by Margaret E Ward | Mar 13, 2026 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
When you have a concern at work, do you raise it immediately, think it through carefully before mentioning it or just stay quiet? Is it safer to turn a blind eye to colleagues’ problematic behaviours and poor decision-making? Have you concealed your own mistakes...
by Margaret E Ward | Mar 6, 2026 | Brand journalism, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
Let’s say you run or own a successful business. The company is profitable, has a good product or service and loyal customers. You’ve enjoyed being your own boss, working hard with the team to solve client problems and love being in charge of your own destiny. But...
by Margaret E Ward | Jan 30, 2026 | Brand journalism, Future of Work, Leadership & Management
Can measuring and valuing the wrong things lead to catastrophic outcomes for business and the world? Robert Sternberg, one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century, thinks our limited understanding and measurement of human intelligence has led to...
by Margaret E Ward | Dec 12, 2025 | Brand journalism, Future of Work, Leadership & Management
Although artificial intelligence (AI) is a handy workplace productivity tool, most people don’t consider it a trusted colleague or a strategic senior adviser. Nobody is inviting new hire GenAI out for work drinks or to sing at the staff Christmas party; at least not...
by Margaret E Ward | Nov 28, 2025 | Brand journalism, Leadership & Management, Work-Life Balance
When I started my working life, it was at an investment bank in New York. The firm was housed in a beautiful building in downtown Manhattan overlooking the Hudson River with the Statue of Liberty in the distance. On the executive floors, the mahogany-panelled hallways...
by Margaret E Ward | Oct 30, 2025 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Leadership & Management
What would a chief executive do when confronted with boxes of brightly-coloured plastic bricks, clay, markers, paper and Post-Its? How might their team respond to the question: “Want to play?” It is not a phrase you hear in most boardrooms or workplaces today, but...
