The capability to innovate, both independently and through collaboration, is an essential requirement in any organisation. On large projects where many companies and stakeholders must work together, innovating with impact can be hard, especially given the strong link between culture and innovation. A shared purpose and collaborative culture that reflects each participant’s own cultures needs to be established and aligned to promote, facilitate, and embed a sustainable ‘system of innovation’.

At its simplest, innovation is: “Turning Ideas Into Sustainable Value” Innovation is essential for all organisations that want to stay ahead of their competitors, create and disrupt markets, and deliver the outcomes needed to succeed. A business or organisation that does not recognise the need to innovate, or is not continuously innovating as part of its day-to-day business, is not sustainable.

The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail is a welcome step forward for the rail industry and provides a platform for transformational change The railway can be part of re-engineering the economy – to build back better, achieve net-zero and increase affordability means we need to create tipping points that bring about irreversible and positive change.

Put simply, productivity improvements reduce carbon. If less activity is needed to do the same or more, it means that less carbon is needed to do the same or more.

The development of a rail data marketplace is inevitable – the concept is not new and equivalent marketplaces already exist in many other industries, notably energy and finance.Continue reading “The Data Value Chain, Innovation and Rail Data Marketplace”

It is not unusual to feel that there is very little that we can do in the face of complex and large challenges. But if we can identify those actions that make a positive difference – we all have the opportunity to play our part.

Upstart has teamed up with Interimconsult to explore how digital disruption may affect some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and their supply chains, including those in the rail sector.

Interimconsult are now providing Programme Management Consultancy Services to the Rail Supply Group until March 2022 to deliver the Rail Sector Deal. The Rail Sector Deal, published inContinue reading “Interimconsult are working with the Rail Supply Group to deliver the Rail Sector Deal”

With individual passenger context data available, the opportunity to truly understand an individual’s end-to-end journey experience in real-time can identify and guide tailored individual experience improvements, also inContinue reading “Putting Passengers First – Making a Difference to the Passenger Experience with Augmented AI”

When a crisis starts, leaders and managers need to be prepared, ready to mobilise to manage the situation, and identify the potential recovery options from the outset. TheContinue reading “Business Resilience, Crisis Management, Recovery and The Future”