Part of this has surely got to be about really caring about the people who work for the organisation. Not in the manner of some benevolent dictator who perceives that he derives his wealth from the minions, so gives them just enough to shut them up.

There are too many organisations who pay lip service to their people. "Our people are our most valuable asset!" they say. But when the downturn comes, numbers get cut and development programmes are put on hold. As long as they see their people as any kind of asset at all, this will be the approach.

People are not the company's asset. They are the company. We're all in this together. Let us explore together how best to tackle the bumps in the road ahead.