The writer is a former head of responsible investment at HSBC Asset Management and previous editor of LexWhat a time to be a business columnist — and thank goodness I’m not one. Having to ponder what chatbots mean for companies the world over is some ask. Bill Gates calls “generative AI” as important as personal computers or the internet. A thousand words by Monday?
Then something on the latest MBA rankings, please. Also this week the management consulting industry took a pummelling in the new book The Big Con. What do both mean for employers and their staff? Argh!
Writing about investing means I don’t worry about such things. Will Alphabet be dethroned by Microsoft? Let’s see. Which business schools produce the most chief executives? Yawn. Are McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain worth the fees? Dunno.