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UK: Should Policy Proposals meet a “common sense” check?

In the UK Prime-Ministerial election discussions, one candidate – Liz Truss – has proposed cutting the pay of public sector employees (including civil servants, teachers and nurses) outside London. The figure suggested is a saving of £11 bn ($13.4 bn) (see the original article here: https://www.ft.com/content/8ab0b5d0-3e9e-4fb4-8448-9f6f26abbfe4) Set aside the party politics and the individuals vying …

A Sign That You Might Need to Change Your Mindset

A Sign That You Might Need to Change Your Mindset My belief that entrepreneurship (and getting to our goals generally) is a mixture of skillset (including toolset), mindset and reflection. I define skillset as things we do, while mindset is attitudes, how we think and specifically how we think about what we think. For me, …