If you sit on the Board of a regulator, congratulations! You are probably overworked, under-compensated, little appreciated and not understood. After all, regulatory Boards are strange creatures. Whilst they often look like Boards of corporate entities, their remit isn’t to increase profits but to reduce harm. In a company, profit is easily measured and seen. In a regulator, however, harm […]
A voluntary framework What is the role of good regulatory practice provisions in trade agreements? Can they actually help reduce harm and protect communities? As the full implications of Brexit begin to roll out in the UK, I was intrigued to see a press release promoting the EU agreement that included a section titled. ‘Good Regulatory Practice and Regulatory Cooperation’. […]
Is a private company any better at strategic planning than a government is? Or have we reached a point where strategic planning in government doesn’t make sense anymore? If you accept the premise that we live in an increasingly reactive world, is it unrealistic to try to avoid crises? Should we instead just reward managers who can mitigate them […]