How do crisis and opportunity work in unison?
April 7, 2016
“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change,” wrote Milton Friedman, economist and Nobel Prize winner, in his highly influential Capitalism and Freedom, first published more than 50 years ago. Was he right? Not really. Granted, crisis does produce change, if only because crises tend to be situations in which staying the …
It’s a funny old game
October 1, 2015
Football’s elevation to the status of universal language never ceases to amaze. The beautiful game is nowadays a conversation-starter nonpareil almost anywhere in the world. Consider the experience of a friend who recently visited a Buddhist temple in Thailand. Keen to engage in a vaguely spiritual discussion, he asked a monk about the former abbots …
Understanding risk and responsibility
September 15, 2015
When things go wrong, more often than not, we look to blame individuals. Someone has to carry the can. The buck has to stop somewhere. Rarely is culpability ascribed on a collective, organisational or institutional level. But what if the problem is one of culture? What if individuals “fit in” with what they believe will …
