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Richer workers

The latest high-profile business to become employee-owned is Richer Sounds - a retailer that's never been afraid of doing things differently. But mutuals are rare in the UK compared to other nations. As history’s most affluent generation starts to retire, will we see more entrepreneurs handing their companies to their workers?

Grow up!

As business reinvents itself for the dynamic and unpredictable post-industrial age, people inside organisations are called upon to develop new behaviours and ways of relating to each other. So what are the benefits and trade-offs of operating in an adults-only self-management model?

Understanding modern slavery

The spectre of 'modern slavery', whether found in the sweatshops of Bangladesh, the cocoa plantations of Ghana or the car washes of Manchester, is a significant, yet sometimes invisible, problem. This call to action from the High Sheriff of Greater London Iqbal Wahhab explores the scale of the issue - and what is being done about it...

Carbon-neutrality and the city

Not only are cities buzzing hubs of humanity, but they provide a fertile testing ground for new models and approaches. So let's hear a fanfare for Copenhagen, which has serious plans to become carbon-neutral within the next six years...

The first five Meaning 2019 speakers revealed

Meaning director Louise Ash has spent the winter reading, listening, meeting and persuading, and she's really quite excited to be announcing the first five speakers for November's Meaning 2019. In this post she shares who they are and exactly why they were invited...

Building real communities for real lives

Community is a word we use a lot. Online. Offline. But what does it really mean to build a real community, to recognise one, and to be part of it? We were moved by this exploration of community - through the tough times as well as the good...

Calling time on a toxic tech culture

Not only has technology changed our lives immeasurably, but the experience of working within the tech sector has been transformed - and not always in a good way. This report from Doteveryone gets to the heart of the 'techlash', as talented technologists start to say 'enough is enough'...

Crowd mentality

When we come together with great numbers of other people, we begin to think and act differently. But contrary to what we might expect, the behaviour of humans in crowds can be positive, constructive and compassionate...