Here's a question I can't stop thinking about, and I don't think the sector has a good answer for it yet. For generations, professional services have run on a simple,…
I've spent enough years in and around professional services to know what the exit interview usually says, and what it usually leaves out. The form says "career progression" or "better…
Manchesterism for manufacturers is worth watching closely. Andy Burnham has spent the last several years turning Greater Manchester into something of a policy laboratory, with devolution, public investment, workers’ rights,…
I have a confession. Somewhere between the third heatwave of the summer and my fourth iced coffee before 10am, I outsourced my brain to AI. Not gradually, either. All at…
Right. Stop what you're doing. Not forever. Just for the next two minutes. I know AI is a serious business….but IMHO this is worth a tea break for. Meta is…
If you work in UK manufacturing and have been watching the news over the last few months, you will already know that the situation in the Middle East has taken…
Succession planning in manufacturing is not just about who takes over next. It is about what happens when critical judgement, customer knowledge and decision-making logic live in too few people’s…
If you've been in a room with us in the last twelve months, there's a good chance the conversation went something like this. A CEO leans back and says, "Look,…
Here's a scenario that sounds like a procurement footnote but is really a much bigger argument in disguise. Earlier this month, Sadiq Khan blocked a £50m deal that would have…
We've all received that email. The one that opens with "Per my last email" (translation: read more carefully next time). The one-word reply, "Noted.", that somehow manages to feel like…
