Here at the Maturity Institute (MI) we have been liaising with Nestlé for some years now, since we wrote our seminal report on their first OMINDEX® rating in 2015. More recently, we have been corresponding with CEO Mark Schneider and his Investor Relations team about a New York Times article asking whether Nestlé can be […]
There is more confusion in the world of investment today than there has ever been. Historically, the most contentious debate has been around differing perspectives on value (short or long term, shareholder or other stakeholders?). More recently, further confusion has emanated from a well-meaning but misguided focus on what constitutes good corporate governance and responsible […]
Maturity Institute (MI) and The KBA Consulting Group (KBA) announce collaborative project to combine the power of OMINDEX with the ability to understand value in terms of a Bow Wave of Expected Economic Profits delivered over the long term. MI’s OMINDEX ratings are increasingly recognised as a leading indicator of long-term organisational health. They provide […]
Back in 1970, Milton Friedman helped to forge the current business paradigm by advising companies that profit maximisation and serving shareholders was what really mattered; and that by doing so, companies would be serving society too. After decades of myriad corporate scandals and ten years after the Global Financial Crash, Larry Fink, Blackrock’s CEO, has […]
Since the Maturity Institute’s (MI) inception in 2012 we have been blazing an evidence-based trail: taking progressive human governance and human capital management into the worlds of finance and investment with OMINDEX. We also set the highest global standards, based on the ultimate measure of Total Stakeholder Value (TSV). Yet our roots remain in our […]
In a former life, as an executive career counsellor, I helped world-weary executives get back on their feet; having been jettisoned by their previous employer. The easiest and quickest ‘pick-me-up’ I could offer was to help them produce a CV that brought their main selling points to the fore. When I asked them what they […]
How do you explain an extremely complex subject in very simple terms that any ordinary citizen would understand? This is the challenge that I face every day as the Chair of the Maturity Institute. The core message is simplicity itself but its communication is complicated by different stakeholders interpreting it in different ways. MI’s simple […]
‘Government of the people, by the people for the people‘. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in 1863 defined governance and human equality as the cornerstone of America’s national purpose; with the essential ingredient being the willingness of the populace to be governed for that purpose. It was no coincidence that this was the same year that […]