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Sarah Newman
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Fictional Worlds. And the death of the insight.
I’ve always been a slave to fiction and fictional worlds, from ‘The Cat in the Hat’ via Iris Murdoch’s bizarre and eccentric slices of...
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Sarah Newman
- Jun 27
- 1 min
The future's bright
‘The future’s bright. The future’s Orange’ is one of my all-time favourite lines...
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Sarah Newman
- May 2
- 4 min
Planners can be wonderful
I like planners. In fact I like them a lot. My job means I mostly hang out with other planners of all ages and stages...
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Sarah Newman - APG Director
- Feb 23
- 3 min
Let's get real
It has struck me forcibly of late how easy it is for all sorts of people to have lots of opinions about planning and strategy...
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Lee Taylor
- Feb 20
- 3 min
Beth Barry
We are saddened to announce the death of Beth Barry on 12th February 2024. Beth was a brilliant researcher and planner...
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Sarah Newman - APG Director
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Humans, Noise and Hats
‘Humans Wanted’. Well, that turned out to be a particularly resonant rallying call. At the end of last week Tom Roach and I put out a...
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Tom Roach
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Humans Wanted
This is a call to arms for strategy people to join a new APG GenAI & AI Working Group that aims to get the best from the technology for...
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Sarah Newman - APG Director
- Jan 30
- 3 min
The Best Job in the World?
I’ve chatted to a lot of planners so far this year and gripes about this and that aside, I’ve been struck by how many wanted to talk about..
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Emily Harlock & Martin Beverley
- Jan 16
- 3 min
A word from the APG's new Co-Chairs
Think of a planner. What image comes to mind? Ironic notebook? Quiet demeanour? Statement glasses? You probably conjured one of these right?
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APG
- Oct 26, 2023
- 3 min
APG Kicking Down Doors
Here’s what we learned from the Grand Prix winners, Barbie, This Girl Can and Bodyform/Libresse with thanks to...
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APG
- Sep 5, 2023
- 1 min
A Review of Richard Shotton's Book - The Illusion of Choice
With ‘The illusion of choice: 16 ½ psychological biases that influence what we buy’, Richard has once again created an immensely readable...
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Sarah Newman - APG Director
- Aug 7, 2023
- 4 min
APG Strategy Skills Survey 2023 - The Results
A point of view on the APG’s updated Strategy Skills Survey and what we have learned from it...