"The comparative numbers between male- and female-led start-ups is stark. Ninety-one percent of venture capital money continues to fund businesses founded solely by men, with only one percent of venture capital money invested in businesses founded solely by women. Being a woman entrepreneur is...

pt. I. What is the velvet revolution at work? -- pt. II. Strategy through people : delivering strategy and change through participative interventions that engage the right people -- pt. III. Beyond the intervention : the engaged organization.

What drives or delivers engaged people? Employers need to focus on creating the right conditions. Employers can't impose engagement: people need to choose to engage themselves. In The Velvet Revolution at Work, the follow-up to his best-selling The CEO: Chief Engagement Officer, John Smythe...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain how opening up decision making to those who can add value helps to transform organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Reveals how this was achieved at a top‐four UK bank. Draws on some of the ideas presented in the author's...

The Chief Engagement Officer explores a management philosophy which recognises the value of opening up decision making to the right groups to improve the quality of decisions and change, accelerate execution and broaden ownership; in other words, engage employees.John Smythe asks what the...

Posits that the context of internal communication is changing rapidly, and that most organizations are seeking to reduce communications. Identifies nine roles of communication, including: cultural conscience, interpreter of ethics, facilitator of re‐visioning and openness, and communication...