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‘Serious risk’ | Wipers on! Why employers must improve visibility over future skills needs

Rainy traffic through car windshield

As someone who has spent a decade riding the rails in London, moving shortly after failing their driving test (for the second time) in 2016, it’s absolutely not my place to be dishing out road safety tips.

But it doesn’t take Lando Norris to figure out that when weather conditions take a turn for the worse, and visibility is reduced to a matter of meters, it’s a problem that requires pretty swift attention.

Actual driving experts advise motorists to slow down gradually, switch on the necessary headlights, and take extra care of those around them.

Sound advice. But what if, instead of a car, we’re talking about an organisation?

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