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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
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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Rehabilitation Project Team
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Last updated:  18 Mar 2023
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