Leadership Playbook

What does the future of work look like? In this episode of Leadership Playbook, Kathleen O’Connor, Clinical Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of Executive Education at London Business School, is joined by a distinguished panel, who discuss how the pandemic has changed perceptions of when and where work should be done, covering remote versus co-located working, flexible hours, and even four-day weeks. Finally, the panel looks at the rise of AI and how this has raised the question of ‘how work is done’ and even what the work is.   The panel includes Juliet Ehimuan, Director of Google West Africa, Richard Downs, Founder and CEO of Iglu.com, and Catherine Moore, Managing Director of Commercial Banking EMEA Solutions at J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Banking.  For more thought leadership and business insights from London Business School faculty and alumni, visit london.edu/think.   Sign up to receive a curated selection of articles, podcasts and films direct to your inbox twice a month at london.edu/think/subscribe.    Follow us on social media:   twitter.com/LBS linkedin.com/school/london-business-school facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool

In this episode of Leadership Playbook, David Jackson, former Company Secretary of BP, joins Tom Gosling, Executive Fellow at the London Business School for a lively discussion on the topic. Using the example of oil and gas companies, David and Tom explore the role of the board versus the CEO when it comes to strategy development. They also consider board responsibilities around maximizing shareholder value balanced against environmental questions. Finally, they look at the role of shareholder preferences, board duties, and ethics, when it comes to ESG. David Jackson was Company Secretary of BP from 2003 to 2019. Tom Gosling is an Executive Fellow in the department of finance and part of The Leadership Institute at the London Business School. For more thought leadership and business insights from London Business School faculty and alumni, visit london.edu/think. Sign up to receive a curated selection of articles, podcasts and films direct to your inbox twice a month at london.edu/think/subscribe Follow us on social media: twitter.com/LBS linkedin.com/school/london-business-school facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool

What would happen if you brought more of yourself to your work? In this episode of Leadership Playbook, communications coaches Alex MacLaren and Tom Salinsky join LBS programme director John Dore to talk about how leaders learn to overcome discomfort and get beyond fear of failure in their lively experiential workshops. John Dore is programme director for the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School. Alex MacLaren and Tom Salinksy are communications coaches at The Spontaneity Shop. For more thought leadership and business insights from London Business School faculty and alumni, visit london.edu/think. Sign up to receive a curated selection of articles, podcasts and films direct to your inbox twice a month at london.edu/think/subscribe. Follow us on social media: twitter.com/LBS linkedin.com/school/london-business-school facebook.com/LondonBusinessSchool

Leading academics and senior members of the investment community came together to explore new paradigms in asset management. The virtual summit covered the tectonic shift in global finance currently underway, ESG investing, and other recent key developments and challenges within the industry. In this podcast, you will hear our distinguished speakers, including New York University’s Professor Robert Engle, 2003 winner of the Noble Prize for Economics, discussing the big issues of today’s investment scene. Listen to explore environmental, social and governance issues, the debate on active versus passive investment, the future path of financial technology and the risks that could shake the world. You can also hear the full session with Professor Laura Starks on our LBS Soundcloud channel.

The AQR Asset Management Institute at London Business School held a virtual event, looking at 'New paradigms in asset management' in November 2021. In this podcast, you will hear the session with Laura Starks, who is Professor of Finance at the McCombs School of Business. Featuring leading academics and senior members of the investment community, the virtual summit covered the tectonic shift in global finance currently underway, ESG investing, and other important recent developments and challenges within the industry. Hear their thoughts and understand more about the current investment scene with our event highlight podcast, available on the LBS Soundcloud channel.

Members of the LBS Black in Business (BiB) student group and the Black Employee Network (BEN) discuss what Black History Month means to them and the importance of marking the month each October. Black in Business Club member, and doctor, Tunde Gafaar joins LBS employees Niomie Benjamin and Michelle Weise-Henry to talk about their responses to the annual event and the focus on Black health and wellbeing at the School this year. Find out more about the work of clubs for Black Students and Employees at london.edu/about/inclusion-and-diversity/black-at-lbs • Listen to more insights from LBS faculty and alumni @londonbusinessschool. • Follow LBS on Twitter: twitter.com/lbs and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/london-business-school

MBA graduates Marieke Flament and Oriol Fuertes Cabassa both went into consulting before taking big leaps into the unknown – moving into cryptocurrency and healthcare respectively. Here they share tips on everything from finding your true career path to leading with integrity, growing your company and managing at scale. Find out more about the MBA programme: https://www.london.edu/mba. What We Did Next is a Think at London Business School podcast series that features two alumni in conversation about their lives and careers. If you would like to take part in a future episode, please get in touch.

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When some horrific abuses came to light in religious care homes in the US, a lot of people wondered why nobody had spoken up earlier. What was at play here, and how could such situations be prevented? In this episode of The Why Podcast, Aharon Cohen Mohliver tells us how he embarked on a deep-dive statistical analysis and discovered that having a system in place is no guarantee of anything when humans are involved. You can read his paper here: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/pdf/10.1287/mnsc.2022.4350 Aharon Cohen Mohliver is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School. • Listen to more insights from LBS faculty and alumni @londonbusinessschool. • Discover more of our thought leadership at london.edu/think. • Follow LBS on Twitter: twitter.com/lbs and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/london-business-school

Negotiating situations can be tense. It’s often assumed you need to wield power, grab what you can and then get out. But it doesn’t have to be so: if you can build trust and work out what the other person cares about, you’re more likely to get a result that’s good for both parties. Empathy takes practice – and, before the other person even opens their mouth, you’ll have made a snap judgement about them based on their appearance. And that’s just the start of what can work against you and the likelihood of achieving a constructive outcome. Kathleen O’Connor is Clinical Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of Executive Education at London Business School. Kathy Brewis is Senior Managing Editor of Think at London Business School. • Listen to more insights from LBS faculty and alumni @londonbusinessschool. • Discover more of our thought leadership at london.edu/think. • Follow LBS on Twitter: twitter.com/lbs and LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/london-business-school.