The Influencers: Herminia Ibarra’s Playbook for Career Change & Real Growth
We often talk about leadership and career change as if they’re tidy, linear stories - moments of clarity, followed by decisive action, rewarded by neat outcomes. Herminia Ibarra has spent her career dismantling that myth. For her, growth is rarely graceful. It’s awkward, improvised, and deeply human.
BlueSky Bookshelf Meets Hamilton Mann, Author of Artificial Integrity
BlueSky Thinking sits down with Hamilton Mann, whose book Artificial Integrity was recently nominated for the Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award 2025, about why integrity is the missing benchmark in today’s AI race, what it means for business leaders, and how educators and regulators alike can reset the rules of the game.
Asia Ascends: The 2025 FT EMBA Ranking And The Shift To The East
The FT EMBA Ranking 2025 reads like a map of Asia’s growing power in management education. Nine of the top eleven programmes have a campus or partnership in Asia - most prominently China - signalling a geographic rebalancing of influence at the senior-executive level.
The Influencers: Grace Beverley, From Creator to Founder and How to Use AI to Earn More
Grace Beverley is one of the UK’s most visible young entrepreneurs - a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum, author of the Sunday Times bestselling book Working Hard, Hardly Working, and host of the hit podcast of the same name, where she interviews leaders, creators, and thinkers on how to redefine success on your own terms.
If you Studied With Other Women, Chances Are You’re Enjoying More Career Success
The old boys' network has long been an influencing presence, from business schools and boardrooms. But, it turns out, such a network exists for women too. More to the point, when it comes to women getting ahead, it works.
The Influencers: Chris Donnelly’s Blueprint for Building Business + Personal Brand with AI
Chris Donnelly is one of the voices cutting through the noise on Linkedin. He built and sold hugely successful business, has amassed millions of followers across platforms, and now teaches others how to scale their businesses through personal branding and AI-powered systems.
The Influencers: Steven Bartlett on Becoming Your Best Self
Steven Bartlett has become a social media supernova. The Diary of a CEO is one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, and his posts to 3 million followers on Linkedin regularly generate tens of thousands of responses. BlueSky Thinking has put together some of Bartlett’s most insightful and applicable ideas for anyone graduating, starting a business, switching careers, or just trying to live well.
From The Pitch To The Boardroom: What The British & Irish Lions Can Teach Business Leaders About Winning
Want to devise a winning strategy? The parallels between sport performance and corporate leadership are closer than many may realise. Looking back on a historically successful Lions tour, we unpack four key lessons from their tour that can guide business success.