travel.
Why articulation is fundamental
Is three really a magic number? Certainly it has real resonance if you have a message which has to win hearts and minds, according to Chantal Godwin, global director, employee experience, diversity, and inclusion at Amadeus, providers of technology for the global travel industry.
Knowing why IT security matters is yesterday’s conversation. Today, it’s all about the how – and not just in terms of protecting our businesses from cyber intrusion and to safeguard our data. It’s about enabling and empowering employees to operate securely without slowing down how the company operates. Two managed service providers share their thoughts.
What businesses have been saying
Some irreverent observations from James Shore.
Why we could have been talking about de Havilland instead of Boeing.
An exhibition reveals how their influence rippled through Victorian society.
Four hotels, four restaurants, two countries, three buildings.