The processes of choosing a new Pope and someone to run Crédit Agricole’s CIB may have more in common than you think

Entrepreneurship has been driven out by rule-following

When it seems as if it is only short-term survival that matters, the best bankers don’t lose sight of the distant horizon

I offered to be made redundant — and the bank said no

As bank chiefs push for a full-time return to the office, it raises the question of whether this is about productivity, or is it a retreat to the old habit of equating presence with performance?

Working hard is one thing — unnecessary requests on days off are quite unreasonable