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Blocs, shocks and two smoking ballots: 2024 and the world’s mega election year
Brendan Shaw “What’s clear is many of the world’s voters don’t want things to stay the same." – TIME “Lingering consumer anger over high...
Brendan Shaw
Dec 3, 202411 min read
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Here we are now, entertain us: the Gen X factor in intergenerational politics
Brendan Shaw “With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now,...
Brendan Shaw
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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More ‘us’ and less ‘them’ thinking: a plea for 2024
Brendan Shaw “The governments may be different. But the people actually always have one desire and that is to live and to raise their...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 4, 20249 min read
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From the sublime to the ridiculous: 5 years of Shawview Consulting blogs
Brendan Shaw Every month since I first started Shawview Consulting back in 2017, I have written a blog. Shawview has just celebrated its...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 29, 20225 min read
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Decoupling, deglobalisation and the price of lettuce: be careful what you wish for
Brendan Shaw “The failures of globalisation are not inevitable” - Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents Revisited,...
Brendan Shaw
Jun 19, 20225 min read
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Pharmaceuticals Take Centre Stage in Australian Election Campaign
Brendan Shaw Article on the 2022 Australian national election campaign published on 25 May in PharmaBoardroom. The article examines the...
Brendan Shaw
May 24, 20221 min read
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Will she be right?: the ‘non-issues’ of the 2022 Australian federal election
Brendan Shaw As Australia is about to undergo its three-yearly ritual of a national election later this month, I am struck by the number...
Brendan Shaw
May 8, 20229 min read
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Is 2022 the Pharma Industry’s ‘Call of Duty’ Moment?
Brendan Shaw Article published in PharmaBoardroom on 1 February 2022 on key trends for 2022 can be found here. #pharma #health #vaccines...
Brendan Shaw
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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2022: a year in transition
Brendan Shaw "Show your warts, your problems, your challenges. Be a human being. This is the time for human beings, not human doing” - ...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 10, 20229 min read
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‘Roll with the punches and get to what’s real’: reflections on 2020
Brendan Shaw "We are trying to reassure people that removing all of the lavatory paper from the shelves of supermarkets probably isn't a...
Brendan Shaw
Dec 16, 20207 min read
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When resilience trumps efficiency in healthcare
“Global capitalism will have to be re-balanced. The pre-COVID balance between efficiency and resilience will have to tilt on the side of...
Brendan Shaw
May 11, 20205 min read
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The winter of discontent?: Britain's winter Brexit election
"Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 1, 20194 min read
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A minor issue?: minor parties and independents in the 2019 Australian election
There’s so much coming out of last weekend’s 2019 Australian federal election that pundits will be writing about it for months. But there...
Brendan Shaw
May 23, 20194 min read
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Reflections on the art of political campaigning and advocacy
Deciding if, how and when to engage in an election campaign for an industry association like Medicines Australia probably is more art...
Brendan Shaw
May 12, 20191 min read
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Brexit the Musical
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double So you...
Brendan Shaw
Apr 27, 20193 min read
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How do we turn the tide?: Winning the measles vaccination debate
“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character of the...
Brendan Shaw
Apr 9, 20195 min read
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The NHS 10-year plan: more artificial intelligence, less pigeon resuscitation
This week the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced the new 10-year plan for the National Health Service, with the claim that it...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 10, 20194 min read
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Targets, takeovers and Tomb Raiders: things to watch in 2019 global health policy
As if to remind us how intertwined politics, economics and health care are in 2019, the year begins with the second-worst Ebola outbreak...
Brendan Shaw
Jan 4, 20197 min read
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Brexit, Britain and belly laughs: reflections of an Australian political tragic*
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." – Winston Churchill As the United Kingdom fast approaches the...
Brendan Shaw
Nov 25, 20184 min read
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Black swans, disruption and dealing with the unexpected: lessons from the 17th century
"rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno” ("a rare bird in the lands and very much like a black swan”) - Juvenal, Roman satirist,...
Brendan Shaw
Aug 24, 20184 min read
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