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During COVID-19 communities around the globe have proved to be an invaluable resilience capability. We have witnessed community responses on a scale and diversity that was previously unthinkable with invisible acts of good neighbourliness, donations by businesses of all sizes, and the creation of thousands of mutual aid groups, all on top of all the

What does it take to think and act strategically? Strategic thinking is one of the most coveted skills in business but it remains poorly understood. In this lecture, Professor Mark Healey will argue that the classical view of the strategic thinker as an aloof cool calculator provides a misleading view of the skills required for

In this podcast we hear from Heather Waters during our latest Women Leading in Business webinar. We will hear from Heather Waters, Enterprise Manager, Natwest. With over 20 years B2B experience, Heather is now part of the Women In Business team developing and delivering the strategy to support female entrepreneurs across the U.K. Following the

In April 2020, at the height of the first wave of COVID-19 across Europe, academics at Alliance Manchester Business School and the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester launched The Manchester Briefing, a UK funded research project influencing global and local recovery and renewal strategies. A year on from when the

In the latest of our series of podcasts (in partnership with The International Emergency Managers Society – TIEMS, and Capacity Building International – CBI) our speakers will explore more of the key lessons and themes that have emerged from the Covid-19 crisis, concentrating on the perspectives of strengthening resilience planning and the implications for the

Sponsored by DWF and Capita, Vital Topics is Alliance MBS’ series of prestigious business lectures, bringing powerful ideas and original thinking to audiences from the Manchester city-region and beyond. This Vital Topics event takes an in-depth look at how industry and academia are working increasingly closely to tackle the huge challenges – technical, economic, and social

In this podcast we hear from Codilia Gapare during our latest Women Leading in Business webinar. This month we will be joined by Codilia Gapare, an entrepreneurial breast cancer survivor who has revolutionised the beauty industry by creating the first-ever false lashes range for chemotherapy patients. The mother-of-two had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer

In the unique and challenging world of a global pandemic, the continuity of services and organisational resilience has been critical to maintaining successful operations for both response organisations, providers of essential local services and critical infrastructure (including travel). In this, the first in a three-part series of podcasts co-produced with the British Standards Institute (BSI),

In this annual Grigor McClelland podcast, we will explore how current business practices are encouraging short-termism, ignoring nature and harming customers. The sense that capitalism needs to change, post-pandemic, reflects widespread concerns about the way business operates. In particular, many sectors of the economy are increasingly dominated by big companies, and this has been accompanied by