The Survivability Advantage of the Family Business The socio-economic context generated by the Covid-19 pandemic poses an existential threat to many businesses, big and small, in a wide range of industries. In this context, the continuity of family-run enterprises can and should play a key role in protecting employment and ensuring a robust economic recovery;...
Live & Virtual: Can management consultancy be governed? Management consultants and their clients are rarely out of the media spotlight of controversy. Today, it is McKinsey & Co and the US opioids addiction scandal or the UK government’s use of consultants to help address the Covid crisis. But there are also recurring themes of wasted...
Online: A Different Business School for a Sustainable Economy The history of the business school is a history of how the conventional carbon economy was built. There are around thirteen thousand business schools world-wide, and in the UK they teach about one in seven Higher Education students. Globally, the figure is more like one in...
You can watch this event LIVE at Queen Square or online - please select the appropriate tickets when booking. The global health crisis has had deep and profound impacts on business and economies. Whilst many of the commercial consequences are still to manifest themselves fully, many key and vital lessons have become apparent which materially...
You can watch this event LIVE at Queen Square or online - please select the appropriate tickets when booking. To reinvent our businesses, our thinking and practices need to become more entrepreneurial. Value arises from meaning, meaning reflects how we think, thinking operates in the grooves of our habits. Freeing up our thinking – becoming...
You can watch this event live at Queen Square or online; please select the correct tickets when booking. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of disasters and long-term development issues, as well as their impact on human life and global economy. This increase is expected to be sustained due to the upward...
Please note: this event is online only In recent years, controversy has beset companies like Deliveroo and Uber over how to classify the service providers of these digital platforms, both legally and corporately. Although Uber and others have argued that their drivers are independent, third-party contractors, many observers in academica and the media have taken...
This talk is online only. Over half of the UK population is considered overweight. In addition to having significant economic consequences, being overweight and obesity has been linked to a number of serious health problems. Even though the negative consequences are well understood, the rate of obesity only seems to be increasing. Could marketing be...
This talk is ONLINE only. There are several well-ingrained assumptions regarding the dynamics of work and business activities, which can be refuted. Some examples of these widespread assumptions in the business and work environments are: employees being viewed as commodities, competitors perceived as threats, companies’ resources seen as limited, and customers perceived as scarce and...
This talk can be watched online. Ann Pettifor in The Case for the Green New Deal argues that economic change is wholly possible, based on the understanding that finance, the economy and the ecosystem are all tightly bound together. The GND demands total decarbonization and a commitment to an economy based on fairness and social...
Levelling Up is a moral, social and economic programme which sets out how the government will spread opportunity more equally across the UK. The talk will examine the underlying case for Levelling Up in the light of what we know from both UK and international evidence. It will discuss the fundamental economic problems that the...
Professor Nicolas Lamp, Queen’s University, Ontario will join us at the BRLSI via livestream from Canada to give a talk on his book 'The six faces of Globalisation'. Globalisation has lifted millions out of poverty. Globalisation is a weapon the rich use to exploit the poor. Globalisation builds bridges across national boundaries. Globalisation fuels the...
Kate Ancketill, CEO of global business futurist consultancy GDR, (www.gdruk.com) is retained by the world's largest companies as a thought leader on the future of retail. She will explore, in lay persons’ language, what the metaverse is, who's getting excited about it and why, and what the implications could be - for education, entertainment, shopping, employment and...
It is impossible not to be aware of the Cost of Living Crisis, but real data and insight into the causes, magnitude, potential severity and potential solutions to the crisis are non-existent or very hard to find. Have your say as part of a group discussion moderated by Andreas Wasmuht, which will cover key aspects...
Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability—and left us ill prepared for life in a global pandemic. Weaving together philosophical reflection, economic insight and social vision, Tim Jackson’s passionate and provocative book dares us to imagine a world beyond capitalism—a place where relationship and meaning...
Can big business really help address our urgent environmental crisis? The world runs on their profits. Brands give people meaning. Politicians compete to be supportive. They increasingly talk sustainability and yet, just 100 global companies were responsible for 71% of global greenhouse gas emissions over the past thirty years. In this talk, Mike will explore...
Can small, local business really help address our urgent environmental crisis? Marion Britton, Low Carbon Challenge Fund Project Manager, and Daisy Eckett, Senior Enterprise Executive from the West of England Growth Hub, present and lead discussion on whether small, local business can be both source and solution for climate change? Marion will cover West of...
Transition Bath harnesses the power of the local community to tackle the climate and nature crises. Its positive projects on food, energy and transport aim to build the resilient, climate-friendly future we need. The group also seeks to strengthen the local environmental movement with the Eco Together programme and by incubating projects to become succeessful organisations...
Architect Rob Delius will talk about the power of ideas and provocation in tackling the climate and other emergencies that we face today. Is our greatest tool actually our imagination, to communicate and inspire action for a more positive future? He will share some of his award-winning projects and explore what we and businesses could...
Why did Bath Abbey need a fifteen year, £20m project? How has it helped to bridge the gap (and ease the tensions) between the Abbey as a parish church and the Abbey as a tourist destination – a Grade 1 gem in a bejewelled heritage crown? Jeremy Key-Pugh will describe the Project in the context...
What do we mean by a green business, a sustainable business or a Net Zero business? This talk will examine the unique characteristics of a green business, drawing on the example of The Green Stationery Company, which the speaker has been operating for over thirty years. The talk will cover qualitative rather quantitative environmental goals, a...
In a week where we celebrated the 75th Birthday of the NHS, is there a cleaner, greener model of healthcare that might ensure its survival? The latest talk from our World Affairs strand covers sustainable practices at the Royal United Hospitals in Bath (RUH). Examining frameworks such as the NHS England Long-term Plan and Greener...
“How can our city be a home to thriving people, in a thriving place, whilst respecting the wellbeing of all people, and the health of the whole planet?” - Doughnut Economics Join Carra Santos MSc for a snapshot of 21st century Doughnut Economics insights, exploring the economic mindset proposed by Kate Raworth and a cross-sector collaborative vision...
‘The commons’ traditionally have been natural or cultural resources accessible to all members of a society, including resources such as air, water, and land held ‘in common’ even when owned privately or publicly. This might seem an old idea, but new tools enable infrastructure such as housing, land, water, community facilities and broadband to be brought into...