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Dodgy statistics and wild claims just patronise women
Grant Thornton has just published a Report comparing the effect on corporate return on assets (ROA) of having women on an executive board across three countries (UK, US and India). It concludes that such diverse boards cause companies to perform “Materially better”....

Why you might want a pilot running your Risk Committee
There’s a saying in aviation: ‘Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you’. Risk management for a pilot is literally a matter of life and death. Have you ever asked yourself whether you would share a boardroom table with executives braver than you are?...

Why you wouldn’t want a CEO piloting an airliner
The popular image of a pilot is of a dashing hero, who pulls off amazing feats of skill to save his aircraft from imminent disaster. However, in reality, what airlines value most in pilots is keeping to procedures and operating according to checklists, acting with...

Why aviation is safer than the boardroom
The basic model of commercial aviation is a thin tube of highly pressurised metal being propelled at 600 miles per hour by inflammable fuel at 35,000 feet in all weathers at temperatures of -57 degrees. So have you ever wondered how aviation got to be one of the...