Spotting a strategic visionary can be tricky — not least in this government. So, how lucky that one cabinet minister has saved everyone the trouble by already identifying himself as a proper futurist thinker: Chris Grayling, transport secretary. Who can forget the 44-pager he came up with in November: “Connecting people: a strategic vision for rail”? And a day later, the man running the outfit pivotal to Mr Grayling’s vision quits: Mark Carne, boss of Network Rail. Mr Grayling could have…

Source: The Times February 07, 2018 00:00 UTC