Ben Ashwell

When her boss said he didn’t want a gift for his birthday, Susan Shuweihat didn’t just ignore him. She ordered a box of unclaimed mail and personally delivered it to his home. What happened next could have landed Shuweihat in the HR hall of shame. As she and her boss’s wife sat down in his front room, they watched while he opened the box and began unwrapping the smaller packages inside. First came a piece of female lingerie.

When Nikki and Steve Hammond got to Livingston, Texas, they needed Wi-Fi and a power outlet, urgently. Despite their being on vacation in the U.S. from Wales, thousands of people around the world were relying on the couple to update the scores in their Bake Off Fantasy League. The Hammonds, who were just passing through the small city, settled into the corner booth at Shrimp Boat Manny’s, a Cajun restaurant that was winding down lunch service.

By Ben Ashwell and Walden Siew Aug. 10, 2023 Many chief financial officers and corporate leaders have questions about how to navigate environmental and social issues in the wake of backlash against Target and Bud Light and continuing concerns about “greenwashing”—the practice of companies overstating their environmental policies. Lucy Parker, a senior partner at the Brunswick Group and co-author of a forthcoming book titled “The Activist Leader: A New Mindset for Doing Business” has some answers.