ESSAYS & INSIGHTS
A COLLECTION OF MY ESSAYS, OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS ON THE REALTIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIOUS THEORIES OF VALUE AND CORPORATIONS
SINCE APRIL 2012
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2025
- 17 Apr 2025 Where Does Good Governance End and Exceptional Directorship Begin? 17 Apr 2025
- 7 Apr 2025 The Board-Management Matrix - Sleeping Not Dead 7 Apr 2025
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2024
- 14 May 2024 Boeing Syndrome and the Modern Corporation 14 May 2024
- 2 May 2024 MC22: The Great Collapse and its Antecedents or The Black Swan too Big to See 2 May 2024
- 11 Apr 2024 MC21 :Modern Value Theory. Part One. The Problem of Supply 11 Apr 2024
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2023
- 23 Nov 2023 MC20: How Useful is a Theory of Usefulness ? 23 Nov 2023
- 17 Oct 2023 MC19: Counter-Value or The One in Which the Invisible Hand Wears the Infinity Gauntlet 17 Oct 2023
- 19 Sept 2023 MC18 : More on Prime Movers 19 Sept 2023
- 27 Mar 2023 Just Another 2x2 Matrix 27 Mar 2023
- 9 Feb 2023 MC17: Natural Vs Unnatural Exchange 9 Feb 2023
- 3 Feb 2023 MC16 : Value in Use and the Magic of Entropy 3 Feb 2023
- 14 Jan 2023 MC15: Connecting the Capitals to Open Systems 14 Jan 2023
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2022
- 20 Dec 2022 MC14 : The Podcast with Valeria Maltoni 20 Dec 2022
- 25 Nov 2022 MC13: The Value Generation Formula 25 Nov 2022
- 31 Oct 2022 The Economist who rejected Economics has died. 31 Oct 2022
- 10 Oct 2022 MC12: Recap - In Search of Phi? 10 Oct 2022
- 25 Feb 2022 MC11: The Forms of Capital 25 Feb 2022
- 25 Jan 2022 MC10: What Makes a Capital Useful 25 Jan 2022
- 12 Jan 2022 MC9 : The Capital Metaphor Problem 12 Jan 2022
- 5 Jan 2022 MC8 : The Two Types of Value in Use 5 Jan 2022
- 4 Jan 2022 MC7 : The Physics of Value in Use 4 Jan 2022
- 2 Jan 2022 MC6: Redrawing the Production Boundary 2 Jan 2022
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2021
- 29 Dec 2021 MC5: Value in Use is Not Use Value 29 Dec 2021
- 29 Dec 2021 MC4 - What is Value in Use ? 29 Dec 2021
- 16 Dec 2021 MC3: Why Solve the Value Problem 16 Dec 2021
- 16 Dec 2021 MC2: Deus Ex Machina 16 Dec 2021
- 16 Dec 2021 MC 1 : The Millennia Challenge - What is the Better Use of a Thing 16 Dec 2021
- 22 Feb 2021 What the crisis of 1543 can teach today’s crisis in capitalism 22 Feb 2021
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2020
- 16 Nov 2020 The Time for Debating the Difference Between Governing and Directing is Over 16 Nov 2020
- 26 May 2020 The deadliest marketing campaign in history 26 May 2020
- 15 May 2020 The New Science of Value and Law 15 May 2020
- 11 May 2020 Four Questions with Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent 11 May 2020
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2019
- 3 Oct 2019 Towards a New Science of the Corporation 3 Oct 2019
- 25 Aug 2019 Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation: Better but not Excellent 25 Aug 2019
- 5 Mar 2019 Three Contradictions in Australian Director Education 5 Mar 2019
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2018
- 24 Aug 2018 Capital & Capitalisation 24 Aug 2018
- 15 June 2018 The Board's Greatest Challenge 15 June 2018
- 10 Feb 2018 Social Purpose without Social Responsibility : Rethinking the Corporation 10 Feb 2018
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2017
- 5 Nov 2017 What is Directorship ? 5 Nov 2017
- 20 Oct 2017 A Matrix for Long Term Thinking 20 Oct 2017
- 18 Aug 2017 What do turtles and shareholders have in common? 18 Aug 2017
- 12 May 2017 Revisiting the Bainbridge Hypothetical : Corporate Purpose in Australia 12 May 2017
- 8 May 2017 Five Ways To Fix Adam Smith's Big Mistake 8 May 2017
- 5 May 2017 Getting the Balance Right Between Value Protection and Value Creation 5 May 2017
- 1 Feb 2017 An Open Letter to Corporate Governance Scholars 1 Feb 2017
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2016
- 25 Oct 2016 Leadership Vs Management : Only Half the Story 25 Oct 2016
- 14 Oct 2016 Back to the Future: Newton and the Next Economy 14 Oct 2016
- 27 Sept 2016 Creating Sustainable Companies Summit 27 Sept 2016
- 1 Aug 2016 DLMA Analysis: Can You See Beyond the Forest From Behind the Trees? 1 Aug 2016
- 21 June 2016 Do Company Directors Know Right from Wrong 21 June 2016
- 1 June 2016 It’s hard to see beyond the forest from behind the trees: rethinking organisational design. 1 June 2016
- 7 Apr 2016 A Copernican Revolution In Corporate Governance 7 Apr 2016
- 6 Apr 2016 The Economist Promotes Shareholder Primacy: It Must Be Spring in the Northern Hemisphere 6 Apr 2016
- 6 Apr 2016 23rd Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics (AAPAE) Annual Conference 6 Apr 2016
- 23 Mar 2016 Cotard's Syndrome and the Modern Corporation 23 Mar 2016
- 2 Mar 2016 Better Boards Conference 2016 2 Mar 2016
- 9 Feb 2016 Story Telling and Business 9 Feb 2016
- 1 Feb 2016 Duty Before Virtue : The Real Ethical Dilemma Facing Corporate Governance 1 Feb 2016
- 8 Jan 2016 The 10 Most Important Principles of Directorship 8 Jan 2016
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2015
- 16 Nov 2015 How to Build Alignment Between the Board and Executive 16 Nov 2015
- 12 Aug 2015 What Company Directors Can Learn from Sesame Street 12 Aug 2015
- 16 July 2015 The Virtue of Corporate Governance 16 July 2015
- 9 July 2015 Understanding DLMA Analysis (pronounced "dilemma") 9 July 2015
- 27 June 2015 Team Rules : The Foundation of Board Leadership 27 June 2015
- 26 May 2015 AICD Discovers "Good" Governance is a Team Activity 26 May 2015
- 23 Feb 2015 Stealing From the Devil's Playbook: A Blue Print for Investor Domination 23 Feb 2015
- 9 Feb 2015 2003 - The Living Board 9 Feb 2015
- 30 Jan 2015 78% of Directors Don't Fully Understand Their Business Model 30 Jan 2015
- 15 Jan 2015 Do Scholars Have a Duty to Maximise Shareholder Value? * 15 Jan 2015
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2014
- 11 Dec 2014 Marketing Shareholder Primacy 4: Play Mind Games 11 Dec 2014
- 5 Dec 2014 The Evolution of Management 5 Dec 2014
- 13 Nov 2014 Marketing Shareholder Primacy: 3 - Win Their Hearts 13 Nov 2014
- 5 Nov 2014 Marketing Shareholder Primacy: 2 - Stay on Message 5 Nov 2014
- 29 Oct 2014 Marketing Shareholder Primacy : 1 - Get them Young 29 Oct 2014
- 23 Oct 2014 How capitalism was transformed into decapitalism 23 Oct 2014
- 25 Aug 2014 Opposites Distract: Why less bigotry is the solution to greater diversity 25 Aug 2014
- 14 June 2014 The One Question Every Director Should Ask 14 June 2014
- 21 May 2014 On How Corporations Work 21 May 2014
- 16 Apr 2014 Look Beyond the Forest: A Model of Boardroom Leadership 16 Apr 2014
- 27 Feb 2014 What is Leadership in the Boardroom? 27 Feb 2014
- 14 Feb 2014 More on Governing and Directing 14 Feb 2014
- 28 Jan 2014 Be the Bend in the River 28 Jan 2014
- 22 Jan 2014 Governing and Directing: Are They Different ? 22 Jan 2014
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2013
- 25 Nov 2013 Firm First Vs Shareholder First 25 Nov 2013
- 11 Nov 2013 The Modes Matrix 11 Nov 2013
- 4 Nov 2013 The DLMA Matrix 4 Nov 2013
- 29 Oct 2013 Shareholder Primacy: Paradigm or Groupthink 29 Oct 2013
- 4 Oct 2013 How Shareholder Value Tied the Invisible Hand : And Why Unilever Wants it Back 4 Oct 2013
- 4 Sept 2013 Governing and Directing : Are They Different? ** 4 Sept 2013
- 9 Aug 2013 What Boards Can Learn From Football Teams 9 Aug 2013
- 19 July 2013 A Real Alternative to Shareholder Primacy 19 July 2013
- 9 July 2013 New Directions in Directing - Sketches and Summary 9 July 2013
- 20 June 2013 Understanding the Corporate Condition 20 June 2013
- 6 June 2013 Better Boards Conference 2013 : New Directions in Directing 6 June 2013
- 29 May 2013 What Resists Directs: How Corporations Get Their Direction* 29 May 2013
- 22 May 2013 Risks Are Best Made 22 May 2013
- 15 May 2013 When Governing and Directing Collide* 15 May 2013
- 3 May 2013 Using Modes to Improve Boardroom Behaviour 3 May 2013
- 18 Apr 2013 Reframing the Relationship Between the Board and Management 18 Apr 2013
- 27 Mar 2013 Direct For Strength Govern For Weakness 27 Mar 2013
- 26 Mar 2013 The Tasks of Directing 26 Mar 2013
- 7 Mar 2013 A Model of Directing 7 Mar 2013
- 21 Feb 2013 What Ever Happened to Directing 21 Feb 2013
- 15 Feb 2013 Choosing Sides in the Governance Wars* 15 Feb 2013
- 6 Feb 2013 What Must Directors Do 6 Feb 2013
- 25 Jan 2013 Did You Hear the One About the Board? 25 Jan 2013
- 17 Jan 2013 Earning the Right to Trust 17 Jan 2013
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2012
- 18 Dec 2012 The Green Shoot of a New Branch of Directing 18 Dec 2012
- 26 Nov 2012 The Third Way 26 Nov 2012
- 19 Nov 2012 An Antidote to Governance 19 Nov 2012
- 2 Nov 2012 The Corporation is Free (and No One's B$tch) 2 Nov 2012
- 17 Oct 2012 When Do We Start Talking About Promises? 17 Oct 2012
- 8 Oct 2012 The Language of Directorship 8 Oct 2012
- 28 Sept 2012 Uncommercial Capitalism 28 Sept 2012
- 24 Sept 2012 Directorship Vs Governance 24 Sept 2012
- 6 Sept 2012 Commercial Capitalism 6 Sept 2012
- 30 Aug 2012 Who's Afraid of Competition 30 Aug 2012
- 9 Aug 2012 The Mechanics of Boardroom Performance 9 Aug 2012