Julie Chen was visiting a farm in China when she had the idea for building a business based on importing eco-friendly toilet ...

Artificial intelligence is changing how many companies recruit. From helping managers optimise their job ads, to sifting through CVs and cover letters to automating the interview process, there are ...

In this instalment of our weekly video series, My Business Leader Secret, we talk to Katherine Kostereva, who is the founder and CEO of US tech firm Creatio. Katherine Kostereva founded Creatio in ...

Read or listen to our interview with Peter Jelkeby, the CEO of Ikea’s United Kingdom and Ireland business, here. For my appointment with Ikea boss Jesper Brodin, I line up with hard-hatted ...

I recently had a message from a good friend of mine who had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer and I hadn’t seen for a long time. The message simply said: “I’m having some beers and a ...

One definition of insanity is said to be doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. While doubt has been cast on the suggestion that Albert Einstein is the source of ...

In this instalment of our weekly video series, My Business Leader Secret, we talk to Jesper Brodin, who is the CEO of Ingka Group, which runs Ikea’s global retail business. Brodin became CEO of Ingka ...

Emirates is rolling out a series of experience-led stores in the high street, hoping it will elevate its brand and help the airline find new customers. Its first Emirates World travel store in South ...

Like many within Ikea, Peter Jelkeby has worked for this unique business for years. Today, he runs Ikea in the UK and Ireland, which generates more than £2bn in annual revenue, has 22 shops, three ...

What do you do when your hero product, on which you have built your business, suddenly stops selling? It sounds like a nightmare to anyone who has founded a start-up. But this is what happened to ...