Time to Rethink Shareholder Meetings?
By: University of Edinburgh Business School September 4, 2020 The accelerated move to virtual shareholder meetings, due to Covid-19, has caused quite a kerfuffle. The temporary provisions of the UK’s Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 relaxed a number of statutory requirements. This enabled meetings to take place virtually under lockdown conditions and were […]
Fact or Fiction: Governance of Information and Big Tech – ICGN Global Summit 2020
The ICGN Global Virtual Summit, convened hundreds of international governance professionals virtually for two days of thought-provoking discussion and debate on 4-5 November 2020. November 4, 2020 17:45 – 18:30 Plenary 6: Fact or Fiction: Governance of information and Big Tech In a time when companies are looking for clearer rules on how […]
Covid-19 & Black Lives Matter show why companies have to dynamically govern from the front
By: Di Rifai – Published by Reuters Ethical Corp June 10, 2020 To survive the pandemic and other tectonic shifts of the 2020s, there needs to be a radical rethink in governance practices, including the current structure of four to six board meetings a year, argues Di Rifai of Creating Future Us. The […]
Virtualisation Kills Industrial Age 9-5, 5-Day Workweek
By: Creating Future Us July 21, 2020 It’s increasingly clear that Working From Home is going to become A – if not – the norm, post-Covid 19. Not only will it be a valuable boon for businesses in terms of avoided medium term costs, but it’s equally popular with a large swath of workers. This […]
Virtual Salon from Singularity – Want Not: The Great Global Food Waste Disruption
By: Singularity University July 09, 2020 Surplus and waste are among the most pressing problems facing (and opportunities for disruptive thinking around) the global food supply. Environmentally, economically, municipally, and ethically, it grows consistently as one of the great challenges of our time. In this Next:Food virtual salon, we’ll explain how this problem is created, […]
Michigan is trying to make it illegal for companies to put microchips in their employees
By: The Byte June 26, 2020 Michigan lawmakers just introduced a bill that would ban employers from implanting their workers with microchips — unless, of course, the worker in question volunteered. In recent years, a growing number of companies have explored the idea of tagging their employees with subdermal, rice-sized RFID chips. Companies defend the chips as […]
The Arbiters of Truth in the Digital Age
There has been much ado recently about whether social media platforms are, or should be gatekeepers of information, thereby acting as arbiters of truth. Currently, platforms like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, WeChat, Weibo and Tiktok perform several functions that arguably do install them squarely in the gatekeeper seat: Content moderation – requires judgment by these platforms, […]
Column: Tesla’s reluctant commitment to cobalt a warning to others – Andy Home
By: Reuters June 23, 2020 Just when his electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla seemed to be pivoting away from using cobalt in its batteries, it signs a long-term supply deal for the controversial metal with Glencore. This from the man who has vowed to eliminate cobalt from the Tesla product mix because of its financial […]
Creating Future Us Chair Interviewed by Responsible Investor on Rebooting Corporate Governance
Creating Future Us chair Di Rifai is interviewed by Responsible Investor for their Annual Digital Conference speaking about the future of corporate governance in a digital age.