The Hames Report

The financial turbulence spreading across the world, which is now infecting both developed and emerging economies, is giving rise to a language rarely used by wary bankers. Phrases like “the largest financial crisis of its kind in human history” from...

While much discussion is bland, leading nowhere, other conversations, frequently inspired by rare insights or even rarer questions, are joyously unanticipated epiphanies. Like an oasis emerging through the desert haze, the upshot of such uncommon dialogue can be inconceivable in...

While the world has been quite rightly consumed by the issues on credit markets over the last few weeks, there is an insidious problem creeping up on us that could affect the whole world for decades to come. We believe...

Putting aside for a while a few admittedly problematical ambiguities, such as implied by the anthropic principle for example, homo sapiens appear to be the most advanced life form in this universe. It has taken less than one hundred generations...

The need for some kind of distraction blazes within me. A diversion to numb my senses. An absolution from bitter-sweet memories. To stop feeling. Thinking... Television perhaps? The US Republican Convention is being aired on both BBC World and CNN....

When I was at school, sports lessons included an exercise in which we threw hand grenades (made from wood topped with metal to resemble the real thing) against a wall carrying a red slogan offering the reason for such a...

Organizational culture has long been accepted as a critical factor in the execution of daringly new business strategies and ideas. But culture is actually only part of the story. The entire social ecology of an enterprise (its ethos, purposeful evolution,...

Set against the rich tapestry of mankind’s evolution on this planet the current era seems increasingly to be characterised by escalating turmoil and disquiet. The scent of suffering uncertainty hangs eerily in the air. A feeling that our lives are...

As we become accustomed to higher petrol prices resulting from Israeli threats to attack Iran, it is timely to ask whether the West's current approach to Iran really serves our interests. My critique centres on three points: The outrage about...

Innovation has become the new ‘in’ thing. Some suggest it may be the sole source of future competitive advantage and consequently an imperative no organization can afford to ignore. I tend to agree. Furthermore I believe it applies equally to...