by Richard Blandford | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog, Ethos Partner Stories, Ethos VO
My colleague Prem Gyani has told me the best time to write a blog post is when I am emotional or feel strongly about something, so, here goes: I’ve just read this article about Uber’s plans to ‘entertain’ and engage with us (translate as further monetise their...
by | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Ethos Partner Stories, Ethos VO
Why predetermined outcomes and false certainty are stifling potential. During my work in community regeneration I have seen a great many initiatives fail to ignite and gain traction at grass roots level, or indeed any level, beyond the confines of the offices they...
by Richard Blandford | Nov 6, 2015 | Ethos VO, News
In the same week that President Xi was making his state visit to the UK, Ethos played a key role in supporting a UK delegation to China. The visit culminated with the signing of an agreement between Blue Peaks Healthcare Ltd (led by Ethos partner Jonathan Probets) and...
by Richard Blandford | Oct 5, 2015 | Ethos Skills, Ethos VO, News
Ethos’s most ambitious initiative yet, SkillsPlanner, an innovative approach to solving skills shortages, has been awarded £827k development funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. SkillsPlanner is a data platform that will allow stakeholders within an...
by Richard Blandford | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Ethos Partner Stories, Ethos VO, Future of Work
The thing is, how come I spent 36 years of my life in a very hierarchical, chain of command structured institution (which I immensely enjoyed) and in the 3 short years following, have become such an advocate of the Future of Work? Working in a flat structure, with no...
by Richard Blandford | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Ethos Partner Stories, Ethos VO, Future of Work
The thing is, how come I spent 36 years of my life in a very hierarchical, chain of command structured institution (which I immensely enjoyed) and in the 3 short years following, have become such an advocate of the Future of Work? Working in a flat structure, with no...