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Ask most women whether they have the right to equality at work and the answer will be a resounding yes, but ask the same women whether they'd feel confident asking for a raise, a promotion, or equal pay, and some reticence creeps in. The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour - of 197 heads of...

Have you always got what you wanted from your deals? Have you ever felt under too much pressure when negotiating or wished you had more skills to agree your desired terms? Negotiation is fundamental to our lives; whether it's getting your kids to eat their greens, making your case for a pay rise, or trying to secure a multi-million pound deal for...

Just a few years ago, Markus Persson was a bored IT-developer in Stockholm. In the evenings, he toiled away on a labour of love: a game with a tiny but dedicated online following. It was called Minecraft and Markus released it to the world in early 2009. The game itself looks deceptively simple. It resembles a digital version of Lego - bricks...

In the late 1960s Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, set out to turn an ordinary book into a piece of pop art. He said that he wanted to create a 'bad' novel 'because doing something the wrong way always opens doors'. The result was this astonishing account of the famously influential group of artists,...

One of the best books about football in a foreign land you will ever come across....

"Doing good can help improve your prospects, your profits, and your business; and it can change the world. We must change the way we do business". (Richard Branson). Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? In "Screw Business as Usual", Richard Branson at his brilliant and motivating best, shares some...