Some of the most recognisable names in business have learned the hard way that past dominance is no guarantee of future success. HMV, Nokia and Kodak each built global reputations by shaping – and in ...

Global economics and politics can have a major impact on the way a business is run, and the markets businesses operate in. Although this list is not extensive, there are contemporary business issues ...

A hundred years ago, it would have made no sense to wish somebody a “nice weekend”. There was no “hump day” to give colleagues a mid-week morale boost because there was no defined end to the working ...

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses,” Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, once quipped. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, didn’t conduct focus groups ...

“If you believe you are going to transform a company without taking any personal risks, you are dreaming,” Tufan Erginbilgiç says. “I said to my team: ‘Guys, you may feel nervous, because every day we ...

Many prime ministers don’t make it to 10 years in office. US presidents only get eight at most to secure their legacy. Katharine Viner has had a decade and counting as editor-in-chief at The Guardian.

When Hair Syrup founder Lucie Macloud first told her parents she planned to start selling hair oils, their response was swift. “They said, ‘you won’t be doing this under our roof’,” she recalls, ...

“If you pitched the idea of The Social Hub on Dragons’ Den, I think the Dragons would have a few questions,” says Abdul Eneser, with a wry smile. He is a final-year law student at the University of ...

Anthony Eskinazi founded the start-up JustPark in 2006, two years before Airbnb launched. Originally called ParkatmyHouse, the idea was to let people rent out their driveways or parking spaces on a ...

Retire at 70. It’s not a welcome message for anyone who’s already worked for the best part of half a century. Yet it’s one that was recently delivered to workers across Denmark. With Britain’s state ...

Many people have heard of the WD-40 aerosol product and keep a can of it in a drawer at home, or perhaps their garage, but few understand what exactly it is. WD-40 stands for water displacement, 40th ...

You can listen to our podcast interview with Chris Oglesby here. Business leaders should understand that someone’s weakness can be hiding a great strength and use that to build great teams. That is ...