As the world’s first, ‘whole system management’ institute, MI has a set of universal standards. We use these to rate how well organizations are performing today and the probability that they will continue to perform and grow in value. The rating process is based on a set of questions – the OM30 – and the subsequent ratings (OMRs) […]
Please note – this post contains some, intentional, strong language, which readers of a certain sensibility may find offensive. I had never before considered just how socially irresponsible cows could be until I came across Fortune Magazine’s ‘Change the World list’ yesterday . These generally docile creatures, who have brought us all so many benefits for […]
Ten years after the crash of 2008, banks today might be more solvent but we still cannot trust them. Their underlying culture, where profit conflicts with societal value, has not changed. They persist in trying to justify their profit-driven behaviour with a wilful misinterpretation of the words of a Nobel prize winning economist from nearly […]
One role of the Maturity Institute is to provide a wide-ranging critique of existing human governance and human capital management practice, based on its global standards, in order to develop professional solutions to meet emerging needs. A looming, global challenge for pension funds is to ensure they can keep providing pensions for ageing populations. The best […]
Banking Governance & Culture Report Series: Part 5 (of 10) The litany of corporate failures over decades, inequality between the wealthiest and the poorest, and the unresolved issue of corporate diversity are some of the drivers behind increasingly vociferous demands for organisations to embed a purpose that seeks to benefit society rather than exploit its […]
In a former life, as an executive career counsellor, I helped world-weary executives get back on their feet; having been jettisoned by their previous employer. The easiest and quickest ‘pick-me-up’ I could offer was to help them produce a CV that brought their main selling points to the fore. When I asked them what they […]
Banking Governance & Culture Report Series: Part 4 (of 10) “Just before the crash of 2008, when S&P and other credit rating agencies, were awarding RBS a ‘AAA’, the CFO of RBS was reporting excellent profits. Yet the whole edifice of the bank had already started to crumble; ignorant of the risk that had already […]
Are the ‘big four’ accounting and auditing firms the right sort of advocates for Inclusive Capitalism? Do they possess the requisite knowledge and capability to carry out such an important task when their own reporting conventions have been part of the problem? The Maturity Institute presents its response to EY’s proposal for a new framework: […]
Have you ever been asked to take an oath? Did any business school act like a medical school and demand a Hippocratic allegiance before you graduated? Perhaps we just don’t take corporate leadership seriously enough? I have just taken an oath – the Banking & Finance Oath. This was a very personal choice and a […]