Homelessness is complex, troubling, and unjust. It needs to be fixed.

Homelessness is complex, troubling, and unjust. It needs to be fixed.

Every December I write a blog about homelessness. I am relieved that this national scourge comes into high relief at Christmas but equally depressed that it falls from view in the New Year. The government is tackling the problem with £2 billion over three years,…

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Re-imagining the workplace and re-discovering its magic

Re-imagining the workplace and re-discovering its magic

Business leaders I’m speaking to right now are wrestling with the same challenge. How to re-create an energetic, productive office environment post-pandemic. A sensitive debate is in play. CEOs want to fill the workspace four or five days a week. They tend to reflect this in…

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UK government proves that “education is no substitute for intelligence”

UK government proves that “education is no substitute for intelligence”

These quoted words, from US author of the Dune saga Frank Herbert, have been charging around my head since the infamous ‘fiscal event’ of 23rd September. That was the day when our prime minister and her chancellor conspired to crash the UK economy. Regardless of political…

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Our cherished queen is gone. Our new king can shine a torch for us all

Our cherished queen is gone. Our new king can shine a torch for us all

What a couple of weeks. No sooner do we have a new prime minister than our monarch of 70 years dies. At least we specialise in marking such events with faultless ceremony and Queen Elizabeth’s funeral was an extraordinary exemplar. Britishness at its most leveraged. What…

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Preserving our well-being as we enter an autumn of discontent

Preserving our well-being as we enter an autumn of discontent

I like to think I’m an optimist. The power of positive thinking and all that. If I keep pedalling, something good will happen. Right now, though? Whoa! Things have been worse in the UK, but the headlines are alarming. Even accepting the journalistic preference for bad…

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Trust is yet again under threat. Top tips for nurturing this fundamental social enabler

Trust is yet again under threat. Top tips for nurturing this fundamental social enabler

A certain amount of scepticism is no bad thing, healthy even. But when this tips over into cynicism or outright distrust then relationships, the workplace and society overall suffer. What we have witnessed in recent times is a breakdown in trust among great swathes of the…

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