Banking Governance & Culture Report Series: Part 5 (of 10) The litany of corporate failures over decades, inequality between the wealthiest and the poorest, and the unresolved issue of corporate diversity are some of the drivers behind increasingly vociferous demands for organisations to embed a purpose that seeks to benefit society rather than exploit its […]
Have you ever been asked to take an oath? Did any business school act like a medical school and demand a Hippocratic allegiance before you graduated? Perhaps we just don’t take corporate leadership seriously enough? I have just taken an oath – the Banking & Finance Oath. This was a very personal choice and a […]
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Organisational Maturity is assessed and rated using the MI OMINDEX standard, a unique, whole system diagnostic instrument that has been used by companies, investment and advisory firms, and academics; to show how the ‘intangibles’ of governance, culture, human capital, and management systems link to value creation and risk management. As an in-house analyst or specialist […]
There have always been two very strong but opposing forces at play in the world’s economy. One is the entrepreneur’s desire to create a monopoly and the other is society’s desire to resist; in the name of fairness. The monopolist wants to exploit their unfair advantage and society demands the best value. This is why […]
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OMINDEX® is a comparative, company performance rating system, approved by the Maturity Institute, which successfully combines conventional measures of financial performance with measures of ESG impact. The methodology that produces these comparative ratings assesses how companies create value; relative to their effective capacity. The two unique ingredients in this rating system are: A clinical focus […]
“Man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he can govern himself; and he cannot govern himself unless his passions are subject to reason.” Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) The Maturity Institute is intrinsically evidence-based: we measure the […]
‘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 […]
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Maturity as a management concept actually has a long history. This timeline shows how the Maturity Institute evolved and its response to some major influences on management thinking. 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 Kearns continues to teach his MBA course on ‘HR Strategy’ and alumni apply the lessons on assignments […]