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A few months ago I argued in a blog that the FANGS are too dominant and regulators should break them up. In its feature this week on competition The Economist agrees about the problem -and says it goes wider than the tech giants – but … Continue readingBreaking up the FANG should not be hard to do
Tomorrow I am speaking at this year’s Global Symposium to be held by the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence. The theme is the skills needed by management consultants for the future (around 2030). In preparation I have been reading a new book by George Binney … Continue readingSpeaking at the Global Symposium
Camilla Cavendish nails social care as critical issue for the future of the NHS (How Britain can heal its ailing social care system). She makes good case for German style insurance system where the over 40s and especially the over 65s pay the most. … Continue readingOur ailing care system – a way out of the maze
Worrying news about the financial health of home care providers in the UK in yesterday’s Financial Times. For some time austerity has meant inadequate local authority funding for private care providers. The Southern Cross debacle and the travails of Four Seasons raised questions about … Continue readingFailing care models and options for tomorrow
‘The active (fund) management industry does not add value after fees’ says Stuart Dunbar of Baillie Gifford according to The Financial Times. This is a plea to the industry to get back to the fundamentals of long term investing’. And he adds that, except … Continue readingShort termism: is the message getting through?
Why are so many investment experts so blind ? It has to be the way they are educated. (Funds fail to insulate against climate risk,FT, Monday November 5th.) Only 5% of the UKs biggest corporate pension funds have a policy on climate change, according to … Continue readingWhy are so many investment experts so blind?
In 1971, at the age of 17, I had an opportunity that had nothing to do with school but that proved to be the most important educational experience of my life. It took me out of my comfort zone, exposed me to working with people … Continue readingIf you really care about social mobility, start here
At the Stewardship Asia Round Table in Singapore in June, we were discussing the implications of business disruption and I threw out a challenge: Why did some participants continue to see the listed company as the natural vehicle for the aims of the founders … Continue readingIPOs are so yesterday
Here’s a company boss telling regulators worldwide that his business is a threat to competitive markets! (Uber chief says workplace culture needs improvement). So Dara Khosrowshahi wants to make Uber into the Amazon of transportation. He says his ‘aha!’ moment came when he saw … Continue readingUber: don’t be surprised when regulators bite back
The NHS and care crisis gets more attention but a long term funding and reform plan is also badly needed in our justice system (see today’s FT). I fear that years of austerity have been reinforced by the government’s deliberate vandalising of the probation service … Continue readingOur justice system is in urgent need of reform