The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. (Alan Watts)
A friend in Brazil and a friend in the US have each asked me this week 'How are things with you post Brexit?'
It's a difficult question as I don't know the answer. On many day to day levels things seem the same as a pre Brexit world. It's rather like having a birthday; the movement from one year to the next is usually not that remarkable.
On the other hand it is very different. Every day since June 23 there have been predictions on what the UK will be like post Brexit. Beginning with dire warnings and now laced with indicators that 'together, they hint at how the British economy is doing after Brexit'. (Not so well).
Organisation designers could be in much demand at this point. For example, the UK Government's full list of new ministerial and government appointments: July 2016, includes:
- A totally new Department (Department for Exiting the European Union)
- A merger of The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
- Almost total change in the Ministers heading Departments which will inevitably have an impact on the way the Departments operate