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Cranfield is in the process of introducing a new faculty contribution system as part of the performance development review process (PDR). As part of that discussion, yesterday we were talking about the metrics and how ...
We were just reflecting at the latest Round Table on Matthew Syed’s book “Black Box Thinking” (2015, John Murray Publishing, London) and in particular on learning from failure. So what I have done here is ...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (ICAEW) latest Business Confidence Monitor makes unhappy reading. One of the largest and most comprehensive quarterly reviews of UK business confidence, the report shows business confidence is now in negative ...
Cranfield's Graduation Ceremony was held in June 2017. As part of the celebrations, Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, and Water held a prize winner's ceremony for their top students. The full listing of winners (plus some ...
This fine fellow lives in La Vallée des Singes (the Valley of the Apes) in Vienne, France, where Pippa and I spent a wonderful day visiting the different apes and monkeys. But his presence reminded ...
This was my second staff tour, and I found it as fascinating as the first. Dr Ali Mehmanparast is the manager of the lab, which sits within the University’s Energy and Power theme. He joined ...
Owen Green’s obituary appeared last week in the Daily Telegraph. He was the Chief Executive of BTR and took the company from an obscure enterprise to one of the most successful organisations of his day. ...
Recent events, namely the awful Grenfell Tower fire and its aftermath, prompted me to think about risk. A common definition of risk is: “ a situation involving exposure to danger”. We all know that just ...
Listening to a discussion about Theresa May’s leadership style on this morning’s Today programme made me think about some of the organisations I have worked in – and also a story I heard whilst on ...
David Anker has been blogging about the shortfalls of performance reporting. His argument is that performance reporting isn’t performance management, an argument I wholeheartedly agree with. However, performance reporting is not without its merits. Below ...