As Ireland was grappling with a recession in the 1980s, Ciaran Rowsome decided to make time his business. It was a bold move given he had a pensionable job with the IDA, but the Dubliner was so enamoured with the advent of flexible working that he wanted to launch a business helping companies manage the process. “You’re always very ambitious when you’re young. And that’s what happened. I decided to take the plunge from a semi-state job into the private sector world,” Rowsome told The Currency in this week’s podcast. Rowsome set up a FlexTime to promote flexible working, (known…

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