The Secrets of Businesses that Endure for Over 100 Years – A Conversation with Professor Alex Hill

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your company build and sustain success for decades to come?  Professor Alex Hill has conducted thirteen years of groundbreaking research into a clutch of organisations…

 

A Conversation with Brian A. Wong on The Tao of Alibaba: The Chinese Digital Giant That Is Changing the World.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Alibaba combines the economic might of Amazon, the penetration of Facebook, the ubiquity of Google and the cultural significance of YouTube. In China alone, Alibaba has over close to 1billion active customers and over 250,000 employees. At peak, the platform processed over 583,000 orders per second. Each year, Alibaba receives…

 

A Conversation with Jody Michael, One of the World’s Top Leadership Coaches on Her Transformational Leadership Model, Leading Lightly.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Jody Michael is one of the world’s top leadership coaches. She’s an internationally credentialed Master Certified Coach, Board Certified Coach, University of Chicago trained psychotherapist, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has delivered over 40,000 hours of coaching over the last 25 years, including 15 years working in corporate leadership…

 

A Conversation with Joe Zammit-Lucia on The New Political Capitalism & How Business Can Thrive in a Deeply Politicised World

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Joe Zammit-Lucia is an entrepreneur, investor, leadership advisor and commentator. He is an investor and Non-Executive Director in entrepreneurial ventures and advises senior business and institutional leaders on leadership in contemporary culture and writes for many of the world’s most prestigious newspapers. In this interview, I speak to Joe Zammit-Lucia…

 

Can you rise to the top without losing your soul? A Conversation with Douglas Board.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Whether it’s CEOs, political leaders and business elites – across the world, key decisions are still made by tiny coteries of people. With enough talent, elan and hard work any of us can join them. So, we are told… Follow key rules: Be transparent. Defer to bosses and clients. Take…

 

A Conversation with Gary Hamel, The World’s Leading Expert on Business Strategy

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Professor Gary Hamel is one of the world’s most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers. He has been on the faculty of the London Business School for more than 30 years and is the director of the Management Lab. Hamel has written 17 articles for the Harvard Business Review and is the most reprinted author…