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Michael Skapinker is an Associate Editor of the FT and a columnist. He was born in South Africa in 1955 and was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Queens’ College, Cambridge.
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 and wrote a weekly management column, for which he received the Work Foundation’s Members’ Award for his contribution to the understanding of working life. From 2005 to 2007, he was the weekend editor and led the successful relaunch of the Weekend FT.
He was a consultant on the BBC series The Secrets of Leadership, which was broadcast in 2003, and has addressed audiences on business topics in the US, Japan and Europe. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.
His column, on business and society, appears in the FT on Tuesdays. - -
Why global tourism campaigns do not travel
The more sophisticated holiday companies segment their market, appealing to different groups in different ways, says Michael Skapinker
Politicians should adopt a business-like approach
When customer tastes shift, so do companies. Politicians who change policies to suit the public mood look unprincipled, says Michael Skapinker
Why companies and campaigners collaborate
Companies hope personal relationships with campaigners will give them time to prepare a response before they are criticised, writes Michael Skapinker
Dream machine
Can anything stop the explosive growth of international tourism? Three books sum up the increasing and conflicting expectations of travel, writes Michael Skapinker
The plain and simple truth about jargon
Any group that works, plays or lives together develops a vocabulary, often incomprehensible to anyone else, writes Michael Skapinker
The machine that spun the world around
The washing machine transformed workplaces and families. It freed women from their most time-consuming task, allowing them to work, writes Michael Skapinker
If the old refuse to die, let them work longer
There are good reasons for defined benefit scheme providers to buy themselves more certainty. But we must also adjust retirement ages, says Michael Skapinker
Why can employees not sell their iPhones?
The O2 staff who were dismissed were ahead of the game. They should have been made heads of sales and marketing, not fired, argues Michael Skapinker
Competition is the only way to pick a boss
The shareholders are wrong. It makes sense to have incentives to hold on to valued executives, writes Michael Skapinker
Buffett, other cultures and the trust question
Betting billions on your judgment takes skill. It will be interesting to see whether he can do it outside his cultural milieu, writes Michael Skapinker
