Although the usual festival of the rich didn’t happen at Davos this year, the WEF did produce its usual annual report on global risks – the 16th edition. The analysis…
Category: Strategy
The Future of Cities - 4
In this final post on the Future of Cities, we examine the Political decisions that will shape their development. As we noted last time, the economic situation caused by the…
Political risk & the right strategy
Selecting the right risk mitigation strategy is always a matter of choice, the future is uncertain and the default human response tends to be risk aversion. Some uncertainties can be…
Centre for Cities Webinar: Transport in a Post-Covid-19 World
Centre for Cities is a think tank which seeks to help towns and cities achieve their economic potential. They produce research and create policy options that support urban leaders, Whitehall…
Business and the Public Good: Part 1
Coronavirus, and its effect on our personal, family and working lives, is leading many of us to think differently about things we have previously taken for granted or not thought…
Do we really understand risk?
A recent report from the National Audit Office revealed the government failed to understand the risk to the Treasury for the HS2 rail project from the outset in 2010. Shortly…