Sunday, 4 October 2015

Poor old England: suffering so many blows, with such a long way to climb back up...

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There are times when for nations, as for individuals, everything just seems to be going wrong. Today, it ’ s apparently England’s turn. ...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Brooks' Law and related matters: why projects go awry and companies waste time

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I was delighted to discover Brooks’ Law recently. Do you know it? I didn’t, though it’s far from new. Fred Brooks first stated it in his 1...
Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Caught on the prongs of a Trident

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What on earth’s the attraction of Britain hanging on to Trident nuclear missiles? Voices around the Labour Party are being raised in oppos...
Monday, 28 September 2015

The British Labour Party: finding a form of leadership with a great pedigree

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Leadership, if it  means anything,  is about finding a way to persuade people to come with you to somewhere they may not, initially, have th...
Saturday, 26 September 2015

Sometimes it's the less well known who are the most interesting

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George H. Thomas isn’t exactly a name to conjure with. And yet, sometimes, the obscure figures from history can inspire as much admiration a...
Thursday, 24 September 2015

VW, News UK, Barclays Bank: ignorance isn't cheap

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On 3 July 2012, we learned that Bob Diamond had stepped down from his position as Chief Executive of Barclays Banks. The Bank was beset by s...
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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

The NHS: as safe as ever in Tory hands

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Labour lost the UK general election on 7 May, in part at least because it kept harping on about issues that were beginning to bore the elect...