by Tim Dickson | Oct 1, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Tim Dickson talks to CEO Hetti Barkworth-Nanton about next steps for the MOD’s technology transfer unit Technology transfer, you could argue, began with Isaiah. In a much-quoted (and oft misquoted) passage from the Bible, written about eight centuries before the birth...
by Justine Greening | Sep 23, 2026 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Justine Greening recalls a checklist she once wrote for Sir Jeremy Heywood Editor’s introduction: HM Treasury is arguably the UK’s most high-profile and most important government department. Its culture, its processes, its range of expertise and its ways of...
by John Kingman | Sep 23, 2026 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
John Kingman responds to Justine Greening’s critique of HM Treasury Editor’s introduction: HM Treasury is arguably the UK’s most high-profile and most important government department. Its culture, its processes, its range of expertise and its ways of...
by Tim Dickson | Sep 1, 2026 | Articles, Eighth Edition
Building resilience for a new reality At a friend’s birthday party some years ago, guests had to sing for their supper by declaring, then justifying in a 60-second ‘presentation’, their favourite word in the English language. Mine wasn’t, and still isn’t,...
by Catherine Taylor | Aug 20, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Eighth Edition, Featured article, Policy Insights
Catherine Taylor shares lessons on gauging citizens’ opinions at a two-day workshop As a nation, we conduct extensive opinion polling. Polling by government departments and organisations, such as YouGov and the National Centre for Social Research, provides a rich...
by Peter McDonald | Aug 11, 2026 | Articles, Devolution Collection, Featured article, In conversation with..., Interviews, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Peter McDonald talks to Sheffield City Council’s Chief Executive, Kate Josephs, about her move to the regions and what devolution may mean for those at the centre This conversation took place before the Prime Minister’s announcement on future devolution (Rewiring the...