Going Digital
“Going digital is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it.” So, a bit like ...
Playing games at work? Why business simulations can help you to run your business without wasting money or resources
What can help you to run a business without wasting money or resources? Thirty two years ago in 1985, an article appeared in the Financial Times crowning the latest winners of the UK’s National Management ...
2017 graduation prize winners: Energy and Power, Environment and Agrifood, Water
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 ...
What’s in a name? Doing business responsibly and sustainably…
You might be familiar with the classic definition of sustainable development as formulated by the Brundtland Commission in 1987: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet ...
Behind the scenes of the legendary Cranfield AVD group design project – what is it really like?
I joined the Aerospace Vehicle Design MSc course in September 2016 and little did I know what was waiting for me. Our taught modules began in early October and soon we were introduced to the ...
Beyond Budgeting… A journey towards real customer service – Part 2 / 2
Last week, we introduced the idea of Beyond Budgeting and how it chimes with our work with Cranfield on “A Systems Approach to Project Management”. It challenges the current standard practice of setting rigid budgets ...
Gorilla Management
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 ...
How’s the weather for flying? Open doors staff tour to the FAAM
Visiting an airport always gives me a thrill. Today I wasn’t leaving one to fly to sunny shores, instead I found myself at Cranfield Airport’s Hangar 1 with 10 others ready to learn about the ...
My three month internship with Skanska UK
What is the organisational culture like? In general, it is very open and consensus oriented, you can see it is quite non-hierarchical in terms of treatment of people. I really like that, even though it ...
Beyond Budgeting… A journey towards real customer service
Over the past two years or so, a fellow Visiting Fellow – Steve Morlidge – has been introducing me to the term and benefits of “Beyond Budgeting”. This has provided one major “Ah-ha! Moment”. It ...