Should You Ever Tell People They Need To Be Grateful?
Gratitude can motivate, bond, and uplift. But it can also be weaponised, hollowed out, and turned into a form of control. Research shows that gratitude works best when it is freely expressed and modelled from the top. When it is demanded, prescribed, or used to shut down dissent, it often backfires.
Which Business Schools Are Preparing Leaders for LinkedIn’s 25 Fastest-Growing Roles?
Our list of how to get ahead in the fastest growing industries and job roles in 2026.
How Can Business Schools Train Leaders To Face The Reality Of Sustainability?
The most impactful sustainability story right now might not be what leaders say in Davos, but what young professionals are being trained to do when sustainability stops being a vision and becomes an action.
Why Playing with LEGO Develops Serious Leadership Skills
There is something delightful about watching a room full of senior executives fall silent as they begin to build with LEGO bricks. We’re not in a board room but in the Harvard Business School classroom. We look at why LEGO works for developing leadership skills.
Snakes And Ladders: Why The Portfolio Career Is The Way To Get Ahead In 2026
The traditional career ladder is broken. In its place has emerged a set-up more akin to snakes and ladders, but where the snake is no longer the bringer of misfortune. For many professionals, taking a downwards or horizontal slide is a route to another, perhaps better, opportunity.
Trump, Greenland And What The Overton Window Teaches MBAs About Strategy
Whether for Trump and Greenland, or Elon Muck and Tesla shareholders, the Overton Window operates as a strategic mechanism, How can business schools better equip future leaders to recognise and ethically deploy it in strategy and negotiation.
What Makes The Perfect Professional Headshot?
The business headshot has evolved. And the psychology behind it has become far more interesting. What once felt like a purely cosmetic exercise is now part of what organisational psychologists increasingly describe as digital first-impression management. Your headshot is no longer just a photograph. It is your opening sentence.
The Best of BookShelf 2025
Our shortlist for 2025 includes building a successful career through gig economy work with Anne Keegan, getting to grips with practical sustainability transition with Nicolas Chevrollier, and embracing the concept of innovationship with Federico Frattini.