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Nature v Nurture: How to become a leader

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Managing Director for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School, Jane Cromblehome shares her top tips for becoming a leader and how to know when the time is right for training. >>

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Waste not want: the future of UK plastic recycling

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Helen Holmes discusses how the recycling of household waste can be simplified. >>

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Bridging the gap

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Three years on from the Covid crisis, David Powell and Duncan Shaw discuss ongoing efforts to make the UK a more resilient nation. >>

Colleagues meeting in boardroom

Five Reasons to Study a Senior Leader Apprenticeship

Friday, February 3, 2023

The 16th annual National Apprenticeship Week runs from 6 – 12 February 2023, and highlights the positive impact that apprenticeships have on individuals, organisations, and the wider economy. >>

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Digital technologies and skills in Greater Manchester

Thursday, February 2, 2023

To what extent are digital technologies adopted in Greater Manchester? Silvia Massini, Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo and Xiaoxiao Yu have been investigating >>

Topic

Type

Year

A picture of the Manchester skyline during a sunset

Digital technologies and skills in Greater Manchester

Silvia Massini, Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo, Xiaoxiao Yu | Thursday, February 2, 2023
Technology
Commentary
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The future of Twitter

Alex Gunz | Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Technology
Commentary
Hand showing laptop computer with cloud network Computer

Ensuring Artificial Intelligence is responsible

Erik Beulen | Monday, October 24, 2022
Technology
Commentary
Business team on meeting working with charts and analysing statistics report

Data and decision making

Yu-wang Chen | Thursday, October 20, 2022
Decision Sciences, Technology
Commentary
A plant growing in a metal gear cog

Building a bottom-up bioeconomy

Philip Shapira, Nick Matthews, Laurence Stamford | Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Innovation, Sustainability, Technology
Commentary
Business people standing on tarmac with painted waves above them

COVID, climate change, Ukraine: ways businesses can adapt their models in times of crises

Oliver Laasch | Friday, April 8, 2022
Innovation, Management, Technology, Work
Commentary
A person holding a smartphone on a cafe table with a laptop in the background

Social media and developing an open innovation culture

Khaleel Malik | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Innovation, Technology, Work
Commentary
The Manchester cityscape looking from the University of Manchester

A mission to level up the UK

Kieron Flanagan | Friday, February 4, 2022
Innovation, Investments, Technology
Commentary
High speed rail construction sign in Buckinghamshire

High Speed 2: Cost escalation is not the problem – it’s the symptom of a deeper problem

Ian Reeves, Nuno Gil | Thursday, October 28, 2021
Innovation, Technology
Commentary

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Blog posts give the views of the author, and are not necessarily those of Alliance Manchester Business School and The University of Manchester.

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