19 June saw the relaunch of Director magazine, the journal of the Institute of Directors – and very good it is too, featuring challenging pieces from the trenchant Margaret Heffernan on AI, John Kay on business myths and Stefan Stern on managing, among others. It also carries my short review of Charles Handy’s last book, The View from Ninety, which is reproduced below.

As it happens, the review appeared on the same day that Paypal informed me that Charles Handy would not be renewing his membership of this website and blog, which made it a bittersweet occasion. The final farewell to one of our age’s most cherished social and business thinkers will take place at 3:00 pm on 1 July at a celebratory service in St James’ Church, Piccadilly, with a chance to meet over coffee in the churchyard afterwards. There may be a few places left on Eventbrite, or it can be followed online.