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Address: 7Q Ltd, Business Box, 3 Oswin Road, Leicester, LE31HR, GB
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30/10/2026

China’s hybrid surge is forcing Europe to respond, and the UK now has a difficult choice to make.

In this episode of Future Engineering Bets, I look at what the EU-China deal could mean for tariffs, UK manufacturing, Chinese investment and where future automotive capital gets placed.

The market is moving quickly. The strategic consequences could be much bigger.

Watch the full: https://band.link/FEBS1Ep19

26/10/2026

STOP starting your plans with the budget.

In planning, one question has a habit of appearing before any of the others:

“How much is it going to cost?”

I've seen teams ask for budgets before anyone has agreed the scope, the approach, the resources, or the timeline.

At that stage, the answer is at best an educated guess.

The trouble with committing to a number before understanding the work is that planning becomes an exercise in defending the estimate or forcing reality to fit it.

Meanwhile, the harder (arguably more important) questions about what you're trying to achieve and how you're going to achieve it often receive less attention.

That’s exactly why HOW MUCH is the last question in 7Q.

The idea behind my 7Q planning methodology is simple: ask the right questions in the right order.

If you'd like to learn more, check out my book 'Master Any Plan in 7 Questions' 👉 https://amzn.eu/d/08h9ZJKB

21/10/2026

One of the most useful pieces of planning advice I've ever received came from a shop floor supervisor.

When I was 28 (a long time ago now!), I was managing a locomotive overhaul programme and was very proud of the project plan I'd produced.

It had detailed timelines, dependencies and enough Gantt charts to make any project manager happy.

But when I showed it to my shop floor supervisor, Pete, he looked at it for a few seconds, scoffed, and said: "I've no idea what that is telling me."

At the time I wasn't particularly impressed, but he was right. A plan only works if the people delivering it understand it.

That lesson stayed with me and eventually became part of the thinking behind 7Q.

In fact, it's a story that made its way into my book ‘Master Any Plan in 7 Questions’, because it completely changed how I think about planning and communication.

If you'd like to create plans that people actually understand, challenge and deliver, you can find the book here: https://amzn.eu/d/07tA9Q3o

19/10/2026

Your best employees are your biggest exit risk.

If a large proportion of your revenue, customer relationships or operational knowledge sits with a handful of people, it could have a significant impact on future profit and the value of your business.

Join my free webinar where I'll explain how buyers assess key-person dependency, how it can affect the value of your business, and what you can start doing about it now.

📅 Wednesday 28 October, 10-11am
📍 Online
🤝 In partnership with Macildowie Recruitment

Learn more & reserve your free spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exec-connect-presents-your-best-employees-your-biggest-exit-risk-tickets-1993126200118

16/10/2026

One of the biggest mistakes I've seen businesses make is becoming attached to a solution before proving there's a problem worth solving.

I once worked for a business that raised more than £100m to develop a new high tech product.

The technology was fascinating, but the business case was harder to understand.

The deeper you looked, the harder it became to understand who would buy the product and why.

A huge amount of time, money and effort went into developing the technology.

Far less attention was given to whether the proposition made commercial sense in the first place.

That experience reinforced something I've believed ever since: before discussing HOW you’re doing something, it's worth being very clear on WHY you’re doing it.

It's one of the reasons I built 7Q around purpose before process.

You'll find the full story, and the thinking behind my planning framework, in my book 'Master Any Plan in 7 Questions': https://amzn.eu/d/0bKJdP67

14/10/2026

How do you recharge a tractor in a 100-acre field, or a queue of electric trucks at a motorway service station?

These are just a couple of the real-world questions that disappear when transport policy treats every vehicle like a passenger car.

This was a really interesting conversation with John Goodwin of Johnson Matthey about why decarbonisation needs a broader technology mix, with batteries, hybrids, hydrogen and renewable fuels directed towards the applications they suit best.

🎧 Watch or listen to the full episode of the latest Future Engineering Bets, out now on Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts.

https://band.link/futureengbetse18

12/10/2026

Another important and thought-provoking Meet for Good session on "looking after your people" at Jaguar Land Rover Derby last week, with a deeply personal story from Tom Dickinson about mental health, resilience and the importance of talking when things are difficult.

Thanks as always to Pete Rhodes for organising such a valuable session - conversations like these are so important these days.

09/10/2026

It was great to attend the AI in Design & Engineering Summit (TriMech Group) yesterday.

A really useful opportunity to learn more about the growing role of AI across the engineering lifecycle, from CAD and simulation to collaboration and product development.

With AI technology evolving at such a rapid pace, it's so important for engineering leaders to stay on top of the applications and implications and consider where it can genuinely improve the way we work.

08/10/2026

I'm delighted to be back presenting the next webinar of the two part series of Scale. Succession. Exit:

👉️ Your Best Employees, Your Biggest Exit Risk

Your most talented people may be your greatest strength. They may also be your biggest valuation risk.

When critical knowledge, relationships or processes sit with one or two individuals, buyers don't see an asset - they see a liability. And by the time due diligence begins, it's often too late to fix it.

Designed for founders, CEOs, Managing Directors and shareholders who want to protect and maximise the value they've spent years building, this session highlights the key-person risks that destroy deal value during transactions - and how businesses can identify and address them long before a buyer ever comes to the table.

📅 Wednesday 28 October, 10-11am
📍 Online
🤝 In partnership with Macildowie Recruitment

Attendance is FREE - learn more & reserve your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exec-connect-presents-your-best-employees-your-biggest-exit-risk-tickets-1993126200118

05/10/2026

It's been great attending the Life in Flow motion conference at the Museum of Making in Derby today.

Particularly interesting to hear the discussion around turning strategic investment into flow, and the role of capital, capability, cadence and culture in making that happen.

Thanks to Project4 Learning Lab!

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7Q Ltd, Business Box, 3 Oswin Road
Leicester
LE31HR

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+447789860650

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http://7Q.ltd/, https://amzn.eu/d/gP5W3Ou

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