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

By Professor Glenn Lyons

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  • In the news over the last 7 days, time and time again

    In the news over the last 7 days, time and time again

    You may be fixating in the news at the moment on other things – and monstrous things are indeed at play – but here’s a reminder that climate change isn’t going away. And it’s not caused by DEI. During the CIHT CLIMATES initiative we’ve repeatedly prepared a slide called ‘In the news over the last… Read more

  • The importance of user perspective in the evolution of Mobility as a Service

    The importance of user perspective in the evolution of Mobility as a Service

    Download our new paper. See a video of the paper being presented. A collaboration between Mott MacDonald and UWE Bristol‘s Centre for Transport & Society. At the end of 2018 the UK Parliament’s House of Commons Transport Committee published the report on its inquiry into Mobility as a Service (MaaS). It considers findings and conclusions concerning MaaS in practice and issues of governance and… Read more

  • Decide and Provide – a diffusing innovation in a climate emergency

    Decide and Provide – a diffusing innovation in a climate emergency

    Is a transition in transport planning taking place? Is ‘decide and provide’ an innovation that is diffusing into thinking & practice, or is it following a hype cycle? This evening I had the pleasure of speaking online at the Active Travel Cafe (https://lnkd.in/eerQvtrf) – an inspiring gathering of individuals passionate about….active travel. I’d been asked… Read more

  • Why do men still wear this uniform?

    Why do men still wear this uniform?

    Why do men still wear this uniform? I see dictators wearing it, less than trustworthy politicians wearing it, narcissistic ‘leaders’ wearing it. I’m still making sense of why it bugs me so much, but it does. I’m sick of seeing prominent figures in the news and media who I have no respect for, wearing it.… Read more

  • 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 enjoys). Imagine water shortages that… Read more

  • Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

    Please don’t tell the Government that I spent three hours IN my working day in an event on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. For those of you who may be alarmed by this admission, please be assured that no productivity was harmed in my taking part in this event – my first workshop of the day… Read more