Women in the Workplace 2019
Five years in to McKinsey's research, we’ve seen more women rise to the top levels of companies. Yet women continue to be underrepresented at every level.
Can a Board Member’s Job Be Automated?
It is only by achieving the optimal balance between humans and machines that Boards can navigate the future of work.
Lightening the Mental Load That Holds Women Back
If you ask working women with families why they step off the leadership track, it’s often not just because of what happens at the office. Rather, it’s because of the combined effect of their daytime job together with their second job of managing the incessant responsibilities of household and family [...]
Important clauses to know when negotiating sales contracts
As a startup, it's hard to negotiate customer contracts because you're not yet established or trusted in the marketplace, so customers are taking on the risk. Many founders therefore make the mistake of being overly accommodating during initial contract negotiations -- when they should be thinking more systemically about the [...]
Capital Efficiency: Do Larger Investments Make Better Businesses?
Ignition Financial's Report looks at how an eventful first half of 2019 has seen some key events that could mark a turning point for the start-up/VC ecosystem as we know it.
Generalise, don’t specialise: why focusing too narrowly is bad for us
The 10,000-hour rule says intense, dedicated practice makes perfect – at that one thing. But what if breadth actually serves us better than depth? The challenge we all face is how to maintain the benefits of breadth, diverse experience, interdisciplinary thinking and delayed concentration in a world that increasingly incentivises [...]