In my last blog I had got to the point of outlining the opportunity that the 2007/08 recession provided for our manufacturing industries, but I also chronicled the problems that still existed within our industries borne of past hierarchical divisions and deep mistrust between Management and workforce.

So, what was, and to a large degree still is required is a plan, a blueprint:

• To tackle the Malaise
  
• To shake everyone out of the sleepwalk
  
• To recognize the opportunity the Turning point has provided...