Feb 8, 2012

The upside of beating Britain to death

Where does the country’s favourite pastime of national self-denigration come from?

Feb 1, 2012

Don’t jump aboard the anti-Dow bandwagon

The chemicals group is not the principal villain of the Bhopal affair

Jan 25, 2012

People are right to be angry over pensions

Companies ought to negotiate a solution over closures of their final-salary schemes

Jan 18, 2012

Employers need help with the mentally ill

Managers often struggle to deal effectively with struggling staff because they don’t understand it

Jan 11, 2012

What they don’t teach you at Lady Gaga U.

Predicting public taste remains hazardous as ever

Jan 4, 2012

The value of mentors who have been there

Lessons for business from a programme fighting Aids in Africa

Dec 7, 2011

Gaddafi’s PhD is a lesson to all leaders

When times are hard, temptations are great

Nov 30, 2011

CEOs need to join the 20 times club now

If the chief executive disappeared tomorrow, could the company carry on?

Nov 23, 2011

Ways to deal with the tough customers

Design can help reduce hospital aggression

Nov 16, 2011

Those gaps of memory are all in the mind

Take dim view of old age and you’ll forget sooner

Nov 9, 2011

The Occupy crowd is no match for banks

This is a festival of ideas without a focus

Nov 2, 2011

A positive press can’t brighten the gloom

For many journalists, being negative is safer

Oct 27, 2011

Business needs a world view of its own

Companies must consider corporate diplomacy

Oct 19, 2011

Six decades of London airport cowardice

Government has opted to cede the capital’s leadership

Oct 12, 2011

Cats, coffee and tales that never go away

Memorable cases endure because they tell stories people want to believe

Oct 5, 2011

Time will smooth the digital age’s excesses

Shocking innovations become part of the mundane

Sep 28, 2011

London musicians misread the score

Companies must make the boundary clear between work and self-expression

Sep 14, 2011

Sensible shoes that survive the upheavals

Ethical manufacturers face several pitfalls

Sep 7, 2011

Time for Apple to open its factories

It is hard for companies to keep track of the kinds of damage their sub-contactors might do

Aug 31, 2011

Managers can’t match doctors or lawyers

There is a fundamental difference between management and the professions

About Michael

Michael Skapinker Michael Skapinker is an assistant editor of the Financial Times, a columnist and the editor of the FT’s special reports. He was born in South Africa in 1955 and was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Cambridge University.

He began his journalistic career in Greece, where he worked as a correspondent for CBS Radio News and Independent Radio News. He joined the FT in London in 1986 and has reported on many industries, including aerospace, electronics and tourism. From 2000 to 2005, he was the FT’s Management Editor. He was the editor of the Weekend FT from 2005 to 2007. His column, on business and society, appears in the FT on Thursdays. -

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