Journey to Cranfield: my first term experience
I arrived at the office on the morning of April 7, 2017 to go about my regular work day. Little did I know of the surprise to come. Finally, the email dropped…the acceptance email from ...
Cheshire to Cranfield via Barcelona: combining my love of aviation and psychology
I grew up around 20 minutes away from Liverpool airport and as a kid I became fascinated with planes and plane spotting. This fascination grew as I watched documentaries like Air Accident Investigation but when ...
LSCM and PSCM get an insight into large-scale warehouse operations
The MSc Supply Chain program at Cranfield is loaded with various activities both fun and educational in nature – such as a study tour to Europe, hosting guest speakers from the industry, an unforgettable Christmas ...
My visit to the John Lewis warehouse
As a Logistics and Supply Chain MSc student at Cranfield, I recently had the opportunity to visit the John Lewis warehouse at Magna Park, which is a world-famous warehouse. The company has been a game-changer ...
The Cranfield Chronicles, winter edition: runway to Cranfield!
As I travel to Tuscany in Italy, sitting by the window in the train, looking out at the picturesque hills, it seems an ideal time for me to write about all things Cranfield, to appreciate ...
A new perspective on strategy
Sharing knowledge Four times a year Cranfield’s Centre for Business Performance (CBP) invites members of its Round Table https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/research-clubs/the-business-performance-roundtable to meet for a discussion under Chatham House Rules. It’s an opportunity for managers and leaders ...
Micromanagement and the seductive lure of high-tech! Or Humans vs Automatons!
On our travels we often support, along-side other commercial suppliers, learning institutions working to educate and train various professions. At one of these sessions before Xmas, a colleague and Visiting Fellow at Cranfield, Glenn Chambers, ...
Doing a PhD: the trials and tribulations…
Well, let’s be honest: if you’d asked me if I was interested in doing a PhD four or more years ago I’d have said, "Don’t be mad!" I definitely told people who asked such questions ...
The ‘seductive’ side of sustainability
Since starting my master's in Corporate Sustainability, many people have asked, what is sustainability? Countless times I’ve heard “oh, that’s needed, but how do you implement it?” At times, it has been a difficult question ...
Book Review: “The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results”
Basically, this book explains what “Mission Command” (subject of our on-going blogs) really is so that you can actually understand it, and start applying it on a practical basis. It also lines up beautifully with ...