Reflections 10th October

On my mind this week.

A thread running through what I've been noticing has been amplified this week—our attitudes to relationships and responsibilities. 

As we hit issue after issue, nobody wants to take responsibility, from a shortage of HGV drivers, through one in five nursing roles being vacant, to energy prices. There are desperate attempts to outsource blame and responsibility, and the answer is, of course, we can't. Whether it is corporate executives, government ministers, or us individuals, the reality is the same. Regardless of how it might have come about and who might have triggered it, it's happening on our watch. So it's down to us to do the best we can, where we are, with what we've got.

Despite that, it seems to have become an industry. From insurance, PR consultants to business conditions, we seem to believe that things that go wrong are an anomaly and somebody's fault. Today, it is those lobbying government support for natural hazards in business from the same people who …