Mark Goyder

I woke on Christmas morning feeling positive. I had had a vivid dream. It started after some community incident – vandalism or an attack on some youngsters . People came from all sides galvanised by a desire to give what each could give to make … Continue readingFrom dysfunctional democracy to contribution society

In the USA,  the Wall Street Journal tells us, the Long-Term Stock Exchange plans to petition the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the requirement for companies to issue a quarterly earnings report. This story took me back twenty five years, to an invitation from … Continue readingForget About Quarterly Earnings Statements. Here’s What Would Really Galvanise Long Term Wealth Creation!

Dear Elon, You spoke in London last Saturday. I hear you talked about  ‘violence-riven Britain, where people in villages were at risk of rape and murder and the government was trying to cover up crimes against children’. I  was at a football match in London … Continue readingTry a different approach – a constructive message to Elon Musk

After last week’s Cabinet reshuffle, MPs and advisors were quick to explain its rationale as ‘JFDI’. For the uninitiated that is short for Just F***ing Do It, implying that  the time for planning and thinking was over: the government would be judged now on execution … Continue readingJFDI? Delivery? A disastrous obsession for this Prime Minister and his Government

So Elon Musk, after falling out with President Trump wants to start a new political party. How far should leaders of business be involved in influencing government?  Does a healthy democracy need  a strong business voice? Or is this undue interference by the powerful?   … Continue readingConcerned about growth? Then what about the companies which produce it?

This month marks 30 years since we launched the RSA report   Tomorrow’s Company, the role of business in a changing world.  [i]  What difference have we made? It’s hard to tell. Nothing stands still. Success has many parents while failure is an orphan. Sometimes the … Continue readingThe Swirling Tides – Tomorrow’s Company 30 Years On

Scratching the Surface with the Partridges at Anthropy 2025 Picture the scene. You are part of a small group sitting in a large tropical atmosphere. You’re discussing how lost our young citizens feel as they  move from the world of school to life beyond. The … Continue readingConversation enriched, senses heightened, imagination stirred

Last week, in a speech entitled ‘The fundamental reform of the British state’ the Prime Minister announced the abolition of NHS England. It was generally welcomed. Yes, people said,  it will be disruptive in the short term but the previous arrangement was disruptive in the … Continue readingPrime Minister: your health strategy must first be embedded in all your other missions and ultimately be local to its fingertips

Telegraph poles. You see them sometimes by the side of the road. They carry – or carried –  telephone signals, and electricity. In our part of Suffolk they are currently being replaced. There is, I learn, a modest market for second hand poles. Yet buyer … Continue readingWhat’s your idea for transforming our system of wealth creation?