Full coverage: Career

A lot goes into the make-up of our business pioneers. It’s often about being in the right place at the right time, but old-fashioned luck is also in the mix. And as I discovered with LEON, when luck runs out, you have a problem.

When a “day in the life of” my job turned into an episode of Succession-meets-House of Cards, I decided it was time to move on. Since then, my general happiness and my health have increased tenfold.

Diamonds are from the deep Earth. So how do they get to the surface? It is a question that niggled at Irish scientist Dr Tom Gernon for two decades before he arrived at an answer that could be invaluable to the mining industry.

In many cases, businesses are closing not for lack of custom but for lack of dependable staff. The lost tradition of teenagers taking up part-time jobs is doing our children no favours.

A guy I met at a house party a decade ago called me out of the blue asking how he could get ahead without having to do the donkey work to get ahead. The answer: you can’t.

Adele Cooper could have stayed at the top of Silicon Valley. Instead, she explains why she decided to join the fast-growing gifting platform &Open and shares key advice to drive B2B sales.

Having risen to the top at Deutsche Bank, Fiona Gallagher came home to Dublin and runs Wells Fargo’s European business. From a deserted IFSC, she expects the Covid-19 crisis to leave its mark on office life, young people and urban planning – but she is not worried about banks’ financial health.

Paschal Donohoe worked at a high level in the corporate world and has since risen the ranks in politics to become Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. What can the public sector learn from the private world, and vice versa?