“After five years on our parish council, I’ve come to see in this tiny, ancient institution what I wish I saw more often in the boardrooms of larger, richer and more powerful organisations” - great column from ⁦Margaret Heffernan⁩ #leadership on.ft.com/3xKIEk7

Lies, work, burnout, Formula 1 and AI - the FT's business books of April, including my review of Ethan Mollick's (excellent) 'Co-Intelligence' ft.com/content/8c7e08… #FTBizBooks

“Emissions decline would offer concrete evidence that demand for fossil fuels was more fragile than appreciated, & competition in the global clean energy race more robust” - food for thought for the #FTCommodities summit audience, by ⁦Pilita Clark⁩
on.ft.com/3xDcaIt

Michael Jensen failed to carry his rent-seeking argument to its conclusion. If “agents” act as rent-seekers when they are running big companies, why would we assume that they will behave differently if they are given share options?
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

'If you cut [US-China trade] off tomorrow, it's a problem for the entire world' - Jeremy Weir, Trafigura CEO, on the disruption Trump tariffs on China could cause
#FTCommodities

Our Energy Source newsletter with a round-up of the #ftcommodities summit highlights so far on.ft.com/3TOhccN Financial Times Live

'Are we going to have an orderly energy transition? Very unlikely. Is it going to be bumpy? Definitely. Could it completely derail? Possibly' - Ben van Beurden in his first interview since stepping down as Shell CEO #FTCommodities

'Russian women are pushing men into the war because [as a soldier] he's not drinking, he's bringing in money - and if he dies she will be a respected widow with lots of social benefits' - Alexandra Prokopenko Carnegie Russia Eurasia #FTCommodities

I’m ringmaster and moderator again at the #FTCommodities summit, kicking off shortly. A full FT editorial team is here in Lausanne to report on day one of panels and interviews on the overarching geopolitical and economic pressures affecting the markets. TL/DR: there are plenty

Predictions of the death of commuting were greatly exaggerated - but what does it look like now? Emma Jacobs 💅 and I analyse the data with the help of colleagues in 10 commuter hotspots from London to Mumbai on.ft.com/3PDhAtq

“When historians look back at Wall Street’s response to climate change in the third decade of the 21st century, they will see much that looks deeply unwise” - ⁦Pilita Clark⁩ on fine fighting form ft.com/content/92bc35…

“Possessed of boundless energy, he believed anything and everything was possible” - excellent obituary of Ira Millstein, lawyer and corporate governance titan, by John Plender, including this great anecdote on Millstein’s mastery of meetings on.ft.com/43qOP94

By turns delightful and disturbing analysis of “the en-noodlement of the world” by Leo Lewis ⁦Leo Lewis⁩ > Oodles of noodles: how a global favourite became an economic red flag via Financial Times
on.ft.com/48VdinO