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Sustainable manufacturing and the factories of the future: small, smart and social?
The future of factories is small, smart and social. We’ve come to assume that efficiency in manufacturing is the result of economies of scale from large, centralised operations, speed and standardisation. But a combination of new ...
Male middle managers must see gender equality as business-critical
It is often presumed that the lack of women in senior positions is, at least in part, due to the lack of female role models. While role models are clearly important for women and men ...
Water and sanitation – why community is so important
Today we attended Buckingham Palace to pick up a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our research into water and sanitation. It is a real privilege to be recognised in this way, but what is most rewarding ...
Time for the modern ‘Monuments Men’ as Iraq’s oldest Christian monastery is destroyed?
The news that the 1,400 year-old St Elijah’s Monastery, Iraq's oldest Christian monastery, has been completely destroyed by the self-styled Islamic State has once again caused shock-waves throughout the world. Satellite images show the site, ...
Employee bonuses: why, what and how?
“I will not work any harder or any less hard in any year, in any day because someone is going to pay me any more or less." John Cryan, CEO Deutsche Bank, November 2015 After ...
Unearthing Britain’s Pompeii in Must Farm: was it arson?
This month archaeologists discovered Britain’s Pompeii in Cambridgeshire. It is thought that a fire destroyed the wooden houses which may have formed part of a settlement at Must Farm quarry and which date back to ...