As governance leaders, we need to understand what goes wrong inside organisations to have a chance of preventing a recurrence. The fact that corporate crises – such as Toyota and VW – continue to happen does not take away from the need to learn the lessons. In fact, it increases the urgency of the challenge. And
Well, what is there to say about the emissions scandal inside Volkswagen (VW), the biggest car manufacturer in Europe, and a major global player? Maybe we could start by quoting the words of the President and CEO of Volkswagen’s US group, Michael Horn, who has admitted that the company “totally screwed up” in using software to
I have just spent a very enjoyable two days in Dublin, working with clients in the Irish sports sector. It’s always good to be back ‘home’, and Friday, in particular, was a historic day as Ireland voted by referendum to become the first country in the world to embed civil partnerships in its Constitution. This is also
