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John Spedan Lewis (22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963) was an English businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership. Elder son of John Lewis , who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square , London.
Mar 24, 2023 · John Spedan Lewis was one of many philanthropist business owners birthed by the Victorian era. Whether his desire to create a wealth structure that benefitted all came from a Christian faith or not, there is much to commend it, says George Pitcher.
Our History. Over 100 years ago our Founder, John Spedan Lewis, began an experiment into a better way of doing business by including staff in decision making on how the business would be run. He set out the principles for how the Company should operate and produced a written Constitution to help Partners understand their rights and ...
Aug 19, 2021 · Add to myFT. Family Business — the John Lewis family brought to vivid life. Victoria Glendinning’s account of the miserly founder of middle England’s department store — and the son who gave it...
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Remarkably, many of the distinctive features of the Partnership today such as the sharing of power, knowledge, and profit were designed and installed by the founder, Spedan Lewis from 1920 onwards. He was influenced by a number of social and political thinkers such as John Ruskin (1819–1900) and Robert Owen (1771–1858) and he adapted their ...
Jun 1, 2018 · The Bonus Years. zoom. The publication of the very first Gazette, dated 16 March 1918, gave John Spedan Lewis (The Founder), the chance to tell his, “fellow employees of Peter Jones Ltd” something about his ideas. His discourse on industrial structures, capitalism and government led him to identify profit-sharing as the way forward and ...
Sep 10, 2018 · The partnership philosophy. Spedan Lewis defined the ultimate purpose of the business as the happiness of all its staff “through their worthwhile and satisfying employment in a successful business”, a visionary aim which remains the foundation of the company today.
