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Just because you own a garage doesn’t mean you can fix cars
A friend has just come back from a family holiday in the south of France. They went with another couple and their children who are the same ages.  They stayed at a “gite” complete with a...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Jul 2018
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Managing a Diverse Workforce 
On holiday in New York, first night go for a drink in the hotel bar with my son in law. The bar is crowed, we eventually catch the attention of the bartender and I order two drinks where...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 Jun 2020
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Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) Outcomes Framework and Final Report
Both the Making Safeguarding Personal Outcomes Project Final Report, which describes the work done between November 2017 and April 2018, and the Outcomes Framework are now available will be...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  05 Jul 2018
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INVESTING IN ONLINE COLLABORATION
  Visit our Digital Network page for more info: Viewing this logged in? You can find the page here. Viewing as a guest? Find out more here. Not a member of Knowledge...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  04 Jul 2018
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What #KM Term would you put in Room 101?
  Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Henley Forum event on Advancing Knowledgeable Practice. One of the great session put on was based on the Room 101 concept.  Our host for...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  04 Jul 2018
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Simple steps that could help you live to 100
I saw this on the BBC News App and thought it would be useful to share. Simple steps that could help you live to 100   Naples in Florida is trying to help more of its residents live to 100...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  02 Jul 2018
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No Sex Please We’re Managers 
Another chief executive has resigned following an investigation which confirmed they were in a consensual relationship with an employee. Ok this was and in the US where it is increasingly common...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Jun 2018
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Thought for the day 
There are known knowns; that is to say there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Jun 2018
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Buying new software won’t save you money
This was originally published as the lead article in my weekly email newsletter. If you’d like to get more of this sort of thing on a regular basis, sign up! Most of the stories about...
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Dave Briggs
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Last updated:  28 Jun 2018
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In 2010 we stoped getting older
Some say it is the greatest achievement of modern society. Others say it is the greatest challenge. I am referring to increased life expectancy over the last 70 years. In resent years the focus...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 Jun 2018
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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) stats on hate crime reported to the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland in 2017-18
Please find the link to the report released by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) last week with details of hate crime reported to the Procurator Fiscal in Scotland in...
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Martin Fotheringham
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Last updated:  22 Jun 2018
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It’s not the huge confrontations it’s the daily skirmishes 
      Why do people behave badly in team meetings? The same manager who is charming and agreeable to partner agencies is abrasive , argumentative and opinionated to colleagues in...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Jun 2018
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Call for Expert Specialist Commissioning and Market Associate services
The Care and Health Improvement Programme is seeking to expand and diversify its pool of potential suppliers to support local health and care systems.  We are looking for expert, independent...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  15 Jun 2018
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Lennon and McCartney plus pizzas equals Walk and Talk 
      Jeff Bezos ,the founder and CEO of Amazon states, your  meetings should not be bigger than can be feed by two pizzas. For creative meeting Susan Cain in her...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Jun 2018
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LA access to delayed transfers of care data
As the monthly situation report on delayed transfers has moved to NHS Digital’s Strategic Data Collection Service platform, local authorities (LAs) will more easily be able to access data...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  11 Jun 2018
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A picture is worth a thousand words 
The trainer started the session by giving everyone a large piece of plain paper from the flip chart. “I want you to draw what it feels like to work here, just a quick sketch, you have ten...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Jun 2018
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The knife is also a management tool
The biggest cause of stress is your line manager.The next biggest cause is that awkward git who delights in contradicting what any one else in the team says, doesn’t believe in going with the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 Jun 2018
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15 reasons why KHub collaboration rocks!
Visit our Digital Network page for more info: Viewing this logged in? You can find the page here. Viewing as a guest? Find out more here. Not a member of Knowledge Hub yet?...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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Last updated:  06 Jun 2018
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The digital digest 
If you’re interested in receiving a weekly email with all the best digital transformation content, whether news, opinion or analysis, delivered straight to your inbox, then do sign up for the...
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Dave Briggs
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Last updated:  01 Jun 2018
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A Joker and a Cheerleader 
Can a joker be taken seriously? Can a manager be friends with those they manage? Is it unprofessional for a manager to show their emotions in public. Should triumphs and disasters be meet with the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  28 May 2018
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Small things in big boxes
What is the smallest thing you can get into the biggest box? It’s not a quiz question it’s a challenge! Working in Amazon’s massive packaging warehouse involves boring, repetitive and tedious...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 May 2018
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Do Social Workers Make a Difference 
Current government recruitment adverts feature a graduate saying “I wanted to make a real difference with my degree teaching allowed me to do this”.  Inspiring teachers, devoted nurses,...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 May 2018
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Till Death Us Do Part 
Frail, eighty three year old man found at the foot of the stairs by daughter. From the angle of the body and the position of the head he has clearly stumbled at the top of the stairs and fallen...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  22 May 2018
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Who will make it in management 
It’s difficult to predict who will make a good manager. Past performance in your chosen profession is no guide. Who would have thought that the strident, bolshie young social worker, the bane of...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 May 2018
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The Management Delusion 
Every baffled new senior manager goes searching for answers in management/leadership books- but what these authors / management gurus really offer is the reassuring fantasy that there is a formula...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 May 2018
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6 Steps to Create Amazing Group Messages/Newsletters for your Members
Getting the results you want from your group message doesn’t have to be a huge endeavor. These six steps will give it a bit of a wow factor and save you time. Step 1 - Decide What Type of message...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  16 May 2018
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This is how we do things here
Every manager has a philosophy. The best are able to transmit this philosophy so that everyone buys into a particularly way of doing things.  When the philosophy delivers no one questions it...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 May 2018
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GOST hunting for career prospects
Over half of my career has been spent in Project Delivery, specifically, Project and Programme ‘planning’ and ‘scheduling’ and I've enjoyed it immensely. When you enjoy something you tend...
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Adrian Davis
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Last updated:  11 May 2018
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There are no digital silver bullets
In a fairly complex world, everyone yearns for a simple solution. The one thing they should do to make things better. The single solution to all their problems. Digital transformation is no...
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Dave Briggs
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Last updated:  10 May 2018
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So who cares how they do it in the US 
Whenever I read management articles about US companies it is clear to me that the way they do things over there is different. Which is a bit of a problem because management  gurus  and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 May 2018
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“Managers take too much credit when things go well and too much blame when they don’t.“ Brian Clough. 
  The best place to read about leadership and management is not the business section but the sports pages. If you want to understand about performance, if you want to see how big data can be...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  04 May 2018
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I’d be a foolish manager if I didn’t listen to my team
Things are not going well. Moral is at rock bottom. Performance against a number of key indicators has drawn criticism from all quarters. We are at the wrong end of the league table and our...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  01 May 2018
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How can you improve a side whilst selling your best player 
Improving services whilst cutting the budget. It’s seems counterintuitive. It’s the equivalent of improving the team by selling your best players. Generally speaking people including managers see...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Apr 2018
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3 tips to organising your forums when you start a new online group
Navigating a new organisational environment or online community can be challenging, particularly when the structure is unclear. My initial experience when starting at a district council highlighted...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  29 Apr 2025
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Alert
The pilot of jet2 fight from Manchester to Las Palmas  (Gran Canaria) makes a joke to the co pilot and then wipes his hands on his trousers. He takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Apr 2018
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Managers Behaving Badly 
    Why do people behave badly in management team meetings? The same manager who is charming and agreeable to partner agencies is abrasive , argumentative and opinionated to colleagues...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  17 Apr 2018
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Big data and Water Carriers 
  In business it’s all about the numbers. Analysing the huge amount of data businesses are now able to collect is being used to provide fresh insights into performance. But an obsession with...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Apr 2018
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What makes a successful multidisciplinary team
  Talent and dedication are not enough. Team work and leadership are essential but recent management research suggests successful teams have something else. Drawing from the example of sport...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  10 Apr 2018
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To the mananager who says I don’t need to explain
To the manager who says I don’t need to explain my decisions . I say you do. When things don’t work out, targets are missed and decisions are questioned the manager needs to respond. Simply saying...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 Apr 2018
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In Praise of Older Managers 
I thought if I hadn’t made it by the time I was 50 then I wasn’t going to make it. The thrusting, ambitious and going places 40 somethings seemed to dominate the top posts. Even words like...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  07 Apr 2018
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