Let me start with a story, which has to be a little obscure to protect the innocent. The government has a Voluntary Repatriation Scheme for…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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The collapse of government contractor Carillion will spread havoc. Sympathy for its creditors may not be overwhelming. But the impact on those who depended on…
It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of all people. Yet I have…
In our review of corporate governance last year, we took the view that the UK should move from its primary focus on ‘creating shareholder value’ to a…
A few weeks ago I received a mass email from Lufthansa. They were about to change the miles awards for their frequent flyer programme. They…
Cast your mind back, if you can, about 160 years to the end of 1858 – when the European crisis was emerging that would have…
The sounds of hoofs is growing, the noise of the emerging antitrust movement is not exactly deafening, but it is at least audible. I cite…
I have just spent a couple of days in Paris. It was raining much of the time. But Paris is still Paris. In my meetings here, the contrast with…
Yet another miserable journey home with Southern Rail (power supply problems again, or so they say), I found myself thinking about Britain’s brand new aircraft…
Europe is, once again, being left behind. The latest frontier in technology development is Artificial Intelligence. Two current trends should worry Europeans. The first is…
Some years ago, I was in the room when a consulting firm was pitching a mega-project to the president of research and development at a…
The story so far. Govia Thameslink won the franchise to run the Southern rail franchise and took over in early 2015. Thanks to their failure…