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What do these three statements from company Annual Reports have in common? “…the Board and its committees were discharging their responsibilities effectively”; “Your Company continues
Humans in the Boardroom #7 The UK Government is consulting on modernising corporate reporting, including simplifying the statutory requirements for board remuneration disclosures. Remuneration reports
Why do capable boards sometimes make poor decisions? I recently spoke to Dr Sabine Dembkowski on the Better Boards podcast about the issues raised in my
Humans in the Boardroom #5 I disliked Biology at school. It seemed to be all about remembering the names of bits of animals and plants,
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People has become one of the year’s most discussed business books. Although Meta strongly disputes many of her allegations, the book raises
After every corporate scandal, we blame individuals and rewrite the rules. But what if we’re fixing the wrong problem? In this short video I explain
I play social tennis, mostly old-man doubles. It is friendly rather than fiercely competitive, though everyone still wants to win. As I’ve studied human factors,
In the late 1980s, Polly Peck International was the City’s “wonder stock”. Analysts reportedly adorned the covers of their research reports with full-page portraits of
Every major corporate scandal follows a familiar script. A company fails; lives are damaged, fortunes are lost, and the hunt for culprits begins. The media
On 26 May, the BP Board put out an extraordinary statement, saying that: ‘…it has today unanimously decided that Albert Manifold should no longer serve