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You're sitting in a Q1 planning session, and someone mentions "Digital Product Passports." Half the room nods knowingly. The other half is scrambling to Google it under the table. If you're in the second group: or worse, if you think you're in the first but haven't actually mapped out what compliance looks like for your operation: this is your wake-up call. Digital Product Passports (DPPs) aren't a distant regulatory fantasy. Battery passports go live in February 2026. Textil

If you've recently landed at Kuwait International Airport, navigating its patchwork of expansions and temporary fixes, you might have felt that familiar dissonance. The wealth is visible. The ambition is declared. And the potential is still there: waiting for a spark. I've just returned from Kuwait, and I'm going to be honest with you: this isn't the country I remember from Gulf business circles two decades ago. And I’m not saying that as a detached observer. I’m actually fro

UK councils are facing a perfect storm. Funding pressures, structural reorganisation, and escalating resident expectations are colliding just as the government rolls out the most significant local authority reforms in a generation. For councils across the East of England: from Luton to Cambridge: 2026 isn't just another budget cycle. It's a strategic inflection point. The question isn't whether councils can weather this storm. It's whether they have the strategic alignment an

Let's be honest: cost optimization has become a loaded term. For most operations leaders, it translates to "do more with less" until something breaks. Then everyone acts surprised when delivery slows, quality drops, or your best people leave. The reality is starker in 2026. Economic uncertainty driven by trade policy shifts, tariff volatility, and AI-driven disruption means CFOs are demanding efficiency gains while customers expect faster, better service. You're caught in the