“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…
The Case for Unlimited Holiday and How to Make it Work
Did someone say unlimited holidays? Yes please! Over the past decade, there has been a rise in the popularity of companies offering unlimited paid leave. Totaljobs reported that the number of companies…
Innovation Means Risk
After what seemed like an eternity of indecision and wrangling, at the end of January, the UK finally left the EU. With the country now able to move forward (until we have…
Bye Bye Brussels
At the time this is published, Britain will have left the European Union. It feels very strange to be writing those words, in part because I believed it wouldn’t ever actually happen.…
The Workplace of the Future
By 2025, 75% of the global workforce will consist of Millennials. Boomers will be on their way out and Generation Z will be getting their first jobs. With a new workforce come…
The Role of the State in the 2020s
“The truth is that the State in which rulers are most reluctant to govern is always best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.”…
Could the BBC be bigger than Netflix?
An interesting development that came out of the general election in December last year was the opinion from both the Conservatives and Labour that the BBC was biased. One could argue that…
The Need for a Purpose- a Basic Human Right?
As technology continues to advance at an ever-faster pace, our lives have become easier and more comfortable as automation has become the norm. The question is, as the need for humans in…
Free Everything
One of the interesting developments from the election campaign is the focus by the political parties on what can be ‘given’ to the electorate to gain their support. We’ve seen the usual…
It’s Time to Innovate or Die – Literally
To grow or not to grow, that is the question. Like many so-called certainties that are being called into question these days, consumer capitalism is now having its time in the sun.…
HO HO HO it’s off to the polls we go!
A Christmas general election is coming. By voting to reject Boris Johnson’s Brexit timetable, Parliament has made passing his Bill significantly harder. Unlike most general elections, the outcome could be pivotal in…
Welcome to the Evolution
It’s really easy to look at the current political debate and feel depressed. Whichever side of the Brexit debate you sit on, if you’re like me, then your skin probably starts to…
What an Opportunity
As we look to be getting closer to breaking the Brexit deadlock it appears that one of the major benefactors of the current deal will be the very reason for the present…
Win win or no deal
Since starting my first business at fifteen I have enjoyed many business audio books from the infamous Jim Collins, From Good to Great through to more recently 7 Habits of Highly Successful…