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The curse of the badly run meeting

In January 1944 the Office of Strategic Services, an American wartime intelligence agency, issued a short document. The “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” offered advice on how ordinary citizens in occupied Europe could...

When should a founder step down?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“I’m an entrepreneur. I’m a founder. That’s the way my mind and brain...

The Bob Iger v Nelson Peltz rematch

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.The letter to Disney’s top brass, when it came, was devastating. It referred...

India is in the midst of an unusual IPO boom

Investors looking to cash in on India’s growth have typically focused their attention either on the sprawling conglomerates run by the country’s tycoons or the buzzy tech firms transforming the way Indians...

The fall of WeWork shows the deepening cracks in property

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Since it was founded in 2010, WeWork has not once turned a profit....

The fall of WeWork shows the deepening cracks in real estate

Since it was founded in 2010, WeWork has not once turned a profit. For years its cash-torching ways went unchallenged, thanks to the reality-distorting powers of its flamboyant founder, Adam Neumann, who...

How to manage teams in a world designed for individuals

There is no “i” in team. But there is one in “autopilot”. Despite the growing importance of teamwork in organisations, the processes used to manage employees have carried on much as before....

Silicon Valley is piling in to the business of snooping

In early September New Yorkers may have noticed an unwelcome guest hovering around their parties. In the lead-up to Labour Day weekend the New York Police Department (NYPD) said that it would...

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