If you were to try to determine the purpose and priorities of any organisation, you would probably need to look way beyond its spoken and printed words. You would examine what it did and what was critical, literally, to its leadership. So think, as an example, about the purpose and priorities of prison: we are […]

There are dozens of police officers around the UK being criminally investigated for offences such as manslaughter and misconduct in public office, arising from the detention and restraint of people with mental health problems.  Many, but not all, of these cases involved the application of section 136 of the Mental Health Act.  Other detentions, like […]

In difficult times, it is generally acknowledged that we need leadership.  It is also generally acknowledged that if we keep doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome, someone eventually will remind us of what Einstein’s once said.  So we need leadership to do something different after a tragic fortnight where […]