Leadership and People Management
This week the Euro 2016 semi-finals and the final will be played and many football fans will be living through the decisive moments of the European football tournament, which will culminate on Sunday 10 of July. Yet, even amid all the football buzz, another decisive moment for Europe could not remain unnoticed. UK voted FOR…
Service and Operations Management
If you’re looking for one of the oldest and largest sectors in the economy, look no further than retail. Since the 1990s it has surpassed the automotive industry as the thought leader in operations. In fact, you’d be surprised at just how many business process innovations have come from retail and been applied elsewhere. Take…
Economics
Brexit shows the primacy of politics and emotion over economic rational calculation. It is very difficult to understand the decision of British people otherwise. Britain, or what would be left of it after potential secession by Scotland and Northern Ireland, is likely to become a less open economy with a long-term decrease in productivity potentially.…
Leadership and People Management
My last post was essentially about the credibility (ethos) of speakers in the Brexit debate. Now that we know the results of the vote, let’s look at the effectiveness of the ‘remain’ side´s communication strategy briefly. So what happened last Thursday that the majority of the electorate failed to respond positively to Mr. Cameron and…