24 Sep, 2024 What makes a great Chief of Staff? By David Beeston “What actually is a Chief of Staff?" - a question I received from a recent candidate I spoke to. This past 12-18 months I've observed a...
19 Sep, 2024 Amazon’s Return to Office: Outdated and Out of Touch By David Hunt Amazon’s recent decision to mandate a full-time return to the office for employees has sparked a lot of criticism, with many viewing it...
18 Sep, 2024 Job hunting in a challenging market By Stephen Robinson I came across this insightful article on Sifted from Sequoia's VP of talent Zoe Hewitt that discusses the challenges of the current tech...
16 Sep, 2024 Private Equity’s Top Value Lever: Outside Talent/hires into portfolio companies By David Hunt This is interesting. We've certainly been involved in many projects where VC investors have instigated a change of CEO or other...
11 Sep, 2024 You must focus on your offtakers! By David Beeston This week I met with the C-suite of a client of ours (an ESS startup) and discussed their progress, particularly relating to scaling...
11 Sep, 2024 Should companies let staff do what they want? By David Hunt I spoke at a Cleantech start-up/investor event in Berlin not so long ago and was asked what are the key factors behind a high performing...
09 Sep, 2024 Out of a job but not ready for the golf course: how about joining a board? By David Hunt The article focuses more on corporate executives, but I am frequently approached by executives from the start-up/scale-up world who are...
06 Sep, 2024 The Virtual Grid transition By Stephen Robinson September marks a historic moment for the UK, and I'm not just referring to my 35th birthday (it's on 19th in case you were wondering)....
05 Sep, 2024 ‘A big win and a clear comeback’: industry reacts to CfD AR6 results By Ross Hoare The latest Contracts for Difference results are undoubtedly a success for the UK renewables industry. 131 renewable energy project...
04 Sep, 2024 Is your business supporting managers to deliver on your strategy? By David Beeston Important topic highlighted in this Times Raconteur piece, around the apparent problem of a lack of training for those promoted into...
03 Sep, 2024 Four questions for every manager to ask themselves By David Hunt In case you dont' have access to the Economist I'll list the full four questions below. Significantly though, they are all related to...
03 Sep, 2024 The Great Consolidation in Batteries is Real By David Beeston The Great Consolidation in Energy Storage is here. Once again, extremely insightful from Laurent and Gerard at Redefining Energy,...