Our blogs offer timely perspectives from CISL experts and our global network, exploring how leaders are responding to market shifts, managing risk and turning insight into action.
Board Leadership - "If you don't ask, you don't get it" - Mahatma Gandhi
30 November 2022 - In this third in a series of blogs on Board Leadership, CISL Fellow Prof. Richard Calland builds on the argument about the new corporate governance framework for understanding the leadership responsibility of the board by shifting from the legal and conceptual issues of principle to the ‘how’ of governance. Specifically, what are the questions that a board should be asking itself and the executive of the company if it is to provide the leadership needed? The blog offers an Oversight Framework to help board directors think through how to position themselves to ask the right questions at the right time.
Accelerating net zero transformation in turbulent times: Insights from senior business leaders
11 November 2022 - How do organisations keep the net zero transformation central to their strategies during times of extreme volatility and uncertainty? Marking the launch of CISL's framework to support businesses on their decarbonisation journeys, Dr James MacPherson, Programme Manager and Bianca Drotleff, Project Manager from CISL’s Centre for Business Transformation reflect on the actions businesses must take for an effective transition, and the opportunities that await early adopters.
27 September 2022 - CISL Fellow, and Co Convenor and Head Tutor of the Sustainable Marketing, Media & Creative course, Dr Victoria Hurth discusses the conflict and opportunity in the relationship between marketing and purpose. Will the development of purpose-led marketing practices help lead the organisations and society to a positive future, or will marketing undermine the concept of purpose and further erode trust?
Measuring decent work for better investment decisions: integral for a just transition to net zero
21 September 2022 - Dr Mohsen Gul, Senior Project Manager, Centre for Sustainable Finance reflects on why a just transition to net zero necessitates measuring decent work for better investment decisions. The Just Transition Declaration, agreed upon at UN Climate Conference COP26, recognises the...
Board Leadership – The Shifting Sands Of Corporate Governance
1 September 2022 - This blog is the second in a series from CISL Fellow, Professor Richard Calland. It builds on the over-arching argument about why boards matter and why boards must lead, by exploring the emerging corporate law and governance terrain. It concludes by laying the gauntlet for directors to start focusing on how they lead and how they govern through the much clearer multi-focal lens of direction, oversight and accountability, in direct service of organizational purpose.
24 August 2022 - CISL’s Dr Gemma Cranston, Director, Business & Nature, Centre for Business Transformation and Adrian Greet, Senior Advisor, Business & Nature, Centre for Business Transformation, explain how Decision-making in a nature positive world can help get the buy-in for your nature-based solutions (NbS) project.
An SME's journey to decarbonisation: Brilliant Noise
23 August 2022 - Brilliant Noise is a strategic marketing partner for global brands. Combining the strengths of a management consultancy and creative agency, the Brighton-based SME transforms businesses through data-led strategy, planning and purposeful content. Chief Commercial Officer and co-founder Maddy Cooper, shares her personal insights on Brilliant Noise’s journey to net zero and their mission to help other businesses do the same.
23 August 2022 - Dr Theo Hacking, CISL’s Director for Postgraduate Programmes and Research Strategy, reflects on the need for clarity in the use of systems thinking by sharing some of the common misconceptions that can lead to systems-related terms and concepts being misconstrued or devalued by false expectations.
12 August 2022 - We don’t need a summer makeover, we need a mindset makeover: How existing and aspiring leaders can move from being summer-ready for a short-term break to being impact-ready for long-term change.
