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Expanded digital footnotes from Thinking the Unthinkable – the book.

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For his detailed argument see ‘Rapid reaction force for success’ by Chris Donnelly, The World Today, June & July 2016.

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The ‘great wakeup’

Pushed to the limit and beyond, Médecins Sans Frontières, 19 March 2015.

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The ‘great wakeup’

Manuel Valls, the then Prime Minister of France, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 22 January 2016.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘(E)U are my destiny’ by Frans Timmermans, Bled Strategic Times, September 2017, and then on the conference platform, 4 September 2017. To watch the video of the event, go to www. thinkunthink.org/digital-footnotes.

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George Osborne, the then UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Cardiff, 7 January 2016.

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The ‘great wakeup’

Martin Taylor confirming Nevsky Capital’s closure, 6 January 2016.

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The ‘great wakeup’

Deloitte thought leadership brainstorming, ‘Thinking the unthinkable: facing the new leadership challenge’, 7 June 2016.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘The short long’, speech by Andrew Haldane and Richard Davies to 29th Société Universitaire Européene de Recherches Financières Colloquium: New Paradigms in Money and Finance?, Brussels, May 2011.

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The ‘great wakeup’

F*ck you, 2016 by ‘Bob A N Grypants’. London: Michael Joseph.

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The ‘great wakeup’

WTF (2017) by Robert Peston. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘Volkswagen, the car maker that sees no evil, loses its moral compass’ by Tony Allen-Mills, The Sunday Times, 4 February 2018. Also ‘Diesel cars built to cheat test for toxic fumes’ by Jonathan Leake, The Sunday Times, 21 September 2014.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘The Volkswagen scandal shows that corporate culture matters’ by Robert Armstrong, Financial Times, 13 January 2017.

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The ‘great wakeup’

See Faster, higher, farther: the inside story of the Volkswagen scandal (2017) by Jack Ewing. New York: W W Norton. Also Leadership lessons from the Volkswagen saga (2017) by Steven Howard. Palm Springs: Caliente Press.

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‘Germany’s car industry suffers a Tesla shock’ by John Gapper, Financial Times, 3 August 2017.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘A change of direction key for German automakers: ministers cannot shield companies from their diesel difficulties’, editorial, Financial Times, 3 August 2017.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘Wells re-elects board amid criticism’ by Emily Glazer, The Wall Street Journal, 25 April 2018.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘McKinsey admits to South Africa errors’ by Joseph Cotterill, Financial Times, 17 October 2017.

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The ‘great wakeup’

‘McKinsey has closed its eyes in South Africa’ by John Gapper, Financial Times, 21 September 2017.

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The ‘great wakeup’

Deutsche’s big gamble – how a sleepy German bank bet on the world – and lost’ by Patrick Jenkins and Laura Noonan, FT Weekend Magazine, 11/12 November 2017.

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‘Deutsche Bank sacks British boss John Cryan after years of losses,’ BBC News website, 9 April 2018.