Last month, I had the pleasure of taking part in a panel discussion at TransCityRail South alongside Gareth Evans (Network Rail), Anna Saunders (High Speed One), Richard Graham (KeolisAmey Docklands) and Yung Loo (Arup), fantastically moderated by Helen Fospero. We were looking at the use of AI in asset management. The basis of this is... Continue Reading →
Where does innovation sit in a business?
Innovation is about change, but it is, of course, not the only business function concerned with the improvement of an organisation. The growth in awareness of Continuous Improvement techniques underpinned by the Lean Six Sigma methodology means many corporations are setting up their own, with impressive results at super-low costs. And the world of design... Continue Reading →
The juice isn’t worth the squeeze
Sir Dave Brailsford, the infamous sports performance coach best known for being the architect of British Cycling and professional Sky team successes, once coined the term “marginal gains”. Or at least he was among the first to put that phrase in the public’s vernacular. He proved that a collection of slight, minute improvements in different... Continue Reading →