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2d ago

What if test & learn and total place became the governance by which we drive our work and manage…

That is why Jack Strachan piece on testing and learning is worth reading alongside the new Local Government Association Total Place…

What if test & learn and total place became the governance by which we drive our work and manage…

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4d ago

Avoidance dressed as sophistication

Organisations are rarely short of ways to describe what is happening. There is usually a review commissioned because the last review…

Avoidance dressed as sophistication

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Jul 6

Beyond the Gantt chart

Most councils will not need reminding to produce a programme plan for Local Government Reorganisation. There will be a plan, a risk log, a…

Beyond the Gantt chart

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Jul 4

What footballing style does your organisation play?

You know when you’re watching a football match and the play has got slightly slower and you find your mind wandering? Well mine did just…

What footballing style does your organisation play?

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Jun 30

From operating patterns to provocations for place-based change: Designing for continuous change

In a week where the headlines will be dominated by a potential change in leadership in Government, what has been interesting in the media…

From operating patterns to provocations for place-based change: Designing for continuous change

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Jun 28

What have algae got to do with public services?

I recognise a particular point in change work. It often arrives quietly, usually in a meeting that looks ordinary from the outside.

What have algae got to do with public services?

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Jun 26

The patterns beneath the strategy

Public reform is not short of good language at the moment: devolution, prevention, missions, place, participation, early help. I use many…

The patterns beneath the strategy

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Jun 25

What people show us before they tell us

The useful thing about public space is also the awkward thing: people owe us nothing.

What people show us before they tell us

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Jun 24

Before the pattern becomes a crisis

I have sat in a lot of meetings where the issue was already visible, just not in one place. Finance could see the cost pressure, HR could…

Before the pattern becomes a crisis

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Jun 21

Does this leave more life behind?

I notice it most when I am reading a report that is accurate, well-written and somehow missing the life of the thing it describes.

Does this leave more life behind?

noelito

noelito

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Assistant Director for People & Change at Adur & Worthing Councils #localgov Co-founder of #systemschange & #servicedesign progs. Inspired by @cescaalbanese

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