by Jonathan Gifford | Apr 24, 2010 | Books
Throughout history, business and society have been blindsided by people’s irrational and unpredictable behaviour. How could we have been so stupid?
by Jonathan Gifford | Apr 8, 2010 | Leadership issues
This article first appeared in the Yorkshire Post newspaper on April 5th 2010, and can be seen on the Yorksire Post website During the English Civil War, Parliament really did ban Christmas. The dominant puritan faction had worked themselves into a moralistic lather...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 25, 2010 | Leadership issues
Toyota’s leadership team are still struggling with one of the most intriguing – and dangerous – challenges to face a major global corporation in recent years. How is the leadership team doing? I think that ‘better’ must be the answer. Is it enough? Hard to say. Akio...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 13, 2010 | Culture
If you were called upon to describe one visual image that defines the city of London – one skyline – I would guess that it would be the Palace of Westminster. The clock tower of Big Ben; the spires of the ‘Mother of all Parliaments’; the House of Commons and the House...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 7, 2010 | Culture
The great eighteenth century warrior-king, Frederick the Great of Prussia, was fighting the Austrians at Kolin, near Prague, in 1757 during the drawn-out conflict between the major European powers that we call The Seven Years War. The conflict had erupted in North...
