Thoughts, insights and rants about futures, climate change, system change, transport, wicked problems, EDI, and heavy metal

By Professor Glenn Lyons

Category: Random Stuff

  • UK Government releases video to explain the need for The Plan for Drivers

    UK Government releases video to explain the need for The Plan for Drivers

    Breaking News – The UK Government has released a promotional video to help explain why its Plan for Drivers was urgently needed. Please watch it and educate yourselves. This old lady flagrantly sought to inconvenience hardworking drivers squeezing along the meagre amount of capacity they had between them. Even though…

  • What the hell is going on? The Plan for Drivers

    What the hell is going on? The Plan for Drivers

    In today’s edition of ‘What The Hell is Going On?’ we take a look at what the 50 million driving licence holders in Great Britain have been waiting for – “The Plan for Drivers”. The cover message to this policy paper states that “The plan includes a list of actions…

  • Seeking advice on buying an electric vehicle

    Seeking advice on buying an electric vehicle

    I’m a car owner and driver (though it will come as a shock to the Government that I am pleased where I get the chance to drive less and only want to get from A to B without any frills). The car dependent system depresses me and I’m looking for…

  • Metal mashup of a prime minister’s speech

    Metal mashup of a prime minister’s speech

    I know you’ve been concerned about a range of worrying heavy metal proposals and today I want to confirm that they’ll never happen. The proposal that all Radio One listeners should be forced to listen to heavy metal. I’ve scrapped it. The proposal that you should be forced to listen…

  • Team spirit

    Team spirit

    There is something beautiful and powerful about being part of a team with shared purpose, emotional intelligence, creativity and a wealth of experience. These are some of the wonderful humans I work with in Mott MacDonald making magic when it comes to vision-led planning and robust decision making in the face of…

  • How do you complete post-it notes in workshops?

    How do you complete post-it notes in workshops?

    How do you complete post-it notes in workshops? I’ve facilitated lots of workshops online and offline and a point I make to participants more and more often is this. Please remember that while you may have a rich discussion in your group, what gets taken away afterwards is the (virtual)…

  • A psalm by Rosie Lyons (aged 11)

    A psalm by Rosie Lyons (aged 11)

    ‘A call for change’– a psalm by Rosie Lyons God, why oh why is the world warming up? Why are there bike paths but there are no bikes? Lord, please I need your help. Is it true that our oceans are filled with plastic? I need your guidance. Show people…

  • South Africa’s energy and water crises

    South Africa’s energy and water crises

    When crises start to bite…. We’ve all experienced the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the news now from France is a clamp down on swimming pools because of water shortages. For those of us in the Global North that sounds like it’s impinging upon comfortable lifestyles (which not everyone…

  • The Rock – what a beautiful animation depicting the climate emergency

    The Rock – what a beautiful animation depicting the climate emergency

    “The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a startAnd he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heartAnd he told her of the vision that he was sure he’d seenShe said: “Go back to sleep son, you’re having a bad dream!” Silly child Everybody knows…

  • Red Pill or Blue Pill – You Decide

    Red Pill or Blue Pill – You Decide

    “You take the blue pill… the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Blue pill:πŸ’Š Supporting sustainable growthπŸ’Š Investing in blue hydrogen with…