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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium How the next generation is breaking into company boardrooms - FT    After 20 years in investment banking, Rupal Patel joined risk analytics fintech Acin in 2019. Since starting her role, she has met board directors and advisers — typically older people in corporate life who had been on similar trajectories to hers and now have portfolio careers involving multiple board seats. They manage their own time, do varied and interesting work and give strategic advice without the stress of an executive role. "This sounded like a good proposition for me longer-term," she said. But Patel soon realised getting her first board seat would be difficult. As a 44-year-old woman of Indian origin, the odds are stacked against her. The world of non-executive directors is "a closed circle of who you know", she said. "You really need experience and a network." Continued here Why Do We Try to Dodge Difficult Decisions? - Harvard Business Review    When we’re just starting out in our careers and are presented with difficult choices regarding which job is right for us, or more broadly, which career path is right for us, how do we empower ourselves to make choices with more confidence? I once accidentally accepted invitations to two dinners, both from very close friends. I didn’t have the heart to cancel either. For a week, I prayed that one of them would reschedule or that I would be tasked with a big project at work and have to reschedule myself. A few years later, the same thing happened, but this time, the stakes were much higher. I interviewed at two great companies. In the final stage of negotiations, it was clear that I would probably get offers from both. Company X was financially stable and had been in the business for years. Company Y was just starting out, but their work and their prospects were great. Continued here Ryan Reynolds says his $120K electric motorcycle makes him feel like Superman – and he's sparked a surge of interest in its English maker - Business Insider    Ryan Reynolds has sent a small English electric motorcycle company "into overdrive" after raving about one of their high-end electric motorcycles. In an Instagram story to his 50 million followers, the actor praised his newly purchased bespoke Vector made by Arc, saying he'd "never stopped giggling the whole ride". Clarifying that he had "no stake or connection" to the company, the co-owner of Wrexham football club told his followers it was the "coolest bike" he'd ever ridden. Continued here

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