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Creating A Safer World Through Better Use Of Data

Creating A Safer World Through Better Use Of Data

Better access to data can help organisations make more informed decisions. The ODI is engaging with stakeholders to develop a shared vision around better use of data. highlighted that accidents can significantly impact economic growth in low to middle income...

How Can We Narrow The Gap Between Project Estimates And Actual Cost?

How Can We Narrow The Gap Between Project Estimates And Actual Cost?

The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) cost £3.6bn, a £1.5bn cost over-run, a crisis, now all but forgotten. Miles Ashley, Chair of the steering group for ICE's latest paper on forecasts vs outturns, discusses the steps we need to take to improve public perception of major...

Financing our future energy infrastructure

Financing our future energy infrastructure

How can the UK best encourage investment into a low-carbon, low-cost energy system while securing energy supplies for the long term? e Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is currently examining the evidence that was received as part of...

Easy Ways For Everyone To Be A Better Leader

Easy Ways For Everyone To Be A Better Leader

Leaders who fail to become better by thinking they have arrived or they don’t need any further teaching or training are in eminent danger of losing their credibility, effectiveness and even imploding in their professional and personal lives. The most stable,...

To-Do Lists vs Calendars: It’s Okay to Have Both

To-Do Lists vs Calendars: It’s Okay to Have Both

For some people, such as entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, they prefer to do lists. Other entrepreneurs, like Kevin Kruse, fall more into the calendar camp. So, who’s right and who’s wrong? “I have always lived my life by making lists,” writes Richard Branson....

Embrace The Risk Of Executive Decision-Making

Embrace The Risk Of Executive Decision-Making

There are three major considerations that separate executive decision making from day-to-day or managerial decision making. First, you have to think through the strategic impacts of the decision you’re going to make. Look at how the decision affects your organization...

Help Employees Relate to Your Company Strategy and Theme

Help Employees Relate to Your Company Strategy and Theme

Unfortunately, that type of talking to oneself—where leaders speak TO their own understanding and perspectives instead of engaging WITH employees—happens too frequently. And the consequences can be staggering. The first misstep many leaders make is packaging their...

This Is The Best Way You Can Overcome Stress

This Is The Best Way You Can Overcome Stress

The thing about stress is that no amount of money can make it go away. In fact, money can actually increase your stress level.Your stress might spike over noble concerns that include climate change, terrorism and political turmoil. Your stress might spike over noble...

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