Categories Ben Cope Insights Post author By Ben Cope Post date 14 January 2022 Sticky post High tide on corporate purpose? “What if we made a shoe that solved racism?”. “What if ice cream brought peace to the Middle East?”. “You know Hellmann’s? … the mayonnaise… what if it fixed food waste?”. * It must be hard to admit you’ve joined a cult or been swept up by mass hysteria. To hold up your hands and […]
Categories Ben Cope Insights Post author By Ben Cope Post date 2 July 2021 No Comments on Project Fear: How the Establishment took back control Project Fear: How the Establishment took back control After a chaotic weekend, Sajid Javid marked his first week as Health Secretary by signalling a move towards a more libertarian approach to covid restrictions. As 19th July draws closer, we can relax into a summer of sport and dream of Gareth Southgate’s boys bringing it home. The national mood is a million miles from where it was […]
Categories Ben Cope Insights Post author By Ben Cope Post date 16 April 2021 The Royal’s phoenix moment? Many considered the media’s coverage of the death of The Duke of Edinburgh as excessive and out-of-touch. Does this mean Britons have fallen out of love with the Royal Family or is there something else going on? Within minutes of the announcement last Friday, every major publication uploaded a wall of prepared articles. All major […]
Categories Ben Cope Insights Post author By Ben Cope Post date 25 January 2021 Boris and Business: An unbridgeable chasm? This week’s muddled launch of the Build Back Better Business Council as well as the flopped reception of Rishi Sunak’s “Big Bang 2” is just the latest episode in this Conservative government’s dysfunctional relationship with business that stems from a misguided understanding of a free trade ideology. Brexit has challenged the apparent axiom that the […]