Atholl Duncan

Atholl Duncan is Chair of Black Isle Group, leadership performance development specialists, and an international executive coach. Certified by INSEAD, he also studied leadership at Harvard and Cranfield. A former journalist and television producer, he worked for BBC News for more than 20 years. Learn more about his new book, "Leaders in Lockdown: Inside Stories of COVID-19 and the New World of Business" at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leaders-Lockdown-stories-Covid-19-business/dp/1911671014.

Articles by Atholl Duncan

• Another day at the office? The meaning of work life after the death of presenteeism

  Tuesday, June 01, 2021

  One day last May, Mark Thompson, then the CEO and president of The New York Times, had just concluded his first quarterly earnings call. Three thousand people normally pack the famous skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue. Fewer than 20 were in that day. He imagined his teams comfortable at home, getting more work done and pondered the ways of corporate America. "I thought, there’s a big question mark over the office as an organizing principle of cities and I wondered whether it makes sense anymore. It made me wonder: should you sell your skyscraper?"