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Nadia Denton, Author: The Nigerian filmmaker’s guide to success

Nadia Denton, the author of The Nigerian filmmaker’s guide to success: beyond Nollywood about the Nigerian film industry, talks to Cambridge Judge …

McKinsey’s Centered Leadership model is effective for both individuals and organisations

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Women in Business Group recently invited Smaranda Gosa-Mensing, Professional Development Manager and Head of Learning UK at McKinsey …

Football fans go to the polls

With less than a month before the 2014 World Cup, Cambridge MBA student Tom Gribbin and his brother Ben have launched an …

A new way to treat people you appreciate

In part 2 of our interview with Cambridge MPhil in Management alum James Whittingham, he talks about the latest venture that he …

Urs Rohner, Credit Suisse Group: Leadership is about solving problems

According to Urs Rohner, Chairman of the Credit Suisse Group, problem-solving is the day job in leadership. Although designing the right strategy …

The five things to watch for when investing in a company

An alumus of CJBS’s MPhil in Management masters degree, James Whittingham is an investor, advisor, director and employee to numerous companies, ranging …

Edward Chaplin, former British ambassador: Celebrate success and drop Anglo-Saxon inhibitions

Success should be celebrated and boasted about according to former British ambassador Edward Chaplin CMG OBE, because the in-built Anglo-Saxon inclination to …

Rory Sutherland, Ogilvy & Mather UK: Economists should think like biologists

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather UK, advises business school students to think like biologists to reinforce conventional economic theory. …

Classical music in the digital age

The Sixteen is one of the world’s most well-known choral groups. We speak to The Sixteen, including MBA alum Shelley-Gregory Jones, and …

A new way to discover independent and international films

Weerada Sucharitkul is launching FilmDoo, a new platform for film buffs to discover good-quality, less well-known independent movies. After graduating with an …

Dr Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Akhuwat: Banks took away what was beautiful about the microfinance movement

Dr Muhammad Amjad Saqib, Executive Director and Founder of Pakistan’s first and largest interest-free microfinance organisation, Akhuwat, says the ‘beauty’ of the …

Chitra Ramkrishna, National Stock Exchange of India: A world-class and transparent institution

In just under two decades Chitra Ramkrishna, MD & Chief Executive Officer of India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE), and her leadership team …

Chandran Sankaran, Zyme Solutions: Entrepreneurship is crafted

Leading international entrepreneur Chandran Sankaran, Founder and CEO of Zyme Solutions, feels that entrepreneurship is crafted in much the same way that …

Anne Bouverot, GSMA: Transparency is paramount in organisational change

Director General of the GSMA, Anne Bouverot, stressed the importance of ‘transparency’ in dealing with staff involved in merged companies when she …

Laurent L. Philippe, Procter & Gamble: Women are key to P&G success in Africa

Women are at the heart of consumer giant Procter & Gamble’s drive to build business and organisations for sustainable growth in emerging …

Sir Adrian Cadbury: Properly constituted audit committees and boardroom self-evaluation

The Cadbury Archive at Cambridge Judge Business School has been completed with the addition of copies of all the speeches on corporate …

Professor Walter W. Powell, Stanford University: Don’t have too much faith in single rules and single organisations

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Dr Louise Pryor, Centre for Risk Studies: Because models are simplifications they are bound to be wrong

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Professor Sam Savage, Stanford University: The arithmetic of uncertainty

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

David Champion, Harvard Business Review: Taking ownership of the risk itself is a source of opportunity and return

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Mark Davies, Rio Tinto: Managing risk well is about embedding uncertainty into the decision-making process

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Gillian Tett, Financial Times: Techniques and vision involved in risk management must be broadened

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Professor Doyne Farmer, Oxford University: The danger of systemic crises

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Martin Pergler, McKinsey & Co: The value from risk through informed trade-offs

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Professor Haresh Shah, Stanford University: The problem today is that the interconnectivity of the whole world is not modelled appropriately

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Dr Michael Jacobides, London Business School: Finding an appropriate risk versus growth or return trade-off

At the Centre for Risk Studies’ 4th Annual Meeting, leaders and decision makers from business, government, inter-governmental organisations, academia and NGOs explored …

Peter Löscher, Siemens: Never miss the opportunities that emerge from a crisis

Make the most of opportunities that arise from a crisis was the advice offered to Cambridge Judge Business School MBA students by …

Pinky Lilani, Spice Magic: Kindness and gratitude can lead to success

Kindness and gratitude are major contributors to success in business, according to one of the UK’s leading women entrepreneurs Pinky Lilani, Founder …

Sir Michael Barber, Pearson: Pacific global leadership is in the ascendancy

The 21st century could be ‘absolutely fantastic’ if a number of short- and medium-term challenges can be resolved, according to Sir Michael …

Alexander McLean, The African Prisons Project: Growing momentum for prison reform in Africa

The Founder and Director General of the African Prison Project (APP), Alexander McLean, believes the future for the organisation is exciting and …

Alexander McLean, The African Prisons Project: Growing momentum for prison reform in Africa

The Founder and Director General of the African Prison Project (APP), Alexander McLean, believes the future for the organisation is exciting and …

The sky’s the limit: Raspberry Pi goes for Brazil, India and China

The tiny, credit card-sized computer, Raspberry Pi, has outsold the targets predicted by its Cambridge-based designers, reaching a million sales in 12 …

The sky’s the limit: Raspberry Pi goes for Brazil, India and China

The tiny, credit card-sized computer, Raspberry Pi, has outsold the targets predicted by its Cambridge-based designers, reaching a million sales in 12 …

Andrea Illy, illycaffè: Philosophy of mission, passion and obsession

Andrea Illy talks about the driving forces behind his coffee empire One of the world’s leading coffee producers has been talking about …

Doug Baillie, Unilever: A leadership vacuum

Doug Baillie of Unilever says there’s a crying need for responsible leadership in what he calls the ‘new normal’ or ‘VUCA’ world …

Roger Calow, Overseas Development Institute: Beyond the language of limits

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) symposium on ‘Securing Food and Water’ attracted views from business leaders, …

Marc Zornes, McKinsey & Co: Resource revolution

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) symposium on ‘Securing Food and Water’ attracted views from business leaders, …

Ian Wright, Diageo: Corporations and water stewardship

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) symposium on ‘Securing Food and Water’ attracted views from business leaders, …

Peter Madden, Forum for the Future: Feeding future cities

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) symposium on ‘Securing Food and Water’ attracted views from business leaders, …

Jose Lopez, Nestlé: Planet Earth’s balance sheet

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) symposium on ‘Securing Food and Water’ attracted views from business leaders, …

Roger Schmenner: Swift, even flow

Don’t simply reduce overheads, material and labour to drive productivity; instead identify and deal with the variation, or waste, in existing processes …

Professor John Philpott, CIPD: Job mismatch and talent shortage

A Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) panel discussion entitled ‘Job Mismatch and the Pursuit of Talent’ prompted a variety of …

Stefano Scarpetta, OECD: Youth unemployment and skill mismatch

A Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) panel discussion entitled ‘Job Mismatch and the Pursuit of Talent’ prompted a variety of …

Professor Vicky Pryce, FTI Consulting: Retaining talent

A Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) panel discussion entitled ‘Job Mismatch and the Pursuit of Talent’ prompted a variety of …

Philip Coggan, The Economist: Paper promises

History shows that when debtors default and crisis occur, international monetary systems are remade. A new world order will emerge from the …

Philip Coggan, The Economist: Paper promises

History shows that when debtors default and crisis occur, international monetary systems are remade A new world order will emerge from the …

Dr Loretta Napoleoni: Maonomics – the capitalism of communism

Dr Loretta Napoleoni discusses the themes from her latest book Maonomics – Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do Dr …

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys: Luck favours the prepared mind

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman of IT services giant Infosys, explains why every business has to be in control of its destiny and …

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Infosys: Luck favours the prepared mind

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman of IT services giant Infosys, explains why every business has to be in control of its destiny and …

Dinesh Dhamija, Ebookers.com: Adding value

Cambridge alumnus Dinesh Dhamija, former Chairman and CEO of Ebookers.com, discusses operating in the high octane world of the Internet Raise money …

Eben Upton, Founder: Raspberry Pi

Executive MBA programme helped inventor and alumnus Dr Eben Upton create a revolution in low-cost computing. The inventor of Raspberry Pi, a …

Eben Upton, Founder: Raspberry Pi

Executive MBA programme helped inventor and alumnus Dr Eben Upton create a revolution in low-cost computing The inventor of Raspberry Pi, a …

Martin Lindstrom: ‘Brandwashed’

Martin Lindstrom calls for an ethical line in the sand for the future development of brands using social media. One of the …

Martin Lindstrom, branding and marketing expert: ‘Brandwashed’

Martin Lindstrom calls for an ethical line in the sand for the future development of brands using social media One of the …

Bill Browder: Russian corruption and losing $900 million

Bill Browder, a leading global shareholder-rights activist and an outspoken fighter for improved corporate governance in Russia, asks ‘can the bear be …

Professor Balram Bhargava, All India Institute of Medical Sciences: Frugal innovation key to healthcare

According to Professor Balram Bhargava, India is poised to lead the way in a decade of innovation underpinned by the need to …

Rosaleen Blair, Alexander Mann Solutions: Good leaders inspire

We are all born with leadership potential according to Rosaleen Blair, Chief Executive of Alexander Mann Solutions, who pioneered the concept of …

Rosaleen Blair, Alexander Mann Solutions: Good leaders inspire

We are all born with leadership potential according to Rosaleen Blair According to Rosaleen Blair, Chief Executive of Alexander Mann Solutions, who …

Lord Dennis Stevenson: Dealing with assumptions

Entrepreneurship and innovation are subjected to too much ‘sound-biting and cliché-ing’ says Lord Dennis Stevenson, the driving force behind Cambridge Judge Business …

Lord Dennis Stevenson: Dealing with assumptions

Lord Dennis Stevenson states that entrepreneurship and innovation are subjected to too much ‘sound-biting and cliché-ing’ Entrepreneurship and innovation are subjected to …

Bill Browder: Russian corruption and losing $900 million

The collapse of the Russian economy saw Bill Browder lose 900 million dollars Bill Browder, a leading global shareholder rights-activist, lost 900 …

Dr Andrew Coburn, Risk Management Solutions: Imagining and doing the “how”

Dr Andrew Coburn is the Director of External Advisory Board at the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. Andrew is Vice President of …

Crispin Hawes, Eurasia Group: Geo-political change

Crispin Hawes is the head of Eurasia Group’s Middle East and North Africa practice. His central focus is the politics of the …

Dr Emily Shuckburgh, British Antarctic Survey: Future climate change

Dr Shuckburgh leads the Open Oceans research group at the British Antarctic Survey, which is focused on understanding the role of the …

Dr Ned Allen, Lockheed Martin: Measuring and mitigating operational risks in engineered cyber-physical systems

Dr Allen is Senior Fellow & Chief Scientist at Lockheed Martin, Aeronautics. He advises Lockheed Martin’s Corporate Engineering and Technology unit in …

Dr Robert Muir-Wood, Risk Management Solutions: The future of risk

Dr Muir-Wood is Chief Research Officer at Risk Management Solutions, which develops risk models for a wide range of catastrophe and life …

Philip Brice, BP Treasury: Profiles of the future and emerging risks

Philip Brice is the Corporate Risk Manager within BP Treasury. His responsibilities include the management of FX risks across the group, and …

Paul Mills, Jaguar Land Rover: A non-traditional view of entrepreneurship

Tata has placed importance on empowering its workforce to generate entrepreneurship and developing its global mindset explains Paul Mills Under Tata ownership …

Professor Duane Windsor, Rice University: An American perspective on CSR

Professor Duane Windsor of Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, says corporate social responsibility is working Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is …

Betting on emerging market infrastructure

New report reveals spending on infrastructure in emerging markets is likely to triple in the next 20 years to meet growing population …

Ginni Rometty, IBM: A system of systems

Alliances which link science and services, such as the Cambridge Service Alliance, of which IBM plays a core role, are critically important …

Ginni Rometty, IBM: A system of systems

We need to widen our vision and ‘make the problem bigger’ explains IBM’s Senior Vice President and Group Executive of Sales Alliances …

Lieutenant General Andrew Graham: Lessons from the frontline

‘Kill or capture’ maybe a military slogan but the conditions of war have lessons for business too. Lieutenant General Andrew Graham, Former …

Competitive advantage through new business models (Cambridge Service Alliance Conference)

As European economies bump along the bottom a new approach to manufacturing industries is helping to make businesses more successful in the …

Peter Thomas, Transforming Whitehall, and Keith Jordan, Hitachi Rail: Why collaboration matters

As European economies bump along the bottom a new approach to manufacturing industries is helping to make businesses more successful in the …

Yaver Abidi, Halcrow, and Fiona Capstick, Southwest One: Through thick and thin

As European economies bump along the bottom a new approach to manufacturing industries is helping to make businesses more successful in the …

Daniel Calleja-Crespo, European Commission: Revolution not evolution

As European economies bump along the bottom a new approach to manufacturing industries is helping to make businesses more successful in the …

BRICS and beyond (CIBAM Global Business Symposium)

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Dr John Hulsman, John C. Hulsman Enterprises: Beyond platitudes

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Jack Keenan, Grand Cru Consulting: Another BRIC in China’s Wall

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Alex Sukharevsky, McKinsey & Co.: The fallacies of the BRICs

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Andrew Morgan, Diageo: Horizon scanners

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Anna Stupnytska, Goldman Sachs Asset Management: The N11

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Aidan Manktelow, Economist Intelligence Unit: The CIVETS

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Stephen King, HSBC: Transforming economies

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

John Hawksworth, PricewaterhouseCoopers: Reshaping the world

The CIBAM July 2011 Global Business Symposium on ‘BRICS and Beyond’ adventured into the unknown territory of which economies will be dominant …

Professor Paul Krugman, Princeton University: Greece default – not if but when!

Professor Paul Krugman warns it would be a messy affair if Greece defaults on its debts Professor Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics …

Paul Krugman, Princeton University: Greece default – not if but when

Paul Krugman, the internationally renowned economist, author and New York Times columnist, is convinced that Greece will default on its debts and …

Islamic finance – is it here to stay?

The first Islamic Finance Forum held at the School detailed the progress being made in this rapidly moving financial sector Leading figures …

Rory Sutherland, OgilvyOne: Prior science to economics

Rory Sutherland, Executive Creative Director and Vice-Chairman of OgilvyOne, says we need place an emphasis on studying what leads people to adopt …

George Colony, Forrester Research: From IT to business technology

The CBTO – Customer Business Technology Officers – will drive the businesses of the future as the demands for agility, speed and …

David Halpern, The Cabinet Office, and Professor Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge: How we feel?

David Halpern, Director of the Behavioural Insights Team at the Cabinet Office, and Professor Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge, say subjective well-being …

Nic Marks, Centre for Well-Being: Our disconnected lives

High and low scoring countries on the ‘Well-Being’ index tell us much about our own lifestyles and what makes us happy says …

Claudia Hammond, BBC: Job losses, library closures

The BBC’s Claudia Hammond says earning a salary of over £20k doesn’t necessarily make you any happier but job losses do matter …

Professor Felicia Huppert, Jen Beaumont and Dr Simon Learmount: The heart of ‘well-being’

Professor Felicia Huppert, Director of the Well-Being Institute, Jen Beaumont from the Office of National Statistics and Dr Simon Learmount, Director of …

China and the rise of the BRICS (CIBAM/WPP Distinguished Lecture & Panel)

Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for International Business & Management (CIBAM) and WPP held a Distinguished Lecture and Panel on ‘China and …

Will Galgey, Doreen Wang and Jonathan Garner: Bullish brands

Chinese consumers share much in common with their Western counterparts, and the brands they buy most are now listed in the ‘Brandz …

Dr Gabriel Palma, University of Cambridge: Brazil: steady as she goes

Dr Gabriel Palma, University Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, says Brazil will grow at a steady rate …

Kirill Slavin, Slavin & Associates: Damning kleptocracy

State ownership and meddling is interfering with Russia’s stock market, but investors should definitely take advantage of Russia’s low stock prices says …

Professor Suma Athreye, Brunel Business School: The race for patents

Professor Suma Athreye, Director of the Centre for International Business and Strategy in Emerging Markets at Brunel Business School, says India takes …

Professor Noreena Hertz, Cambridge Judge Business School: China rising

Professor Noreena Hertz, Deputy Director of CIBAM and Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, says Brazil’s growth could be a ‘bubble’ fuelled …

Professor Peter Williamson, Cambridge Judge Business School: Advantage China

Professor Peter Williamson, Honorary Professor of International Management at Cambridge Judge Business School, says those ‘dragons’ at our door, will reshape global competitions …

David Roth, The Store – WPP: There may be trouble ahead

David Roth, CEO, EMEA and Asia, The Store – WPP, says there will continue to be significant increases in GDP and wealth …

Cristina Pearson, WPP, and Eduardo Tomiya, BrandAnalytics: Brazil’s blue skies

Cristiana Pearson, WPP’s Millward Brown Optimor, and Mr Eduardo Tomiya, Managing Director of BrandAnalytics give their verdict on the growth of Brazil …

Dr Christos Pitelis, Cambridge Judge Business School: The world’s biggest economy?

Crystal ball-gazing, Dr Christos Pitelis, Director of CIBAM, says if you consider ‘China and the rise of the BRICs’, China’s path is …

Dominic Barton, McKinsey & Co: Your five-a-day

The resurgence of Asia, Africa and Brazil and a new middle class of one billion people with disposable income, the ageing demographics, …

Mark Spelman, Accenture: Shifting tectonic plates of global power

In this multi-speed and multi-polar world, challenges should be viewed as new market opportunities for innovative products and services explains Mark Spelman, …

360 degree feedback (The Diploma in Entrepreneurship from CfEL)

So you want to start up your own business but just how do you go about getting started and is now the …

Dr David Cleevely, Technology Entrepreneur: Without passion you cannot succeed!

A pitch is one thing, but what you’re really looking for in an entrepreneur is passion, drive and that ability to think …

Lord Karan Bilimoria, Cobra Beer: It’s all about attitude

The spirit of entrepreneurship means perseverance and integrity and adaptability. Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, Founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer, explains …

Dr Hermann Hauser, Amadeus Capital Partners: Just do it!

Dr Hermann Hauser CBE, Co-Founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, explains the key elements he looks for in backing an idea: entrepreneurial passion, …

Dr Jo Mills, CfEL: Entrepreneurial ecosystems

The time is right to support entrepreneurship and talented individuals, as governments worldwide set up a raft of entrepreneurial initiatives. The Centre …

Richard Baker, Virgin Active: Standing by principles

Richard Baker, the Non-Executive Chairman of Virgin Active, Non-Executive Director of Whitbread, Operating Partner at Advent International and Chairman of DFS, and …

Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador: China’s economy

Cambridge Judge Business School was delighted to welcome H.E. Ambassador Liu Xiaoming, Chinese Ambassador to the UK, on 22 February 2011. On …

Ravi Bhoothalingam, Manas Advisory: ‘Chindia’ – a marriage of cultures?

Why talk up the differences when the complimentary traits of the two great emerging markets, India and China, could lead to greater …

Itay Talgam: The symphony of the boardroom

Conducting a symphony can be used as a metaphor for leadership. Individual styles may differ but there’s more than one way to …

Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Emerging Markets Telecommunication: Carpe diem

Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunication, visited the School to address the students as part of …

Dr Simon Singh: Print and be damned! The libel debate rages

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Alan Smith, HSBC: The difference between intelligence and wisdom

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Professor Frank Kelly, University of Cambridge: Raising the stakes

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Dr Leslie Knapp, University of Cambridge: Primate coalition formation

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Professor Haresh Shah, Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management: Mitigating risk for those at the bottom of the pyramid

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Professor Ed Bullmore, University of Cambridge: The brain as a business model

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Andrew Freeman, Deloitte Centre for Financial Services: The economy of contingency planning

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Michelle Tuveson, University of Cambridge: The bigger picture

The human dimension of risk is an important and under-explored aspect of risk management issues. How we perceive risk, and understanding patterns …

Dr Simon Taylor, Professor Colin Lizieri, John Kelting: The future of finance

Financial systems, real estate markets and the changing face of banks – how smart regulation can stimulate these interlinked sectors Three leading …

The global digital revolution

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Marietje Schaake, European Parliament: How technology is changing our democracy and freedoms

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

John Witherow, The Sunday Times: A sign of the times

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Professor Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer: The secret to paid-for online content is quality

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Professor Natalie Fenton, Goldsmith’s: More news, more democracy or more superficiality?

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Lord Wilson of Dinton, University of Cambridge: Power to the people!

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Qiang Xiao, Professor Jaideep Prabhu and Sir Martin Rees: What future for the media?

Not since Gutenburg invented the printing press in the 1450s has the world experienced such a defining shift in how people communicate …

Mark Gough, Siemens: “Would you tell your mother?” Recovering from corruption

A lot of time, a lot of hard work, but now Siemens has created a first class compliance programme and their competitors …

Sir Stuart Rose, Marks & Spencer, and Miranda Curtis, Liberty Global: Lessons from failure and success

Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Marks & Spencer, and Ms Miranda Curtis, President of Liberty Global Japan, give their top business tips …

Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi: Radically optimistic

Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, says that the world has changed dramatically in the last 12 months. It is …

Simon Murray, Adventurer & Entrepreneur: Tread your own path to success

Simon Murray, adventurer, entrepreneur and leading businessman, reflects on a life filled with travel and encounters with the unexpected. 80 per cent …

Anatole Kaletsky, The Times: Long live capitalism

Anatole Kaletsky, Principal Economic Commentator of The Times of London, says in his new book Capitalism 4:0 that the financial crisis is …

Sir Paul Judge, AMBA: Responding to change

People no longer want to be managed explains Sir Paul Judge, President of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and benefactor of the …

Craig Bennett, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown and Paul Turner: No case for business as usual?

Mr Craig Bennett, Deputy Director of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Dr Douglas Crawford-Brown, Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for …

Ravi Kant, Tata Motors: Polycentric innovation

Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman of Tata Motors, tells us the secrets of the production process for the highly successful Tata Nano, and …

A new world order (CIBAM Global Business Symposium)

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Sir Adrian Cadbury, Cadbury Schweppes: ‘Comply or explain’

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Sir David Walker, Morgan Stanley: A need for tougher regulation

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Dr Christos Pitelis, Cambridge Judge Business School: Part of the solution or part of the problem?

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Dr Philip Wood, Allen & Overy: So who can save the world, economists or lawyers?

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, LSE: Spotting the next crisis

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Andrew Morgan, Diageo: The new normal

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

David Roth, The Store – WPP: New retailing realities

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

George Magnus, UBS: Balancing the imbalances

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Ken Warwick, UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills: Is the UK economy on the road to recovery?

Some are rich some are poor, some save others spend, but as one part of the global world grows and another shrinks …

Dr Peter Piot, Imperial College: The politics of Aids

Dr Peter Piot, Director of the Institute for Global Health, Imperial College, draws on his experience at the United Nations to explain …

Professor Geert Hofstede: Neuro-databases: the software of the mind

Long- and short-term orientation are largely determined by culture, says Professor Geert Hofstede, author of Culture and Organisation, currently in its third …

Loretta Napoleoni, Author, Economist & Political Analyst: Terrorism and global economies

Author, economist and political analyst Loretta Napoleoni has been tracing the intertwined roots of the world’s monetary systems and the business of …

Rory Sutherland, OgilvyOne: Can human behaviour be quantified?

Rory Sutherland, Executive Creative Director & Vice-Chairman of OgilvyOne London, says we’ve got too hung up on trying to quantify human behaviour. …

Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB: Change and renewal

Jeremy Darroch, CEO of BSkyB, explains why renewal and change are the key to success at all levels of business: “If you …

Lord Browne, Riverstone: Radiating ideas

Profit, says Lord Browne, former CEO of BP, and MD of Riverstone Holdings, is best created by “responding to the needs of …

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone Group: Dream a big dream

Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, considers global liquidity levels and sees signs of renewal. He also offers lessons …

The economic crisis and the crisis in economics (INET Conference)

In April 2010, the conference “The Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics” brought together economists from all over the globe to …

Anatole Kaletsky, The Times: Capitalism 4.0

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor Bruce Caldwell, Duke University: Hayek or Keynes?

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor Franklin Allen, The Wharton School: Why “too big to fail” is wrong!

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor Helene Rey, LBS: Creating a new approach to liquidity

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor James Galbraith, LBJ School of Public Affairs: An intellectual crisis

Professor James Galbraith, LBJ School of Public Affairs, says the structures that govern the world’s economies do need a new and bolder …

Tony Lawson, University of Cambridge: Social reality

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor Jeremy Siegel, The Wharton School: Markets do work!

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor James Mirrlees, University of Cambridge: What’s in a mathematical model?

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor George Akerlof, University of California: “Identity Economics”

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University: Recovery or no recovery?

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

George Soros, Open Society Institute: Searching for the new paradigm

The inaugural conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) brought policy makers, chief theorists, Nobel Prize winners in their profession …

Peter Harris, Hotel Chocolat: The Candy Man can

Peter Harris, Co-Founder of Hotel Chocolat, and his business partner Angus Thirwell, have built up a £52m turnover business with 33 retail …

Elizabeth Corley, Allianz Global Investors: Humbling the arrogant

The global credit crisis nearly destroyed the world’s banking systems. Back then the “arrogant” bankers gambled with our money; now a new …

Pinky Lilani, Spice Magic: Change the world

Be passionate, follow your dreams and go that extra mile, says Indian food writer Pinky Lilani OBE, Founder and CEO of Spice …

Robert Prechter: Traditional economic modelling: confined to the past?

Robert Prechter, a leading technical analyst and author (of The Elliott Wave Principle), who predicted the current debt crisis, says economics and …

John Griffith-Jones, KMPG EMA: A risk too far?

As Head of KPMG’s Europe Middle East and Africa Region, John Griffith-Jones is in charge of 105 countries. He says governments need …

Kola Karim, Shoreline Energy: Local knowledge is all

Kola Karim, CEO of Shoreline Energy International, has nurtured many companies to success. He now employs 5,000 people of different nationalities and …

Professor Lynda Gratton, London Business School: Virtual teams are the future

Geographically diverse teams in multinational companies maybe harder to manage than traditional teams, but these collaborative virtual teams are becoming increasingly important. …

Charles Kane, One Laptop Per Child: Education can change the world!

Charles Kane, President of One Laptop Per Child, says their business model is more like academia than social enterprise. Yet with only 30 staff, 1.5 …

Lord Brittan, UBS Investment Bank: Can China keep growing?

If you want to be successful with business in China you need to go in the right direction at a reasonable speed …

Vittorio Colao, Vodafone: Merit will prevail

Science, technique and instinct all play their part when you are setting out, says Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive of Vodafone; but if …

Damian Miller, Orb Energy: Power at the point of need

Dr Damian Miller, CEO of Orb Energy, set up his company in India after working for Shell and completing his PhD at …

Rethinking the classics in international business strategy (CIBAM Distinguished Lecture)

Every now and again there comes a time in the development of a field of inquiry when some bright spark gets up …

Professor Alain Verbeke and Professor Peter Buckley: Not all you read is true

The 2009 CIBAM Distinguished Lecture featured Professor Alain Verbeke speaking on his new book International Business Strategy; a book that will have boardrooms …

Professor Alan Rugman, Henley Business School: New thinking required

The 2009 CIBAM Distinguished Lecture featured Professor Alain Verbeke speaking on his new book International Business Strategy; a book that will have boardrooms poring …

Jack Keenan, Grand Cru Consulting: Mix and match

The 2009 CIBAM Distinguished Lecture featured Professor Alain Verbeke speaking on his new book International Business Strategy; a book that will have boardrooms poring …

Water, water everywhere; nor any drop to drink? (Centre for Energy Studies Conference)

It’s the resource that we take most for granted when we have access to it, yet it is also the resource that …

Elsie Owusu, Society of Black Architects: Grass roots solutions will win through

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Dr Joel Ratsirarson, University of Antananarivo: Sharing knowledge will reap rewards

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Ayilari-Naa Awupeyagi Juati, Ghana Met Agency: We can find a solution

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Dr Bradwell Garanganga, Drought Monitoring Centre: The seasons are changing

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Professor Julian Hunt, Cambridge Centre for Energy Studies: Local, regional and national decision making is key

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Professor Charles Kennel, Environment and Sustainability Initiative: Africa needs our help

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

Sherry Ayitey, Ministry of Environment, Science & Technology, Ghana: Water is a basic human right

“The Global Water Initiative: Implications of Climate Change and Variability on African Water Resources”, a three-day conference co-ordinated by Cambridge Judge Business …

General Michael Hayden, CIA: Mission accomplished

Complex organisations can share a common approach to crisis management and communication is key. According to General Hayden, former head of the …

Parminder Vir, Media Consultant: Shifting paradigms

The film industry is moving from a Hollywood dominated culture to a peer-to-peer environment as more emerging countries structure global partnerships. Parminder …

Partho Sen-Gupta, Film Director: Bombay mix

Partho Sen-Gupta, Director of Hava Aney Dey (“Let the Wind Blow”), talks about the new frontiers facing the Indian film industry as …

Women in leadership: clarion call to action for women (85 Broads Launch)

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Christina Dodwell, Explorer: Challenge on the wild side

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Alison Maitland, Journalist: Refocusing on values

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Margaret Heffernan, Entrepreneur: Reinventing yourself

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Jessica Pryce-Jones, iOpener: Setting higher goals

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Professor Srikumar Rao, “Happiness Guru”: Thinking strategically about happiness

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Lena Henry, McKinsey: See the glass half-full

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Janet Hanson, Milestone Capital: Never stop learning

It was billed as the Cambridge Chapter launch of ’85 Broads’, a global network of trailblazing, visionary women who aspire to use …

Kevin Bishop, Michael Lyons and David Simoes-Brown: The emerging SSME agenda

Services science has become one of the major areas of research into the nature of innovation within organisations and within national economies. …

Sir Nicholas Serota, The Tate: Challenging the status quo

It is said that Tate Modern would just be a room added onto Tate Britain, without the personal vision, drive and restlessness …

Innovation in India and China, Asia’s non-identical twins (Centre for India & Global Business Conference)

The Centre for India & Global Business at Cambridge Judge Business School in Cambridge is creating a new dialogue for Western understanding …

Patrick von Sychowski, Adlabs Digital Cinema: ‘And action’

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Dr Gerard Tellis, Marshall School of Business: The impact of cultural and economic distances

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Kunal Sinha, Ogilvy & Mather: Creativity and China

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Professor Ashok Som, ESSEC Business School: Return to Maharajah style

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Anuradha Ghosh-Muzumdar, Sotheby’s New York: Soaring prices for Asian art

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Professor Anil Gupta, Indian Institute of Management: Bottom-up inventors

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Rama Bijapurkar, Author: Consumer India

At a special two-day conference entitled “Innovation in India and China”, Navi Radjou, Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global …

Steve Street, IBM Global Services: Services science – thinking about service in an innovative, integrated way

Steve Street, Senior IT Architect for UK & Ireland New Business, Integrated Technology Delivery, IBM Global Services, explains why the financial meltdown, …

Lord Dennis Stevenson, House of Lords: Leadership in action

Lord Dennis Stevenson, previously Chairman of HBOS and until recently also Chairman of Pearson, the world’s largest educational publisher and owner of …

Maurice Levy, Publicis Groupe: From national to global

Maurice Levy, Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, and Kevin Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, are definitely “opposites” who …

Senator Yves Leterme, Belgium: Is neoliberalism doomed?

Senator Yves Leterme, Former Prime Minister of Belgium, compares the Anglo-Saxon and the Rhineland models of socio-economic development. The current economic crisis …

Dr Patrick Byrne, Overstock.com: Healthy capital market equals healthy nation

Dr Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, explains the concept of “naked shorting”, and how he predicted as early as three years ago …

Kevin Roberts, Saatchi & Saatchi: A new world order

Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, believes we are seeing not a global recession but a global catastrophe and a radical …

Rob Lees, Author: The winning edge for professional service firms

Rob Lees, co-author of When Professionals Have to Lead and a member of the School’s “Programme for Excellence” faculty, describes the background …

Green business and green values (CIBAM Global Business Symposium)

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Professor Vicky Pryce, UK Government Economic Service: Engaging business leaders

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Michael Littlechild, Good Corporation: Greener than green or corporate spin?

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Ann Pettifor, Advocacy International: The green new deal

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Jack Keenan, Grand Cru Consulting: Sustainability and corporate governance

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Sir Crispin Tickell, Policy Foresight Programme: Climate destabilisation and driving change

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Dr Noreena Hertz, CIBAM: Gucci capitalism to co-operative capitalism

Corporations and governments are having to face up to the new challenges of how to operate in a global business environment where …

Dame Patricia Hodgson, BBC Trust: Media, arts and culture – what role for leaders?

If success in the creative sector is crucially dependent on a combination of talent and popular response to it, what role is …

Jack Lang, Andy Richards and Laurence Garrett: Better, faster, cheaper – entrepreneurship and early stage investors

Cambridge Angels Jack Lang and Dr Andy Richards, along with venture capitalist Laurence Garrett, talk about why the current economic gloom is …

James P. Leape, WWF International: Business, NGOs and the challenge of sustainability

Today’s consumer driven culture is ecologically unsustainable; this fact poses a clear challenge to governments who must agree responses to climate change …

Dr Michael Lynch, Autonomy: The dream team

Dr Michael Lynch OBE, Founder and CEO of Autonomy, explains the importance of building a team capable of delivering your vision – a top …

Dr Edwina Pio, AUT University: Gender ethnicity and entrepreneurship

Why are the majority of entrepreneurs white males, what are the underlying mechanisms, just how important is legislation in tackling discrimination and …