Thought Leadership

 "Thought Leadership: We do not seek to promote ready-made solutions, but to analyse key underlying issues and determine where further thought, dialogue and research are required, bringing together proponents of competing views and identifying common ground and reasons for differences of opinion."  - Definition developed by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) for their programme. 

Firms sometimes wish to demonstrate these capabilites and call on external contributors. GrahamBishop.com can assist with such programmes  by undertaking the necessary research. The results can be contributed to events organised by an institution, or published externally and can be in various forms such as  Speeches and articles.  Graham Bishop's personal Occasional Papers often have their origins in such events as they flow on from our particular style of thought leadership: "co-operative problem-solving".

The Lamfalussy Process has been an enduring interest for Graham Bishop. It brings together many of the themes of his work in recent decades on the practical mechanics of modern financial markets and the commercial implications that flow from those mechanics in combination with technological change. Add in cross-border consolidation of financial firms as a result of the Single Market and single currency, and these driving forces have powerful implications for public policy.

He edited several Reports from the Federal Trust when the Lamfalussy Process was under debate and subsequently became one of the European Parliament's two nominees to the first Inter-Institutional Monitoring Group (IIMG). He was Rapporteur of two of their Reports. The current vigorous debate about crisis management  and regulatory convergence can be summed up as "The many meanings of lead supervision". That is likely to be a theme for further thought-leadership work in the years ahead.