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5 common themes in Water Company AMP plans

Over the past week or so I've spent a fair bit of time delving into water companies annual reports and 25-30 business plans. After a while they all seem to merge into one another. It would be no surprise that a lot of what is laid out is very similar, after all we are...

Are your people giving you their all?

This time out, I decided to write some thoughts down around engagement, simply because over Xmas I met up with a good friend who has been operating as a senior leader for decades in various companies. He said something to me that struck a cord around this, he said…...

Are we employing the right customer strategies?

I won’t lie, when I first heard the term CMEx I immediately thought of explosive materials. That was a while ago of course and since then I've learned a lot about the water industry and how it operates. I’m also a Customer (as we all are). I’ve had the pleasure of...

All this great tech, but….

This past week I managed to attend a water specific conference aimed at asset management. What was I doing there given we don’t get involved in designing or delivering physical assets? The answer, I don’t believe that the idea of great asset management is just about...

Are we hanging on to poor methodology?

It's that time that comes around once every 5 years. Where the PR24 literature starts flowing with all the narratives around the difference between this one and the last one. Having read a few bits and pieces here and there on the latest round it takes my thinking to...

How often can we be ‘Fixing the Basics’?

Trying to find time to think, in between spending time with lots of operational teams, hasn’t come easily this past few weeks. So, when this language floated past my eye again, it triggered off some thinking. "Fixing the basics" - this is a strategic phrase I've seen...