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The current and future workspace.   The determination of business leaders to navigate their firms through and beyond the Covid-19 is not in doubt.  However, even if they are veterans of change, integration of people, systems, and processes, along with cost reduction and regulatory attention now needs to be executed in the midst of an enduring […]

Personnel leaving the military have a great range of innate skills and value sets, which have the potential to add real value to a civilian employer. Leadership, complex problem solving, accountability, the ability to get things done and an ingrained ‘can do’ team attitude all provide real benefits to any business. However, one of the […]

Fifty years ago, the decisions of a very different president, regarding very different events in Washington were scrutinised for very different reasons.  In 1971, Graham Allison published ‘The Essence of Decision’. Analysing the decisions taken by Kennedy’s administration during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Allison’s book contended that rational intentions to act against the Soviets, […]

As I approached the culmination of six years in the British Army, I knew that I wanted to use my resettlement time to increase my commercial awareness and support my personal development. Initially the number of prospective courses, industries and roles felt daunting. What did I want to do? What qualifications would I need? What […]

2020 could have been a difficult first year for a start-up consultancy as well as a challenging year to transition from the military. However, a bias for action, broad skill set,  collaborative culture, and incredibly strong team ethos has meant that Matero has delivered on its first-year goals and more. Being part of this has […]

Businesses are emerging from lockdown into an uncertain future; corporate and market turmoil continues, previous operating models are becoming increasingly less relevant, companies fight to turn around their prospects and large-scale unemployment looms.  Through it all, Covid 19 remains an unpredictable continuum.  The potential for resurgence, the success of tracking the infection, and the development […]