Why do most organisations operate as if humans are brains on sticks? Why do we privilege only what exists from the neck up? And if social justice is about human dignity, how can we create a better world if we ignore what makes us human? In today’s world, many of Continue Reading
The Octopus Way
Regenerative Leadership in Turbulent Times
This is an excerpt from a talk I gave at Exeter University Business School symposium about the book I’m writing: The Octopus Way – Leadership, Movement and Social Change We are physical beings, yet we are expected to leave our bodies at the door when we come to work. If Continue Reading
A Wedding Dance…
A Wedding Dance… the father of the bride dancing with his family – full of love, warmth and community spirit in Sifnos, Greece. Social change involves all of this, along with righteous anger, protest, clear-minded strategy and collective action. I recently interviewed a most inspiring woman recently who said “I feel Continue Reading
Gender and Governance of Global Value Chains
Co-authored article in International Labour Review with Prof Stephanie Barrientos, Manchester University and Dr Lara Bianchi, Nottingham University. I was delighted to hear that UN PRME nominated the paper in two of their “Best 10 – Lists 2022”. It made second place to the “Best Ten Works to Read on Continue Reading
Is the ILO’s governance fit for purpose in the 21st Century?
My latest article published May 2022 – SAGE Journal – Global Social Policy https://doi.org/10.1177/14680181221094952
King Institute Webinar on Covid-19 and Modern Slavery
2020 has been quite a year!
The coronavirus pandemic has dominated the year for the whole world in 2020. For those of us that have been fighting for social justice, it has exposed the things that were never quite as visible as they ought to have been. We saw in plain sight the widening gulf of Continue Reading
Why our public health services must be vigilant about how and where they buy medical equipment
Pakistan produces around 75% of the worlds high-end surgical instruments that are used in hospitals and health clinics around the world. Child labour and exploitative labour practices are used to produce these – operating in small, informal units at lower ends of the supply chain. I led a multi-stakeholder initiative Continue Reading
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