SYTUATE INSIGHTS

I said that to Ene Krinpus last week, and she agreed faster than I expected. Ene runs Magnetic Talents (Engineering and Training Services) at Magnetic Group, about 350 people across their Part-145 training organisation and engineering services in Estonia. We first met on a panel discussion at MRO Europe in London back in October 2025. I'd read a few of Ene’s posts and blogs on Magnetic's site about why the industry needs to rethink workforce strategy, and wanted a proper conv

There is an old argument about whether managers and leaders are different things. Leaders set direction and think in years. Managers keep the wheels turning and think in weeks. It is a tidy distinction, and it falls apart the moment you watch a shift supervisor handle a safety concern, a slipping deadline and a grievance before lunch. The role that moves the numbers Gallup has spent years making a related point with numbers. Managers account for around 70% of the variance in

The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent in December 2025. The first wave of changes landed in April 2026. And almost every provision shares the same characteristic: the moment it becomes a live risk for your organisation is a manager-employee conversation. That makes manager capability a compliance question, not just a development one.

A conversation with Peter van der Horst, independent Aviation Advisor and interim leader with forty years in senior MRO and airline maintenance leadership. I asked Peter van der Horst a straightforward question. Is there anyone in the industry genuinely getting management development right? Anyone with a sound structure that is actually having a positive effect? He paused. Not for long. But long enough. "The fact that I need to think is already not a good sign." Peter has spe