Thinker Profile
Charles HANDY2009 ranking: 43
Charles Handy (b. 1932) was born in Ireland. He was brought up in the genteel penury of an Anglican parsonage in a still rural part of County Kildare. He pursued his education at Oriel College Oxford and then joined Royal Dutch Shell. The prospect of a posting to Liberia caused Handy to leave Shell in favour of the position of Professor of Business management in the newly-founded London Busines...