Time and again I come across people searching for answers, for a sense of meaning in a seemingly meaningless time. Not since the period between the two great wars has humankind faced such an era of uncertainty. In the past five years, we have seen a series of assaults on the very fabric of civil society and the decline of the institutions that have served as pillars of that society has raised the collective levels of ire and uncertainty to a point where people start to question the very meaning of life itself.

It’s a sad reflection on the state of corporate fitness that the types of ethical issues that continue to emerge are more the result of an absence of any intent to manage ethically than an indication of Machiavellian intent. Although ethics gets a mention in all the recent governance reforms around the world, the way [...]

In terms of workplace culture organisations are as deep as the ocean and, like the ocean, much of what happens lies beneath the surface. Those who seek to change cultures have to find novel ways of surfacing existing barriers such as the mental models employees cling to and use to navigate their response to organisational [...]

Until perhaps only 15 years ago, business existed comfortably outside of civil society. Politicians, business people and scientists lived in peaceful co-existence, each recognising the sovereignty of their separate states. The rest of society understood their dependence on business for employment, taxes and the contribution to the economies of developed and developing countries that business [...]

The current widespread public backlash against business and its perceived unethical practices has left industry leaders scrambling to protect and nurture their corporate reputations. While the concept of business having to earn its’ social – as well as its legal- licence to operate, is now well-entrenched with the major business leaders around the world, many [...]