The initial 2019 launch of PRiSM was well attended by a cross-section of people from the industry.

The UK's 'primate city' structure, where investment gravitates towards London, also complicates the effective distribution of support and infrastructure for these regional hubs.. 4.Addressing the Productivity Malaise Requires a Shift in Societal Mindset:.

The UK suffers from a widely recognised lack of productivity, and a low uptake of AI and robotics in SMEs..There's a perceived 'malaise' where society needs to reappraise its relationship with work and effort relative to desired per capita income, moving beyond merely changing environmental conditions to actively fostering growth.. 5.Compelling Vision and Clear Measures are Needed to Engage and Drive Change:.

The strategy lacks a clear, compelling vision and visual representation of what the UK could be, making it difficult to engage a wider audience beyond policy circles.. Establishing a single, understandable measure like GDP per person could provide a clear objective, showing how economic growth directly funds essential services like the NHS.. Watch Navigating the Energy Debate: Challenges and Solutions with Martin Wood, Adrian La Porta and John Dyson.on scale took me on a journey from Mitochondria.the microscopic batteries of life.

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This blog will focus on the latter and particularly with the size and scale of unit operations in production plants.Both gripping stories and afar from the project world, and yet they can tell us something about the human condition and how the intuitive response to find certainty, something to hold onto, is very unhelpful at times..

So what does this mean in the world of projects?It means ensuring that the purpose, aspiration and hope for the project is kept alive.

In practical terms a problem statement and value drivers help this.In hospitals, these should be about health improvement, in pharmaceuticals about patients treated or lives saved, in housing about thriving people..