Change – ‘We need to change’ is the rallying cry I hear so often when I move onto a new project. The list of opportunities to improve is endless, I always find, once I get into discussion with the stakeholders. A ‘brown paper’ exercise flushes out hundreds, if not thousands of improvement opportunities (UDO’s in … Read more

The book (Rocket Fuel – Wickman and Winters) uses many examples to make the point of how well the two skillsets work together, from Ford to Apple, through Disney to McDonalds. I would have never called myself an “Integrator” before, but the description of the role in the book, “someone who gets stuff done”, is … Read more

It was Benjamin Franklin that was credited with saying… ‘Out of adversity comes opportunity’ …and the Covid crisis, whilst it may not feel that way to many, is creating opportunities never previously available. I am delighted to say that this week, I took my first brief for my new business. It’s a local SME and … Read more

So, “what is the ‘new normal’?”, seems to be the question that everyone is asking. On February 12th, my world changed forever, and forecasts made on that day have increasingly become reality, so I thought it useful to share some of those to help you and your business prepare for the next stage of your … Read more