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Progressive leadership is the way forward to drive positive change

March 31, 2025 juergenmaier

These are my reflections in this vlog, on the fabulous Anthropy conference held at the The Eden Project –  a…

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Posted in: Leadership Filed under: Leadership

Progressive leadership must deliver in 2025

January 6, 2025 juergenmaier

We live in a remarkable era, as we navigate our leadership roles in Business — defined by profound economic shifts,…

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Posted in: Leadership, Uncategorized Filed under: Leadership

My Year 2024 reflections

December 31, 2024 juergenmaier

As 2024 comes to a close, a short moment to share a couple of my reflections and highlights on the…

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Posted in: Economy Filed under: economy

Hoping for a more honest post-General Election conversation on Immigration.

May 25, 2024 juergenmaier 1 Comment

Given Mr Redwood has resigned, I thought I’d post what for me, was a very memorable BBC Any Questions appearance…

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Posted in: EU Filed under: Brexit, Immigration

Is the populism tide turning?

January 20, 2024 juergenmaier 1 Comment

It’s a fascinating weekend in the media, which point to a number of ideologies coming home to roost. The closure…

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Posted in: EU, Industrial Strategy Filed under: Brexit, Industrial Strategy

Time for Leadership or Populism 2.0?

August 22, 2023 juergenmaier

Initiating change is hard. I quickly learned this at the start of my career after graduating in Production Engineering. Full…

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Posted in: Economy, EU, Leadership, Uncategorized Filed under: Brexit, economy

As election manifestos are being written, now is the time for the business community to be the squeaky wheel, and the oil!

May 16, 2023 juergenmaier 2 Comments

Following a week of royal pageantry and Eurovision festivity, we’ve been dragged back to real life with last week’s rise…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Observer profile piece – on Industrial Strategy and Business needing to speak out with greater moral courage.

April 13, 2023 juergenmaier

The former Siemens boss is passionate about levelling up the UK’s regions, but fears the current government doesn’t share his…

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Posted in: Business to Society, Economy, Industrial Strategy

You have power, Rishi Sunak. Use it. Rejoin the single market and customs union

November 21, 2022 juergenmaier 1 Comment

This op-ed/blog from myself first appeared in the Guardian on 25th October 2022 I’m sure that, just like me, you…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brexit, economy

Budget crisis – a moment of truth for responsible business

October 17, 2022 juergenmaier

This piece first appeared on REACTION on 30th September 2022 Business leaders across the country will be worried about the economic turmoil…

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Posted in: Economy

Truth as a Commodity?

July 7, 2022 juergenmaier

For me, there is one key lesson from the last two years events in our government, leading to today’s resignation of…

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Posted in: Leadership

Which came first, the busyness or the decline?

April 12, 2022 juergenmaier 1 Comment

by Juergen Maier and Mike Clargo We have all gotten so busy. And it seems that, the more senior our role, the busier…

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Posted in: Leadership, Productivity

A perfect time to heal divisions

February 21, 2022 juergenmaier

I enjoyed my recent appearance on Question Time more so than previous ones. Prior to it, I was worried that…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Why leadership, parties and cups of coffee matter

February 6, 2022 juergenmaier

These are challenging times. We are learning to live with Covid; transitioning both to a post-Brexit and to a low…

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Posted in: Business to Society

Economic success in north and south is not a zero-sum game

November 30, 2021 juergenmaier

(Photo by Peter Byrne – WPA Pool/Getty Images) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) talks to William Wilson, CEO of…

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Posted in: Economy, Northern Powerhouse Filed under: economy, northern powerhouse

Innovation Strategy can be the turning point in the North’s fourth industrial revolution

July 28, 2021 juergenmaier

In my previous Blog on this page (29th March 2021), I called for not letting our UK Industrial Strategy die.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Industrial Strategy, Innovation

Not a time to let Industrial Strategy die

March 29, 2021 juergenmaier

I have supported and promoted the need for a bold Industrial Strategy for over a decade (as can be seen…

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Posted in: Economy, Industrial Strategy

Brexit Deal or No Deal, having left it this late, our economy will be hit like a slow puncture

December 15, 2020 juergenmaier 1 Comment

In an interview with the Guardian (full article below) I predicted that the UK economy now has no way of…

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Posted in: Economy, EU

MANUFACTURERS AND ENTREPRENEURS URGE GOVERNMENT TO SECURE STRONG DEAL WITH EU

July 1, 2020 juergenmaier 1 Comment

On the day that the opportunity for an extension to the transition period expires, I have joined businesses associations, entrepreneurs…

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Posted in: EU, Manufacturing

Will Covid kill populism and short-termism?

May 11, 2020 juergenmaier

This Covid crisis has laid bare two fundamental issues that have increasingly plagued our politics – populism and short-termism. Firstly,…

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Posted in: Business to Society, Economy, Industrial Strategy, Manufacturing

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  • My Year 2024 reflections
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