Purpose – Six Sigma has been part of our business lexicon for more than a decade. Debates on its emergence as a strategic initiative have created critics who consider it as an old wine in a new bottle. Is Six Sigma a management fad? This article presents some common myths and realities of Six...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the vulnerability of the stock market in Hong Kong being used by money launderers to launder proceeds of crime. Design/methodology/approach – This paper considers case studies, legal authorities and other research material to demonstrate the...

The 56th annual edition of the Alpbach European Forum (EAF), my first visit there in fifteen years, had as its theme “The Future: Experience, Experiment, Design”. The EAF consumes the second fortnight of August in the Tyrolean mountain community of Alpbach, a delightful village tucked away...

Purpose – To shape a futures agenda for future executives. Design/methodology/approach – Identifies and examines five future leadership foci: globality, technology, talent development and retention, innovation, and professional development and training. Findings – The position of CEO needs...

Purpose – To identify emerging education alternatives to traditional higher education. Design/methodology/approach – To survey and examine three types of alternative providers. Findings – To demonstrate that there are now at least two major providers of professional development in the...

Purpose – The war in Iraq raises questions about the global world order and this article aims to suggest the need for us to awaken to fresh thinking on the problems facing the world. Design/methodology/approach – A brief analysis of the global problematic is presented. Next, the article...

Purpose – Technological innovation is needed to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, recycling and redesigning industrial processes. More fundamental strategy levels need re‐examining: policy models, assumptions, institutional inertia and cultural values fueling today's drive toward...

Purpose – This paper draws on research undertaken for the State of Play in the Futures Field (SoPiFF) project and aims to explore the contribution of futures work to understanding and resolving aspects of the global problematique and to examine the social interests evident in futures work....