By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW In these times of huge events, I have found solace in reading about the tiniest animals on earth – microbes – in Ed Yong’s excellent ‘I Contain Multitudes’. A Dutchman named Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, born in 1632, used ingenious microscopes...
By Juliet Hammond, LIW Business Impact Consultant Lockdown brings a whole new perspective – most of the research this month is either about remote working or about how we want to change the world post-pandemic. Maybe there is a better world out there for us to...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW In a week when a toilet roll cost more than a barrel of oil, it’s probably best not to take things too seriously. Some excellent Lockdown Lingo is emerging which should help. ‘The elephant in the Zoom’ is the glaring...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW Milan has announced an ambitious plan to reduce car usage after the lockdown. The smallish Northern Italian city will convert 35km of streets to be more pedestrian and cyclist friendly. The Madonnina on the spire of the Duomo can smile...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Leadership assessment centres are designed to test leadership behaviours through simulated ‘critical incidents’. The theory is that these events amplify our natural tendencies. Ironically, these occur much more regularly in everyday life, where our responses are often observed and judged by many. What...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW It was probably Winston Churchill who said ‘Never waste a good crisis’. We are all becoming aware that a post-pandemic world could be different – and better. However, it’s not guaranteed. As humans, we are very attached to how things were....
By Jennie Brown, Operations Manager, LIW This week, in my home city of Bristol, tens of thousands of people clapped, cheered and banged pots and pans from their homes at 8pm as healthcare workers finished their shifts and headed home. My sister returned to work as...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW This was an Australian’s Minister’s lament over the confusing messaging regarding the new ‘Corona 30-minute hair-cut rule’. It seemed that restricting your coiffure to a snappy trim reduced your chances of contracting the virus. But then 48 hours later – it...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Twenty-five years ago, BT imbued its UK audience with the value of connection through its popular advertising campaign “It’s good to talk”. Apart from a nostalgic trip down the memory lane of nineties fashions and home telephones, its messages ring particularly...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW These are challenging times. On top of a lack-lustre economy, we now have a pandemic. As a friend of mine put it, ‘Everything’s a bit sh*t’. He’s right in a way and it’s easy to let the panic outside get...