Articles by Sir Alan Parker, CVO

Issue 25: Navigation
Charting the Future
Navigation in uncertain times calls for informed, creative leadership and a commitment to the long term, says Sir Alan Parker, Chairman of Brunswick Group.
8 min read
Issue 24: Transformation
Chairman’s Letter
Accelerating change, increasingly complicated issues, a wide web of stakeholders—what does transformation represent against that backdrop?
8 min read
Issue 23: People Puzzle
Chairman’s Letter
This is not a temporary change, but a profound one. By Sir Alan Parker.
12 min read

Issue 21: Leadership
Ride of a Lifetime: A Conversation with Bob Iger
Brunswick founder Sir Alan Parker speaks with Executive Chairman and former CEO of Disney.
13 min read

Issue 20: The WFH Issue
The Age of Acceleration
There are moments in history when everything seems to accelerate. Ten years in one. 2020 is such a moment. By Alan Parker.
10 min read
Issue 20: The WFH Issue
Adam Grant: WorkLife Leader
Sir Alan Parker poses three questions to Grant, the author of four New York Times bestselling books, the host of a chart-topping podcast called WorkLife and the organizational psychologist who for seven years has ranked…
5 min read
Issue 3: The S in ESG
How to Reform Capitalism
“I think it would be odd if there wasn’t cynicism given the track record of big business,” says Brunswick Chairman Sir Alan Parker. But, he adds, “Right now, you are witnessing a change unlike anything…
7 min read
Issue 22: Acceleration
The New Age of Connectivity
The connectivity story of the moment is the fast-growing connection between business and the big social, political and financial issues we now find around us, writes Brunswick Chairman Sir Alan Parker.
12 min read
Issue 2: Inequality
New Challenge to Old Power
On the same day that Henry Timms talked with Brunswick Chairman Sir Alan Parker about how to harness “new power,” the global, grassroots philanthropic movement he co-founded raised more than $2.4 billion.
19 min read