If you work in local authority Building Control services, you’ll know that it’s impossible to plan for absolutely everything.

There’s no question that the Coronavirus pandemic has hit councils across the UK hard, with a combination of residents needing more help and the mechanisms for delivering that help being disrupted.

Covid-19 deaths and infection rates continue to drop in most parts of the world, yet this is far from the end of the pandemic.

Innovation isn’t working. At least, the old style of innovation isn’t. It can’t be – look at the number of established, iconic brands that have fallen foul of disruption over the past few years.

In partnership with WIRED magazine, we spoke to a group of business leaders to find out how they’re planning to survive and thrive in a Covid-19 centric economy.

These turbulent times might not look like the best time to invest in your workforce: an uncertain economic future paired with unpredictable future skills needs make it a risk that may not seem worth taking.

Since IoT is the acquisition, transfer, analysis and monetization of data via connected devices, it is clearly ripe for the UK rail sector.

Andy Start, Executive Officer of Government Services, and Chantal Free, Executive Officer of People Solutions, discuss Covid-19’s impact on how public sector employees work. They look at what we’ve learned and how we can build on innovations for the future.

While many of us have effectively transitioned to at-home working, for some industries, like construction and infrastructure, that’s completely impossible.

Being responsible for delivering key parts of the Ministry of Defence Fire and Rescue capability throughout the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic is something we’re particularly proud of.