POSTPONED: The Corporation in the 21st Century, Meet the Leaders with John Kay

Thursday 12th September 2024, 6:00 pm · Online

Join businessman, academic and esteemed advisor to Governments around the world, John Kay and Chair of Fellows at Radix Big Tent, Vicky Pryce in conversation about John’s new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong for a Radix Big Tent Meet the Leaders interactive webinar where guests will be encouraged to contribute.

John Kay’s brilliant and original work overhauls our ideas about business and redefines our understanding of successful commercial activity and the corporation – and describes how we have come to ‘love the product’ as we ‘hate the producer.’

Big Pharma creates life-saving vaccines and ramps drug prices up to near-unaffordable levels. Amazon gives us next-day delivery on almost everything and has its workers urinate in bottles rather than take breaks. The original relationship between capital and labour whereby capitalists built and controlled mills and factories no longer applies.

Upon registration, you will be able to leave any questions or comments for John and Vicky to review during the webinar. These will be shared with them beforehand. Please note you will also be able to ask questions via the chat throughout the event.

Panelists

John Kay
For 20 years, John wrote a regular column for the FT. He holds many academic positions; he is a fellow of St John’s College, Oxford having been elected at the age of 21; he has also been a professor at the London Business School and the University of Oxford, and is currently a visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. He was the first director of Oxford University’s Said Business School. In 1986 he founded Britain’s largest independent economic consultancy, London Economics and is a director of many investment companies. He is the author of numerous books including Other People’s Money (2015). His work has been mostly concerned with the application of economics to the analysis of changes in industrial structure and the competitive advantage of individual firms. His interests encompass both business strategy and public policy.
Vicky Pryce
Vicky is the Chair of the Fellows at Radix Big Tent and a leading economist whose career includes being Director General for Economics at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Joint Head of the UK Government Economic Service and Chief Economist and Partner at KPMG. She is currently Chief Economic Adviser and board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research. She is also Chair of the Economic Advisory Council for the British Chambers of Commerce and a visiting Professor at King’s College, London and Birmingham City University. In addition, she is co-founder of GoodCorporation, a company set up to advise on Corporate Social Responsibility.