Ruth Brooks

It’s not news to anyone that the health and future of our planet – and, as a result, our global population – is on the brink of crisis. Issues of climate change, environmental impact and sustainability have never been as prominent in the lives of consumers and businesses alike. While many of us are aware […]

The unpredictability of the global business environment is, ironically, one of the few aspects of its nature that is possible to predict. We live in a dynamic world, where industries – and businesses – are at the mercy of changing consumer demands, economic pressures and regulatory shifts, among a host of other factors. Each has […]

Between a wealth of competing constraints in the present – including looming global economic stagnation, climate change and building back from the pandemic – and an uncertain future on the horizon, many investors have, understandably, shifted to adopt a more risk-averse stance. Against a backdrop of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris […]

Sustainable development, and the global challenges it presents for business operations and business strategy, is multifaceted. Issues of an economic, social and environmental nature are inseparable from the way in which organisations are designed and run. Addressing sustainability across these three pillars – people, planet and profit, k­nown as the 3 Ps or the Triple […]

Leadership styles and styles of management are not fixed. They evolve to reflect changing societal values, adapting in the light of new information about how people best operate and what we expect from our teams and workplaces. Recently – particularly against the backdrop of the global pandemic and the rise of remote and hybrid working […]