My Favourite Posts so far
Many of my posts are topical, but some are timeless.
Here are some of my favourite posts from the last quarter:
Mobility:
FUTURE OF CARS
What is the car industry thinking? It’s worried too…
FLYING TAXIS
$billions are being invested in flying taxis. Something's going to happen, but what?
SMART CITIES
Smart Cities have put transport on the front-line of the next decade's cultural clash with China
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/the-futures-bright-the-futures-red
DRT
Milton Keynes has replaced buses with people carriers. Will it actually save money? And who employs the drivers?
ROAD PRICING
Road pricing has the potential to transform everything. And the conditions have never been more favourable.
VISION
The bus industry needs to become better at articulating a future vision
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/great-example-of-the-vision-thing
MaaS
MaaS isn’t transformational. Much of what is possible already exists
Business processes:
BUSINESS CASES
No-one can predict the future. Maybe corporate business case processes should reflect this
PRODUCT Management
Product Managers have transformed the way tech start-ups work but are unknown in the world of traditional transport. Could that change?
AGILE
What leading a startup taught me about why agile software development works - and is so hard for corporates
Corporates
How corporates can work better with startups
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/how-corporates-can-work-better-with-startups
People:
STAR RATINGS
Star ratings work; and not just for Uber. 5 lessons on star ratings in transport.
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/lessons-on-star-ratings-as-incentives
RATIONAL THINKING
The portable DVD player generated more growth than railway privatisation
GENDERED JOB ADS
Two tips I learned on making job adverts more gender-balanced
LESSONS FROM…
Google has become the digital front door to public transport. Time to take back control
PRET
Pret achieved 500% profit growth by focusing on carrot and stick. What can we learn in transport? Former CEO Clive Schlee reveals all
UBER
Uber aimed to displace cars. But it’s actually displacing buses. Will e-scooters be next?
California:
ELON MUSK
He claims to be saving the planet. But $1.5bn into climate-killing Bitcoin and the invention of Teslas in tunnels is yet more proof that he’s a con man.
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/elon-musk-is-a-climate-fraud
LESSONS FROM LA
LA had the world’s best public transport network. But it was killed by politics and lack of vision
And don’t forget to have a listen to some of my guests on The Freewheeling Podcast.
I talk to politicians like Andrew Adonis, Lilian Greenwood and James Palmer,
innovators like River Tamoor-Baig, Alex Hornby, and Angela Hultberg,
leaders like James Freeman, Leon Daniels and Giles Fearnley,
thinkers like Prof Corinne Mulley, Prof Kate Jeffery and Dr Benedict Morrison
plus Roc Sandford on Extinction Rebellion, Rory Sutherland on Behavioural Science and Simon Calder on a bit of everything,
