Darra Singh

  • Local learnings from outer space

    09 January 2023

    The leadership skills practiced by British astronaut Tim Peake have strong parallels with those needed by public sector leaders in a time of permacrisis, says Darra Singh.


  • A sense of belonging

    30 March 2022

    When equality, diversity and inclusion are a golden thread weaved into the wider organisational strategy, it just becomes business as usual and the standard, expected way of working, as Darra Singh explains.


  • A testimony to optimism

    02 March 2022

    Darra Singh ponders the legacy of good leadership, and the human resilience and compassion displayed in local communities during the last decade. He also considers how to make progress together on the challenges that blight society.


  • Taking those first steps back from crisis

    02 June 2020

    In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic what we don’t know far outweighs what we do, say Darra Singh and Aidan Rave. But they believe some emerging indicators will create a framework that could well guide the ‘post-crisis order’.


  • Forward thinking to help the Neets

    19 April 2012

    The need to give young people education or training hope has never been greater. Darra Singh describes the challenges ahead.


  • Six months on after the riots

    08 February 2012

    In an exclusive article on the sixth-month anniversary of the riots Darra Singh,reflects on their impact.