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...autonomous silos - some bigger and more glamorous than others - and then instruct the leaders of those silos they will be evaluated on the basis of single figure simplistic targets or metrics - e.g. A&E waiting times or police response times - you cannot be surprised when the silos focus on those metrics at the expense of everything else; including the effective operation...

...autonomous force from NATO. The political, budgetary and operational obstacles to creating such an army are significant – indeed, critics argue insurmountable. But the ambition may at least have merit in recognising that a new reality is taking shape. That is because, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, American policy toward Europe is clearly...

...autonomous entity run by Principals as private ‘fiefdoms’ aided and abetted by tame Boards of Management. Many of these Principals (several were women) earned more than the Scottish First Minister. To regain control, in 2015, the SNP Scottish government at Holyrood brought in a process of large-scale college mergers. The new merged ‘regional’ colleges were now...

...autonomous individuals we foster, all be it unwittingly, a dependency culture and support growing wealth inequality. In 2016, according to official statistics, the richest 10% of households in the UK held 45% of the nation’s wealth. The poorest 50% owned just 8.7% of the wealth. This is not just a British problem of course. In a report published by Oxfam just prior to...