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Philip Whiteley

Rediscovering humane leadership, over and over again

It used to be said of the Christian ideal — the better sort of Christianity, involving humility and altruism — that it hadn’t so much been…

Jun 4

Jun 4

Humans are intelligent, too

The most insightful take on artificial intelligence I have read or seen in recent weeks would probably be the Wallace and Gromit movie…

Feb 4

Feb 4

Left behind, or catching up?

Bad news and celebrities dominate the news. If you challenge a news editor about this, you will likely hear an explanation that selecting…

Aug 9, 2024

Aug 9, 2024

Cover-up is normal

Cover-up is normal. The excruciating explanations offered last month by Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the UK Post Office, when…

Jun 19, 2024

Jun 19, 2024

Maria and Lwitiko

There was once a girl, growing up in the west of England in a low-income household, whose father was an agricultural labourer. Let’s call…

Apr 2, 2024

Apr 2, 2024

Who should lead?

Studying for my History O-Level in 1979 at the age of 16 (you have to be British and above a certain age to know what an ‘O-Level’ was) I…

Mar 19, 2024

Mar 19, 2024

The pace of progress in business is painfully slow

When I was 18, in 1981, I wrote an essay as part of my application to Cambridge University. The theme was the importance of switching from…

Apr 10, 2023

Apr 10, 2023

British understatement can be deadly

A few months ago a British citizen angrily demanded, in response to a BBC series on black history: ‘Why is there never a White History…

Mar 30, 2022

Mar 30, 2022

On living alone in lockdown

It helps that I live near a prison. When I go for my daily run in the common, I glance up. I am thankful my daily exercise is on this side…

Nov 29, 2020

Nov 29, 2020

UK silences whistleblowers

In late 2019 a doctor tried to alert Chinese authorities to a dangerous new virus, with the potential to become a deadly pandemic. He was…

Sep 3, 2020

Sep 3, 2020

Philip Whiteley

Philip Whiteley

Author. Non-fiction reminds business that employees are human beings. Fiction has been praised by Louis de Bernieres. I also do journalism & play 5-aside

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