Author Archives: Guy Taylor

About Guy Taylor

I am a risk, strategy & innovation management researcher and a leading edge thinker. I have a strong technical background and entrepreneurial ethos, plus I am a proven innovator of new business models. I have a good knowledge of Insurance, Energy & Natural Resources, Public, Pharmaceutical, Financial Service & third sectors, having worked with FTSE, and various government agencies. After a career break to obtain my Masters degree in Insurance & Risk Management, in 2000 I founded Treseder & Company, a private management consultancy practice advising in the public and private sectors. My specialties are: Systems thinking and Systemic risk, Scenario analysis, Risk Identification methodologies, Strategy and Innovation, Futures thinking, and Horizon scanning. I launched www.britideas.com in 2010

Make a new plan Stan, rather than another fine mess, Stanley!

Start the year in the right way and call us today! We can help you to create the correct conditions to take calculated risks in these turbulent times. We can supply you with a VAST array of ideas, both big … Continue reading

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Some risk management reflection for the greater good

As the management art and science of “risk” continues to REFLECT on its’ accepted thinking and embrace a period of RENAISSANCE, following recent systemic events, so that it is better able to anticipate and identify the material and significant risks … Continue reading

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Pestle and Mortar : Getting the ingredients right in times of uncertainty and volatility

Does grinding out the right results largely depend on how you analyse your PESTLE?    The macro and micro of things Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental. Will you create a recipe for disaster or success? What are the … Continue reading

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Delving deeper into the data and the detail to determine distinctive new directions of travel.

The government of the United Kingdom anticipate that the creation and use of data will add over £240 billion to our economy by 2020.Some prediction and along the way a new act of parliament to replace the Data Protection Act … Continue reading

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Help to create your next dream scenario.

As you begin to embrace experimentation and innovation to enhance the organisation’s assets, are you sufficiently aware of the potential ahead for accidents and emergencies at the bend in the road? In the search for those Aha! and Eureka! moments … Continue reading

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Spring is in the air.Time to get the “Vacuum” out?!

Since we do not all think the same way as individuals, how do you justify to those that matter the risky decisions you make as organisations? What analysis of the internal and external economic, political and social factors affecting your … Continue reading

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Mastering the challenges and complexities of Solvency II

The scale and scope of the directive lies within the three main areas of: * Valuation of assets/liabilities and the capital requirements arising to ensure       policyholders get their claims paid within a satisfactory time frame.The use of … Continue reading

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Somewhere over the rainbow

Life will be easier and simpler one day but not in the foreseeable future given current circumstances. So since individually we do not think the same way or indeed the same thing, how do you as an organisation justify your … Continue reading

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RIO: Risk into Opportunity

RIO: Here we come?! Now is the time to think about your objectives and the outcomes you want bearing in mind the current global economic scene. The risks you face could be your new opportunities. Start the process by thinking … Continue reading

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Have you seen an optician recently?!

Have you considered whether you need to challenge assumptions you may have about the societal conditions which make up the world in which your business, institution, or organisation operates? Given the current economic climate is it time to reconsider the … Continue reading

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