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Economic instability has presented businesses with many challenges since the great crash of 2008 – and these problems have refused to disappear. It is amid these harsh financial realities that the perception of learning and development (L&D) has changed. A recent survey by the Henley Business School suggested that L&D has become increasingly focused as organisations look [...]

  This week Common Purpose Scotland ran a Generation Infinity for 110 participants of all ages. The theme of the day was about inspiring leadership across generations.       During the day, participants heard from a variety of speakers, including Tam Baillie, Scotland Commissioner for Children & Young People Mike Stevenson, Managing Director @Thinktastic [...]

The below is a post written by Isabella Betkowski, a Course Co-ordinator at Common Purpose in London. She shared it with colleagues this morning and it really got people thinking. Go on…have a read. What stories have you shared recently? Stories are gifts I was walking to work yesterday morning when I got an email [...]

Following the UK’s comprehensive spending review last week, this is a crucial time for the country to consider how it can do more with less. For example, the NHS can simply no longer afford itself. Old models, old mindsets and old systems simply can’t continue to operate efficiently, with significantly less resource. The UK would [...]

Adirupa Sengupta, International Director at Common Purpose, reflects on the Asian Women of Achievement Awards held last night in London. Last night I attended the Asian Women of Achievement Award at the London Hilton. I was shortlisted for the Social & Humanitarian Award…and thrilled to be, but also completely in awe of my contemporaries and [...]

Common Purpose welcomes one of our Board of Trustees, banker and philanthropist – Rudi Bogni – as a guest blogger. Rudi has blogged about Chairman of Nedbank, Dr Reuel Khoza‘s recent talk on leadership in Sandton, South Africa. My Old Mutual board colleague, Reuel Khoza – Chairman of Nedbank – gave an inspiring talk on [...]

As the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting takes place in Switzerland this week, there will be a lot to read, see, hear and analyse, so at Common Purpose we’re sharing our World Economic Forum digest. There are 2,500 leaders across sectors and from countries around the world in Davos tackling some of the biggest [...]

This week, TIME magazine announced its Person of the Year. The current affairs bible developed the notion of a ‘Man of the Year’ in response to an anticipated slow news week back in 1927, in the prelude to an era that shaped the scholarship of this year’s winner. This year…at a time when news cycles [...]