"Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf……" — Noreena Hertz
"Forcing companies to recruit away from the golf course might lead to the appointment of more women from NGOs and academia and medicine, all of whom are likely to understand such concepts as stewardship and sustainability much better than men picked from the usual hunting grounds."
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43 Quotes by Noreena Hertz
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Terrorism and trade cannot be the only issues on which the world unites. We must commit ourselves to a global…
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All company bosses want a policy on corporate social responsibility. The positive effect is hard to quantify, but the negative…
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Transparency, accountability and sustainability have become the slogans of the market leaders. Companies carry out environmental and social audits to…
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With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.
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Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of…
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In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts…
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What my research has shown me is that experts tend on the whole to form very rigid camps; that within…
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Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.
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Experience is not the poor relation of expertise. Valuable insights in business often come from the people on the ground.
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I have problems with this very extreme form of capitalism where the pendulum has swung so far in one direction,…
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My parents were entrepreneurs. I grew up believing in the power of innovation.
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Stress makes us prone to tunnel vision, less likely to take in the information we need. Anxiety makes us more…
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