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What does your profile page say about you?
For many, your profile page is the first glimpse for other Knowledge Hub members to get to know who you are and what you do. But what if your profile page doesn’t give anything away and misses the...
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Last updated:  17 Jul 2023
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Learn,Unlearn and Relearn 
I wrote a book with the title Unlearning Management. It was made up of short one and two page articles, using typical management scenarios to advocate a move away from traditional management...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 Jul 2023
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 A bad day at the office 
“ There is no failure in business. There’s good days, bad days; some days you are able to be successful ,some days you are not. Some days it’s your turn, some days it’s not. That’s what business...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  13 Jul 2023
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Feverish activity is no substitute for real change 
Baldrick had a cunning plan, Micheal Scott had a 45 point 45 day plan, and the A Team loved it when a plan came together. When things go badly wrong organisations draw up an Action Plan. But is...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  31 Jul 2024
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Vensim
What can it do? Vensim (By Ventana Systems) is a software package for developing and analysing system dynamics models, and for drawing causal loop diagrams and influence diagrams It provides a...
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Katie Gronow
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Last updated:  12 Jul 2023
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Move fast and break things
It’s a catchphrase about the need for dynamic change. The old ways don’t work, make things happen. To stay ahead you must move faster this requires innovation and experimentation which inevitably...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  13 Jul 2023
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SHINING THE SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL ACTION TO TACKLE CHILD POVERTY
This summer, the Improvement Service is running a social media campaign to spotlight the work local authorities do to tackle child poverty in Scotland. We have used sources such as the LCPARs...
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Felicia Szloboda
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Last updated:  05 Jul 2023
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DDaT Community of Practice
The DDaT Community of Practice brings together those working in public sector procurement to share knowledge, skills and best practice; and to debate and discuss issues, challenge errors in...
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Simon Smith
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Last updated:  29 Jun 2023
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There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis 
  Is there someone you work with who lives in their own world, a fantasist who  inhabits a parallel universe ? Their stories may be harmless, their behaviour pathetic but their ability...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  10 Jul 2023
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Face time?
A potential coachee asked me last week if I worked with people face to face as well as online. As an automatic reflex I said that I did both, but then later reflected that all the coaching I’ve...
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Jessica Loudon
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Last updated:  22 Jun 2023
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Seems a bit harsh 
You did well. Despite your lack of experience. You rewarded the confidence we placed in you. There is still a need to improve performance but you certainly delivered. You lifted the place and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  21 Jun 2023
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IFF Workshops
In March and April 2023, IFF delivered best practice sharing workshops on the use of Local Grant as part of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme. The topics included:  Measuring...
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Tom Morris
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Last updated:  20 Jun 2023
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The future is AI 
The first thing smart computers (AI) will do when they become self aware is make sure we can’t turn them off , the next thing is very worrying …..that is turning us off.  Computers don't make...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 Jun 2023
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Qualitative Career - An interview with Beth
Can you tell us a bit about your current role?   I am a senior social researcher within the Qualitative Data Collection Methodology team as ONS. My role primarily involves conducting...
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Ruby Earl
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Last updated:  16 Jun 2023
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When the wrong people are promoted/appointed the right people leave. 
An aeroplane in mid flight, the passenger door is open and an attendant is standing by as two businessmen one after the other parachute out. The passengers stare in amazement. Then the attendant...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  13 Jun 2023
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Diabetes Week 2023
Source: NHS GGC Core Brief Diabetes Week is an annual UK-wide initiative devoted to raising awareness of diabetes.  During Diabetes week approximately 100 people across NHSGGC will be...
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Ann Murray
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Last updated:  13 Jun 2023
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The dice man 
The player identifies six options for action, one can be do nothing, rolls the dice and acts on the out come. The complete opposite of scientific fact based decision making that managers claim to...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Jun 2023
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Exciting Job Opportunity
Port Health Officer job with Cornwall Council | 340262 (ehn-jobs.com) 
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Jonathan Blackman
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Last updated:  01 Jun 2023
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Systems Thinking at OR65
  The annual Operational Research Society conference, OR65, will be held at the University of Bath from 12-14th September 2023. As usual, there will be a stream on Systems Thinking, and...
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Katie Gronow
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Last updated:  25 May 2023
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Christianity#7-The Anti-Christ
The Bible makes it clear that in the last days perilous times shall come, that the AntiChrist shall rise and then step back into the background waiting for their time, but who or what are they? To...
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Ian Messenger BSc(Hons) MBCS
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Last updated:  28 Dec 2023
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Us and Them 
  We pay well and promptly but can’t get the staff   “ They either do a poor job or are unreliable. It always starts well but then it quickly deteriorates.Either they stop trying so...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 May 2023
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Rehab Network Vacancies- Patient and Carer Representatives 
  The Rehab network are currently recruiting for Patient and Carer Representatives. The patient and carer representatives will be integral to the Network working with...
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Last updated:  16 May 2023
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Going back to the future... 
It's becoming a familiar call. 'We want our security awareness to be innovative, even award winning'. But is innovation and award winning the only way to make your people more security aware? In...
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Karl Almond
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Last updated:  17 May 2023
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No consensus 
   The best managers seek consensus but recognise when the pursuit is being abused. I had a colleague on the senior management team who seemed to delight in frustrating the rest of the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 May 2023
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Rumpelstiltskin could spin straw into gold 
Good managers can manage anything  Some managers have a reputation as having the golden touch. No matter what they do, their teams seem to excel, performance improves, success follows. The...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  14 May 2023
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Plan 75 
I don’t think I will be watching Plan 75, it sounds to depressing for someone my age.  Set in the very near future it tells what happens when the Japanese government responds to its population...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 May 2023
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Data poses questions as well as answers, so what questions arise from Scotland's Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics?
The latest annual Children’s Social Work Statistics were published last week by the Scottish Government. Covering the year from August 2021 to July 2022, the data provides important insights...
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Alexander McTier
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Last updated:  05 May 2023
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Benefits and Pitfalls of secondments  
A secondment is a great way for employees to enhance their career prospects. It’s also an effective way of retaining talented employees. In a fast moving business climate organisations need to be...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 May 2023
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Orange mousse with nuts leaves Strand Palace £70K bill
This week we have heard in the news that the Strand Palace Hotel has been fined for serving a Food Hypersensitive customer a dessert in 2019 which was not supposed to contain nuts, however it...
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Caroline Benjamin
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Last updated:  30 Apr 2023
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Tackling bias and discrimination
" Expecting an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy to tackle bias and discrimination without changing the management culture is like pulling a lever that isn’t connected to...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Apr 2023
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A dysfunctional organisation compared to an abusive relationship 
You say you’re sorry. You say it won’t happen again. You say you’ I’ll change. But you have said it all before. I don’t doubt you mean it every time. But I don’t believe you can change.  It’s...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  15 Apr 2023
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DQHub Event: Meet the Data Quality Dimensions
We love good quality data, but what does "good" look like? Learn more about data quality dimensions 19th at 13:00. This event is open to all, not just those in the Data Quality Community so please...
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Last updated:  11 Apr 2023
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Anywhere. And Everywhere
This isn’t about somewhere I used to work. This isn’t about someone I used to work for. I can’t be in trouble because I don’t work there any more. I don’t know why they think this is about...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 Apr 2023
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Bear shaving
Aimed at those who dismiss the problem of global warming as exaggerated an activist responded by saying they supposed critics would see the answer to bears dying of heat exhaustion as shaving off...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 Apr 2023
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Meet the Steering Group
What's your name and where do you come from? I’m Amy Atkins, Head of Continuous Improvement and the Early Careers Lead at MOLA. I’m based in London, but work across all six of our offices.  ...
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Phil Pollard
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Last updated:  31 Mar 2023
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Continuous Improvement @ Smarter Working Awards
Our huge congratulations go out to HM Land Registry whose change programme went up against different government departments to win the Championing Continuous Improvement Award for 2023 at the...
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Beth Farminer
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Last updated:  27 Mar 2023
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Red Flags
I arrived in plenty of time for the interview despite the two hour motorway journey. It’s the one and only time I was interviewed at a football ground. The interview with the executive recruiters...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 Mar 2023
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5 more tips to taking your first step into participating in a group on Knowledge Hub
Hopefully you have read our previous blog on “5 tips to taking your first step into participating in a group on Knowledge Hub”, and you’re back for some more tips in taking those initial steps into...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  24 Mar 2023
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Project Cassandra and Black Swan events 
Six years ago the German military launched Project Cassandra, a programme designed to predict disasters and black swan events by getting novelists, poets and journalists to write stories about...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  20 Mar 2023
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You don’t need the dream team to succeed. 
Could there be any better example of team work, dedication, professionalism and achievement than the Apollo space program which ultimately put a man on the moon? As a role model could you wish for...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Mar 2023
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