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Fast diet for managers
The Fast Diet for managers is about losing £s. This would make a good title for a future article. Or is it a good title for lots of articles I have already written on slimmer management...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  28 May 2013
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I welcome the advice I just don't understand it
M*A*S*H famously lasted longer than the Korean War that it was set in. In the final episode Captain Hawkeye has collapsed mentally under the pressure of war. A top army psychiatrist encourages...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 May 2013
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Important meetings or meetings of important people
The relationship between meetings and effective management is unproven. So why are organisations so wedded to them and why despite our lack of enthusiasm do we continue to view them as necessary?...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 May 2013
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How I learned to love the LGSL
Last week I wrote about why we're developing two websites; one for council services, the other for information. Because we're writing new guidelines for content and changing the model we use for...
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Phil Rumens
Last updated:  18 May 2013
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The Naught book list
I wrote an article entitled “50 Shades of management”, a clear reference to the bestselling book of a similar title. I aimed to catch the eye of the casual reader and get a few more hits. At the...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  17 May 2013
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Win ,lose or draw
The local elections have come and gone but win, lose or draw does it really matter to local government officers? After all, it is central government that makes the polices and controls the purse...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 May 2013
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Doing digital differently
Yesterday I was lucky enough to hear both Paul MacKay of Nesta and Dominic Campbell the founder of FutureGov speak at the LocalGov Digital Steering Group. Part of the discussion focused around a...
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Phil Rumens
Last updated:  13 May 2013
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Composite Liveability Measure — compare and contrast the prosperity, liveability and sustainability of places
The Composite Liveability Measure is designed to objectively evaluate the prosperity, liveability and sustainability of a particular place. It is sophisticated enough to illustrate just why one...
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Si Chun Lam
Last updated:  21 Jan 2014
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Presenting performance to the public — Laria Annual Conference 2013
I'm co-presenting a workshop on how Coventry City Council is presenting performance information to the public at the Laria Annual Conference 2013 on Monday, 13th May at 1pm.  If you have...
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Si Chun Lam
Last updated:  21 Jan 2014
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What's the purpose of this website?
Marc Snaith recently started a thread on the kHub about website redesign which is timely for me as today we formally launched a project to develop two new websites tasked with delivering digital...
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Phil Rumens
Last updated:  09 May 2013
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Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous
VUCA is a term first used by the US military to express their view of the world. It was adopted by the US Government and business community after 7/11. The term is now widely used by leaders of...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  07 May 2013
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Social Policing as Peer Review
I recently had pause for thought on one of the great successes on Khub and it’s an aspect of peer regulation we rarely think about. This is most likely because it is so effective we don’t even...
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Michael MacAuley
Last updated:  02 May 2013
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Demise,right size and synergy related head count adjustment
There is a saying that the truth is the first casualty of war. Well when it comes to bad news the first casualty seems to be the English language. As of last week organisations no longer make...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Apr 2013
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Less support for managers
The back ground grumbling has turned into out spoken criticism about the reduced support to managers. A slight of hand by which it is claimed savings have been made without cutting front-line...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  30 Apr 2013
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Powered by esd – I’m a belieber
The prize for best web app at the Building apps for local communities hackathon went to Team Bieber for their Clouds over London app, using esd-toolkit’s Application Profile Interface...
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Mike Thacker
Last updated:  29 Apr 2013
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Powered by esd – I’m a belieber
The prize for best web app at the Building apps for local communities hackathon went to Team Bieber for their Clouds over London app, using esd-toolkit’s Application Profile Interface...
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Mike Thacker
Last updated:  29 Apr 2013
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A consolidated and flexible licensing system
It sounds simple enough. The UK Parliament tends to produce lots of silo legislation that deals with a particular issue of the time. This makes sense as it allows a rapid response to a problem,...
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Ian Leete
Last updated:  29 Apr 2013
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The Rooney Rule
The Rooney Rule doesn’t say if Wayne Rooney scores England will win in fact it is nothing to do with the Manchester United footballer. The Rooney Rule comes from American football it requires...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  24 Apr 2013
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Watch what you say
Saying the wrong thing isn’t always a bad thing. If you want to engage with people from hard to reach groups you need to have an understanding of how they see the world. It helps if you share...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Apr 2013
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Staying in touch with your staff
“Senior managers are so removed they need a telescope to see the front line”. So why are senior managers in most organisations considered out of touch and what can they do about it? See article...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  20 Apr 2013
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