Peter Day examines trends and developments in industry and the world of work.听
Winter 2008/ 09
Prophet Motive: Peter Day asks whether the ideas of the Puritans, the Romantics or of Islamic finance provide a new way to approach today's financial crises.
: Peter Day talks to Irish businessman Liam Casey from his base in Shenzen, near Hong Kong.
: Peter Day asks what the rest of the world can learn from the Japanese experience of recession in the 1990s.
: Peter Day wonders what shape the economy will be in when the current upheaval is over and the dust clears.
: Peter Day reports on the global strains in the world's most vibrant economy.
: Peter Day hears from two advocates of business models that turn conventional wisdom on its head.
: In an interconnected world, why does it matter where we live and work? Peter Day finds out.
: Peter Day discovers how jazz improvisation can help companies learn how to innovate.
How to go bust: Peter Day asks if there is a right or wrong way to tackle this听intractable business problem.
Autumn 2008
: What happens when co-workers blow the whistle on what appear to be dirty dealings by companies and organisations?
: in a live听 discussion Peter Day asks a panel of seasoned experts, what happens next?
: Peter Day wonders whether Norway's new equality law will encourage听others听to follow.
: Peter Day asks what the business of branding all about.
: Peter Day asks what can financiers learn about risk management from the casinos.
: Peter Day asks what kind of business agriculture is.
: Peter Day asks whether the internet can cope with the increasing demands put upon it.
: Peter Day reports on the latest development in medicines.
Happy Go Lucky: Peter Day goes in search of happiness at work. Is this something companies can create, and does it make business sense to try?
On the Rack:听Peter Day finds out how retailers are dealing with the issue of child labour.
Mr Bottom Line: Peter Day hears from Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, about the quest to keep global capitalism honest.
Hot Stuff: Peter Day hears from the start ups tackling global warming.
On the hedge - Hedge funds 鈥 what they are and what they're doing to the financial world.
Credit worthy - Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, reviews the 30 years of the Grameen bank in Bangladesh and the growing phenomenon of micro-credit.
Big Ideas - Technology Guru Nathan Myhrvold is building a venture capital firm based on intellectual property. But there are fears that his organization, Intellectual Ventures, may stifle innovation.
French with tears - Does French business need a dose of Anglo-Saxon free enterprise?
Town and Country - In Melton Mowbray and Berwick-upon-Tweed, Peter Day looks at how the Commission for Rural Communities could help country towns.
Plug-in Cars - Tesla Motors has designed an electric car with sports car performance. Can it change 80 years of petrol dominance ?
Passport to Europe - As Bulgaria and Romania prepare to enter the European Union, Peter Day finds out if they're really ready.
Age Rage - How changes in employment law will affect everyone as they reach their seventh decade.
Summer 2006
Plane Truth - Another look at the long-running battle between Airbus and Boeing.
Hive of Innovation - Professors Anil Gupta of the Honey Bee network and Neil Gershenfeld of MIT outline their vision of a world where rich and poor can get their hands on hi-tech tools to make innovative things.
Tangled Web - Is so-called Web 2.0 technology the future of the Internet?
Science and Civilisation - A view of the high tech future from the British-born founder of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation at Oxford University.
The Silent Plane - A pilot big idea from the joint venture between MIT in Cambridge Mass. and Cambridge University, UK.
Egypt - The conflict between a modernising government and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt's quest to build a new economy.
Euro Everything - How Europe is attempting to compete with America on technological grounds, with the Galileo satellite guidance system and a European search engine called Quaero.
Opportunity Knocks - What do the new wave of immigrants find attractive about Britain, and what do they want to achieve whilst they're here?
Not Very Productive - Despite an economy that's doing relatively well, Britain still lags behind its rivals in productivity. Why ?
Spring 2006
听 Bright Young Things - Five very young British entrepreneurs explain how (and why) they are creating thriving businesses.
Pain in the Neck - Absence in the workplace: who's sick - the worker or the organisation?
Why Chile Works -The Chilean model of a government-backed free market is seen by many as an economic miracle. Is it as successful as it seems?
Green Machine - Big companies are waking up to the environmental concerns of their customers. And an interview with Al Gore.
Down With Hierachies - Can Gerard Fairtlough's revolutionary management ideas change the world of business?
Reshaping the World - In the second of two programs exploring the future of the world economy, Peter Day asks whether Brazil, Russia, India and China are the future of global business.
Nuts About Brazil - For the last hundred years, Brazil has seemed poised to rise the global economic top table. Will it ever happen ?听
Autumn 2005
Engineering Success - Engineers are beginning to reclaim their place at the heart of the economic process.
Foreign Retailers - How store chains from abroad are trying to change the way we think about grocery shopping.
Eco-cars - Producing eco-friendly transport is no easy ride, as Lon Bell, Californian inventor of the G-Wiz electric car, explains. Peter Day tries it out in London.
Professor Profit- Do universities know how to make money from their academic resources?
Working from home - How internet networks are transforming the ways in which freelancers operate.
Leadership - Two very different American leaders talk : The Chairmen of General Electric Jeff Immelt and serial entrepreneur Wayne Huizinga.
Testing - Can psychometric testing really improve corporate efficiency?
Risk Management - Telling companies how to avoid personal risk is big business. Peter Day explores a growing industry.
Infomercials - A look at the strange world of infomercials, with industry luminaries such as 鈥淏ody by Jake鈥 Jake Steinfeld, and Geordie pitchman John Parkin.
Summer 2005
Do It Like Deming - How the legacy of the late W Edwards Deming has inspired a new generation of businessmen.
Medicine Man - Jean-Pierre Garnier, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline talks about the big changes in the pharmaceutical industry.
Back to School - Can Young Enterprise schemes turn British school leavers into entrepreneurs?
Africa Calling - Peter Day reports from Kenya and Ghana on how technological change is improving lives.
Look, No Wires! - How a wireless world is redefining the IT landscape.
Tall Storeys - Massive demand for skyscrapers is altering both cities and architectural principles. Peter Day investigates.
Cash for Ideas - Can cash prizes encourage creative solutions for the world's problems?
Spain's Growing Pains - After years of turmoil the Spanish economy is booming. Whether such success can be sustained is another matter.
Radio Me - Has Podcasting changed the nature of radio? Will this new-found aural freedom make or break the medium? Threats a bit close to home for Peter Day.
Spring 2005
All Change - Founder of Excite At 主播大秀 Joe Kraus and advertising executive Kevin Roberts of Saatchi and Saatchi talk about learning from the past, and building a new sort of business future.
My Old China - Antiquated industrialization in China is about to be dragged into the technological age.
Strictly Private - The 'New Kings of Capitalism', private investors with enormous resources, demonstrate the power of private equity.
Keep on Working -听 How pension problems may force people to work past their retirement age.
Jobs on the Line - Volkswagen's revolutionary production line employs only people who were previously unemployed. Will it save the German car industry ?
Summer 2004
French Wine - How France is struggling to maintain its position as the preeminent wine-making country in the world in the face of uo to date global competition.
China's building boom - Over half of all global concrete poured last year went to build China's blooming skyline. How is this race to construct affecting the country?
E-Bay watch - The Internet business that created hundreds of thousands of small businesses by putting a price on everything.
Corporate greed and corruption - A return to the St Gallen Symposium, a miniature Davos run by students, to investigate corporate greed and corruption with the Enron whistle-blower, Sherron Watkins
Digital Treatment - Can the huge project to digitize over 50 million patient records for the NHS at a cost of 拢6 Billion ever be a success? Don鈥檛 government IT projects almost always fail ?
Baltic Frontier - Are three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, ready to join the EU ?
Junk shopped - Spam and unsolicited phone calls are undermining the technology they exploit.
Local Heroes - From north Yorkshire, local businesses who are struggling to survive in a globalising world : in Swaledale, Hawes and Harrogate.
Life coaching - The pros and cons of of 'life coaching'.
Fast Boat to China - What鈥檚 behind the huge rise in demand for shipping? Why does it matter to ordinary westerners ?
The fiction business听 - Why fiction shuns the working world and why it matters. Includes David Lodge on鈥漀ice Work鈥.
September - October 2003
Fixing Germany - How to unify an economically divided country.
Not Made in Britain - Emerging markets have hit native production harder than ever. What future for British manufacturing?
Colour - In a colourful world, businesses have to keep up with the trend.
Odd jobs - Are university graduates equipped with the right skills for business?
Beyond the Bar code - A 鈥減hone number鈥 for every thing in the world : Radio Frequyency Identification systems (RFID) may change the way business works.
Million Dollar Jet - Vern Raeburn is attempting to produce a jet which will cost less than a million dollars. Can he succeed?
New Russia - Twelve years after the fall of Communism business life in Russia is very different.
Where Are We Now?听 - An autumn analysis of the economic outlook, and the future for business.
Corruption - Peter Day asks seven experts on corruption experts what can be done to clean up big business.
Fixing Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and James Maxmin, former head of Laura Ashley and Volvo UK, tell Peter Day how to create a new sort of business structure for the 21st century.
Growing Pains - Small businesses are risky businesses. The difficulties encountered by ambitious start-ups.
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