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To speed or not to speed is the looming question in today’s time-competitive international markets.

Many experts are predicting that we are rapidly headed toward a “fourth industrial revolution” where automation, robotics and computing take centre stage. Obviously, this shift could be revolutionary. However, the perhaps more important question is if it will also be empowering? 

Find out about the Research into Employment, Empowerment and Futures group (REEF) with these two introductory videos.

TV’s Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis OBE engaged an audience of Denbigh School Sixth Formers earlier this month, whilst filming with for a new Open University Business School online free personal finance course.

The Open University Business School’s annual Student and Alumni Awards, held on 21 June 2017, celebrated its highest achieving students and the alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to an organisation or society. 

Learning and development professionals have an important contribution to make in this new and difficult climate, says Eileen Arney.

While we wait to find out what it’s really like inside May’s government, pressure is mounting on her. Is she up to the job of leader?

Dr Peter Bloom, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Studies at The Open University Business School shares insights on leadership that will help SMEs grow, in this series of three short videos.

Life is full of boundaries. The walls of a house tell us where we live, the lines on the ground tell us where we should play our sport, the borders of a country tell us where we are and at times where we shouldn’t be. But does the same apply when we talk about innovation?

It pays to understand why some partnerships don't work, writes Professor Siv Vangen, the Director of the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership.