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.
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.
10 Of The Best And A Few Of The Rest – Our Wrap Up Of The Articles That Mattered To You In 2025
Whether you're planning for what comes next, or simply want to revisit the themes that have guided you through the year, we hope this reflection offers both perspective and inspiration for the year ahead.
Can Mobile Banking Save Lives?
Enhanced access to digital tech services doesn't only provide convenience. To remote rural communities it can be a vital route to opportunity and economic growth. But is it really such a quick fix?
How To Unwind Over The Christmas Holidays: 5 Easy Tips
It might be the Christmas break, but maybe you should just reply to a few of those work emails. It’ll make your January a bit easier won't it?... The short answer is no. Doing so might make you feel more stressed in the long run new research finds.
Fear In The Corner Office: How Insecure Managers Silence Talent And Sabotage Progress
Many organisations have encountered their own version of Steve Carell’s Michael Scott in The Office: managers whose authority depends less on enabling others and more on making sure no one outshines them. The result is a culture where people learn to hold back, where speaking up feels risky, and where initiative is carefully rationed.
Once Upon a Time in the Job Market: How Business Schools Are Teaching the Art of Storytelling
In today's environment, storytelling is no longer a “soft” skill. It is a survival skill - the ability to frame decisions, explain trade-offs, humanise strategy and make people care. Business schools, once accused of teaching managers to speak in spreadsheets, are now quietly becoming finishing schools for corporate narrators.
BlueSky BookShelf Meets: Dr. Vasileios Bougioukos
To navigate and success through unpredictable disruption business leaders need a new game-plan... Enter Dr Vasileios Bougioukos, Professor Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, and Professor Christos Tsinopoulos to show us the way