Boldness. I think about it daily.

A few years ago, having invested in an advanced degree during the worst recession in living memory, I came out the other end to find that no one was hiring. I’d had my heart set on one of Britain’s most loved and trusted retailers. During my last semester, while classmates were partying, I…

What if boldness were an explicit value of the civil service?

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it takes to get difficult and meaningful things done. Why it’s hard, exhausting and incredibly rewarding to make progress. What kinds of values and behaviours can help make a team…

Are you praying for boldness?

“And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they…