Identity and self Hearing the whispers before they become screams The call is coming from inside the house By Alicia McKay / 9 Apr 2025
Society and Culture What's worth more than money? Creative value under extractive capitalism + an urgent plea to reclaim sovereignty over your attention By Alicia McKay / 2 Apr 2025
Power and Systems For when it feels like you can't change anything Everything is connected. Once you see it, you can shift it. By Alicia McKay / 26 Mar 2025
Change You have infinite capacity for transformation new beginnings are wasted on young people By Alicia McKay / 20 Mar 2025
Future proof your dreams Prepare for disaster Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. When have things ever gone exactly as you planned? By Alicia McKay / 13 Mar 2025
Future proof your dreams Keep the dream alive Plans are predictions about how we think we could achieve our goals. They’re a hypothesis, an experiment ready to be run. By Alicia McKay / 6 Mar 2025
News Alicia McKay named Top 25 Thinker in Local Government by the LGIU Alicia McKay has been named one of the world's top 25 thinkers in local government by the UK's Local Government Information Unit. By Alicia McKay / 1 Mar 2025
Future proof your dreams Start with strategy Our hopes, dreams, and plans live in an unpredictable future. We can’t read tomorrow’s headlines, but we can position ourselves to achieve our goals. By Alicia McKay / 27 Feb 2025
Alicia in the Media Future Local Lab interview Future local leadership, challenges and solutions - an interview with LGIU. By Alicia McKay / 26 Feb 2025
Strategy and Decisions Why strategy is a survival skill this year Winging it is a death wish. If you don’t know what you want, the next 10 months are going to swallow you whole. Never fear: strategy will save you. By Alicia McKay / 20 Feb 2025
