Much debate about how we manage not just Coronavirus, but our response to it. Do we tell people firmly and clearly what they should and should not do, and impose restrictions – with force if necessary? Or should we explain the problem and let people decide for themselves how to handle their own risk? Indeed,…
Fashion trends came and go, not that many of you will associate me with those. Until now. Let’s face it, no one saw this coming. To re use the most overused word of 2020 – this is unprecedented. I am talking about (maybe) the biggest “thing” of 2020 – Zoomshirts. Those of you who had…
In the UK the easing of many lockdown restrictions combines with the traditional start of summer holidays, leading to a “back to work” feel combined with an “end of term” one. Strange, but that’s the feeling for much of 2020. Are you going back to the office? For the millions of office workers the order…
Joe Pine’s book on The Experience Economy provides an interesting view about our economic development – and that was before we started 2020. The consumer experience has now taken a very interesting turn, especially as we are allowed to go out again – carefully, and at a distance. My visits to town centres near me…
In the UK “lockdown” is easing, and as some return to offices and others continue working at home, the financial picture of many businesses is becoming clearer. And the perceptions of what is good and bad in finance are changing. The focus in business finance since the beginning of March has been on one thing…
You may have heard this over recent weeks: “According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it…