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Very few places now offer you the possibility of civilised discussion between different points of view – whether on social, religious, political, and ethical matters, or in relation to economics, business, sport, fashion, the arts, media, education, science, technology, or whatever else.

It is our ambition and desire to be one such place of civilised discussion. That is what we are working towards. That is why you will find divergent voices very welcome here.

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  1. Unrelenting Change: Seeking the right, unlikely dance partner

    When you’re the CEO — your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether your organization requires a major change in direction. Hal Gregersen, Harvard Business Review, April 2017…

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  2. Relational Jumper-Cables: For Dead Batteries

    Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than in judgment at how they…

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  3. The ESG Wars: How We Got Here, How We Get Out

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    Everybody is stuck in this left-versus-right traditional dynamic, but today, all over the world, it’s centrist versus extremist. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid The battle among investors…

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  4. Cultivating Resilience for Today’s New Strategic Risk: Stakeholder Conflict

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    The best time to build a local fire station is before your house catches fire. In the past month three leaders – education, faith, healthcare –…

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  5. ​​How do the economics of publishing work – from the customer’s and the publisher’s point of view?

    Part of a publisher’s work, whether directly or via a consultant or employee, is locating the cheapest place in the world for getting work done, whether…

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  6. Three years since I made up my mind to enter the world of publishing

    It was almost exactly three years ago that I decided, in memory of my wife, to take the plunge into publishing. I was 70 years old,…

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  7. Uvalde: Time for Brave Healers and Courageous Risk-Takers

    This is on you.  Beto O’Rourke, gubernatorial candidate confronting Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Uvalde press conference I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a…

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  8. A couple of questions regarding your work going into other languages

    An author who is a friend, but who I have *not* published, writes to me for advice: “Since you are a publisher, I thought I’d check…

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  9. Why Amazon is Essential, but relatively Useless for New Books!

    Before I entered the publishing industry in November 2019 – and, actually, even till relatively recently! – I suffered from an illusion about modern developments in…

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  10. Understanding what is happening in the world of publishing right now – 1

    If, before the Covid pandemic, the sales of new titles to old titles were sort of equally 50% each, during the pandemic the sales of new…

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