Economy goes slow
It seems the economy has decided to go slow - everywhere you look the consumer is holding back and cutting back.
But the UK economy relies for two thirds of it's output on Mr & Mrs Consumer well, consuming!
So what's to be done, how does the Coalition persuade us all to get out and spend?
Well, as the Irish joke goes, to get to where you want to go - I wouldn't start from here.
It's all down to confidence and trust, as every Interim Manager knows well, without those two ingredients you can't make anything happen. Mr & Mrs Consumer need to have confidence in their futures and to trust the Coalition to set policies that make Britain a place where enterprise and opportunity can thrive.
Trouble is - politicians - despite their posturing - have very little power to do these thing in the very interconnected and interdependent world of the 21st century. They rely on the kindness of stangers around the world to keep Britain going because of it's huge debts.
Will they have the capacity to bring about the paradigm shifts in thinking required to solve UK's problems, we'll have to wait and see - but so far it doesn't look promising.
Perhaps they should move over and let a cohort of Interim Managers take over who are skilled in using paradigm shifts in thinking, in order to solve the complex problems they meet every day!
But the UK economy relies for two thirds of it's output on Mr & Mrs Consumer well, consuming!
So what's to be done, how does the Coalition persuade us all to get out and spend?
Well, as the Irish joke goes, to get to where you want to go - I wouldn't start from here.
It's all down to confidence and trust, as every Interim Manager knows well, without those two ingredients you can't make anything happen. Mr & Mrs Consumer need to have confidence in their futures and to trust the Coalition to set policies that make Britain a place where enterprise and opportunity can thrive.
Trouble is - politicians - despite their posturing - have very little power to do these thing in the very interconnected and interdependent world of the 21st century. They rely on the kindness of stangers around the world to keep Britain going because of it's huge debts.
Will they have the capacity to bring about the paradigm shifts in thinking required to solve UK's problems, we'll have to wait and see - but so far it doesn't look promising.
Perhaps they should move over and let a cohort of Interim Managers take over who are skilled in using paradigm shifts in thinking, in order to solve the complex problems they meet every day!
posted by Alan Beeson at
10:44
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