Putting the spotlight on trust

Hello and welcome to the first of three blogs that I am writing as the 690th Lord Mayor of the City of London, giving me an opportunity to share with you all my theme for the year:  The Business of Trust, which I launched in November 2017. Each Lord Mayor gets to choose the subject …

‘What is the marker of an empowered workforce?’

Guest blog written by Alan Barlow, author of "Profiting from Integrity: How CEOs can deliver superior profitability and be relevant to society". Many employers claim their employees are 'empowered' - but few successfully close the feedback loop. A major challenge for management is the practicality of tracking whether staff are empowered. Given the reported importance …

Trust isn’t a crisis – it’s a cascade

Guest blog written by John Rosling, who is a writer and lecturer on entrepreneurship and Head of Thought at the Contexis Index CIC. Business faces a storm of existential challenges. Trust between business and the society it operates within is low and still falling. The 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer survey of 33,000 people in 28 …

How should business leaders approach the issues of job transformation and displacement?

Q&A series with Tracey Groves, founder and director of Intelligent Ethics, on AI and ethics I prefer to think it’s more about job augmentation rather than job displacement.  AI will be able to enrich our lives through the optimisation of the best of technology, and the creation of more skilled jobs in areas such as …

What might ethical leadership look like in practice when it comes to AI and other advanced technologies?

Q&A series with Tracey Groves, founder and director of Intelligent Ethics on AI and ethics: In practice, ethical leadership will look far more inclusive by nature.  When it comes to embracing AI and other advanced technologies, ethical leadership will consider the diverse needs and requirements of a variety of different stakeholder groups. This includes not …