Nick Peters on Shop Floor talking to Faisal Butt, Founder and CEO of Spire Ventures, about how we should be measuring success and the importance of downtime.
This week on the Shop Floor, Nick Peters talks to celebrated director of multiple PLCs, and writer of the new book "The non executive directors guide to effective board presence". Today they are discussing when big businesses are found to have made mistakes that could cost the company and all its employees greatly, and what could have been done to prevent it.
Nick Peters talks about productivity in the UK and how it's falling short. It is believed that this could be because of poor workplace management and relations. To discuss this with Nick is Adrian Wakeling, from ACAS.
The History of Booms, Busts and Bubbles: Chairman Mao's legacy
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The History of Booms, Busts and Bubbles
This week Rita Lobo looks at the economic legacy left in China after the rise of the communist party and Chairman Mao . To discuss this is Professor Ian Inkster from SOAS, University of London.
Linda Lewis Visits Daniel Elkan, Founder of Snow Carbon, a website that helps get skiers and snowboarders to resorts by train, so they can cut out all the hassle of flying.
Linda Lewis speaks to Jane Riddiford, Co-Founder of Global Generation, an organisation that builds support between the community and the natural world by using land-based activities and the metaphors of ecological and cosmic processes
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