John Ainley: Why a team charter can deliver better decision making
On a riverside meadow near the Thames in 1215, King John – under huge pressure by the baronial classes to curb his alleged abuse of royal power – put his seal to English history’s most famous charter; the Magna Carta (or Great Charter). While the success of the Magna...
Philip Goldman: What skiing taught me about making better decisions in business
1. Creating the space for ‘safe uncertainty’ can help you make better decisions Some years ago I decided to take up skiing and went to Austria where I booked beginner sessions. The results were disastrous. “Bend your knees Philip! If you do not bend your knees you...
Philip Goldman: Want to be a better leader? It’s all a question of physics
When the physicist and mathematician Sir Isaac Newton first came up with his three laws of motion and theory of gravity in the late 17th Century, he introduced a scientific philosophy that ruled for three hundred years. Today, Newtonian physics has very much...
