As we approach a relaxation around the world on lockdown many pundits are using the opportunity to assess where we are and what we could or should have done better and earlier.…
Community 2020
Covid-19 has had a massive impact on the world we live in. As a police officer, I have had to adjust to our new ‘normal’ with little opportunity allow new processes and…
Is there a path out of lockdown?
One of the biggest challenges facing our government is unpicking the lockdown. As it dawns on us that lockdown will not kill or overcome COVID-19 the new reality of what our society…
A Date with Disruption
It’s funny what the mind focuses on when you’re locked inside your house for 23 hours of the day. I found myself inspecting my Gillette razor blade this morning, mid-shave, wondering why…
War Footing: How Preparing for War Can Help Fight a Pandemic
With COVID-19 decimating societies across the world, never before have we been able to compare all of our nations’ response to a universal enemy. Some of the most co-ordinated and calm responses…
Positive thoughts, positive actions
With lockdown in full swing I have been interested in the different responses by small businesses to the crisis. Businesses that usually operate on a day to day basis and have nothing…
Pandora’s Box has Opened – The End of 9 to 5 is Here to Stay
“Necessity is the mother of innovation”. For good or for ill, with the arrival of coronavirus, the world has changed forever. I never thought that something biological could act as a catalyst…
Will marketing spend reduce our ability to rebound
With the ever-changing events as the country slowly walks into lockdown to protect against Coronavirus there is an interesting dilemma in that even successful companies, during this period, are rethinking their marketing…
Lessons from a Year of Working from Home
What a difference a week makes. The UK (and much of the rest of the world) has hit pause on life as we work to find a cure for Covid-19. Amongst many…
Downturn was on the cards before Coronavirus
For the past 18-months I have been convinced we would see a recession in 2020. Not for any morbid reason, just that I felt 2020 would be the year we would see…
Security in Bricks & Mortar
It is an adage as old as the hills that Britain is a ‘property-owning democracy’. We have always seen the value of owning our own home. For most of us, it is…
We can do better than Entrepreneur Relief
LinkedIn is awash with investors, entrepreneurs and accountants talking about the upcoming budget and the potential possibility that Entrepreneur Relief will be cut, if not abolished. This relief to those that haven’t…
The Lessons of the Flybe Collapse
With news today that Flybe has gone into administration I am dumbfounded as to why the government is being blamed for not supporting a rescue bid. Surely the focus should be on…
Visionary Leadership in Government
“Without strong visionary leadership, no strategy will be executed effectively” – Robert S. Kaplan. As I looked at a newspaper picture of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet table, I couldn’t help thinking to…
Vision 2020
Our stated task was never going to be easy: to positively disrupt our political and societal landscape to help the UK embrace the sea-change of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. There is no…