The big squeeze and us With the spring budget out this week, we gathered the bright and (sometimes) outspoken minds of our network for a timely discussion on April’s big squeeze. The headlines are scary. In fact, 80% of people are somewhat or very worried about what’s to come. Anxiety is at its maximum level…

Turning the third Monday in January, dubbed ‘Blue Monday’ in 2005 as a PR stunt from Sky Travel, into a brighter day. Heralded the ‘most depressing day of the year’ due to the wintery weather, debt level, lacking motivational levels, the number of days since Christmas — and the time…

The human side of net zero: creating movements for change “The relative shifts that are happening at the moment — it’s like building your own aeroplane, and flying across the UK. Hitting net zero is like building your own rocket, orbiting the earth 16 times and then getting back safely. The engineering requirements are orders of magnitude — it’s just…

7 things I learned from leaders at this morning’s Fluxx Exchange “While you can’t control what happens in the world, you can control how you lead your company” Lori Torres, CEO and Founder of Parcel Pending. A worldwide pandemic, global political and social unrest, and renewed urgency to act on the climate crisis; there’s huge demands on organisations and their leaders…

Changing technology isn’t enough, people are the key to creating impact Many of the world’s biggest companies have set ambitious science-based targets to reach Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, 2040, 2030 or even sooner. They’re promising to make radical changes to their business models, investments and technology. But can they really pull it off? Or are these pledges just…

An interview with two inspiring, influential female leaders Half of women in the UK fear equality has taken a huge step back in time since the start of the pandemic. After a year that has seen women more likely to be furloughed, at risk of redundancy and carrying the burden of most of the domestic and homeschooling tasks…

Manchester’s award-winning digital design studio, magneticNorth merges with London’s top innovation consultancy Fluxx, creating an independently owned innovation powerhouse to support business transformation across the UK and globally. As the world begins the process of driving economic recovery post-pandemic, magneticNorth and Fluxx are merging, bringing together their joint capabilities to better support clients as they face a huge next era of challenge and opportunity. The combination of magneticNorth’s design-led approach to creating digital experiences and Fluxx’s ability to…

The things that require wholesale mindset shifts in what we do and how we do it. — The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly and completely reshaped the consumer landscape at the start of 2020. Many saw their expectations of growth replaced by a struggle for survival. While others had to ramp up production to meet never-before-seen spikes in consumer demand. Keeping up with the consumer- their…

Our latest book, Now what do we do? is all about how business leaders can, and should, take the first step to respond to this disruption. In the midst of all the change and uncertainty, we’ve been helping our clients find their feet. …