by Alison Seabrooke | Sep 1, 2020 | Leader, LinkedIn, Personal, Thinkpiece
In 2018, after many years enjoying directly employed status, followed by an interesting consultancy portfolio, I took a step into contract-based, interim work. Two years and two interim chief executive placements later, I have used a short break to capture some key...
by Alison Seabrooke | Sep 1, 2020 | Personal
I began my career as a fashion designer at multi-national textiles company Coats Viyella, producing top-end womenswear, generating £ms in sales for respected national retailers. My industrial design experience was keenly sought in the ‘90s and I lectured on numerous...
by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 7, 2018 | Article, Personal, Report
In October 2018 I concluded a report for Sutton Coldfield Town Council, to consider the health and wellbeing needs of its population of around 100,000 and how a community development and engagement approach could help address local priorities. The Town Council was...
by Alison Seabrooke | Aug 8, 2018 | Personal
Who gives a Pluck? A review of Fascism: A Warning, by Madeleine Albright There is nothing like reading a good book, but I am bad at it. Daily demands, aka a lack of personal discipline, reduces me to an online daily digest of public affairs, contemporary articles and...
by Alison Seabrooke | Nov 15, 2017 | Personal, Thinkpiece
I have a confession to make. It was not until 2014, just before my second year at BUILD (Bilbao Urban Innovation and Leadership Dialogues), that I fully understood the role of its initiator, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMFUS). I had been describing...
