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What's your name and where do you come from? My name is Adam Hickey, Owner and Managing Director of Pinnacle Conservation Ltd. I have to confess, i'm a bit of a...

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Last updated: 17 Mar 2023

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Historic Environment Skills Forum; What should you be allowed to say
Few inside the organisation will talk about the changes but the feeling is there is little money and a lot of angry people. A popular Director has been suspended for comments at a meeting with...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 12 Mar 2023

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1. What's your name and where do you come from? I’m Patrick Whife I work as Head of Skills at the Institute of Conservation. I live on the south coast in Hove (actually). 2. How...

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Phil Pollard
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Last updated: 10 Mar 2023

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Historic Environment Skills Forum; A pattern of knitting found in organisations
In China the Government has cracked down on feminism. Words relating to feminism online are censured. The response by bloggers has been to replace the words with rhyming slang, so feminist...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 09 Mar 2023

0; Critical Systems Thinking
Professor Mike C Jackson gave a really stimulating session on Critical Systems thinking arguing that the diversity of approaches is a strength, and challenging us to observe the world through these...

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Last updated: 08 Mar 2023

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Systems Thinking Interest Group (STIG); PSED Vacancies
This area of the PSED Network KHub signposts to job opportunities that may be relevant to members. Current opportunities: PSED Officer (SEO), Department for Business, Energy &...

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Ieuan Willox
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Last updated: 07 Mar 2023

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PSED Network; 5 tips to taking your first step into participating in a group on Knowledge Hub
Whether you’ve joined Knowledge Hub to find information, share ideas, ask for advice or connect with others, that first step into participating in your group might seem a bit scary. It doesn’t have...

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Last updated: 07 Mar 2023

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KHub Connects; Systems Leadership
Why is systems thinking important for leadership? BEIS has responsibility for several complex and interacting policy challenges. For example, our net zero portfolio must deliver rapid...

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Katie Gronow
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Last updated: 06 Mar 2023

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Systems Thinking Interest Group (STIG); DQHub Event: Things to consider when using other people's data in your analysis
On 08 March, DQHub will be running an online event aimed at anyone interested in understanding the quality of data products that are used in further analysis - both within and between...

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Last updated: 03 Mar 2023

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The Government Data Quality Community; And anything else the boss asks you to do
The list of requirements was so extreme that some commentators thought it was a spoof. Must be “highly talented”, “ooze leadership” and be “a great orator”. “High energy and...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 21 Feb 2023

0; 2023 State of Children's Rights Report
The 2023 State of Children’s Rights Report acts as an alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It updates the UN Committee about progress and areas of concern since the...

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Rebecca Spillane
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Last updated: 20 Feb 2023

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Children's Human Rights in Scotland #UNCRC; Meet the Steering Group...
What's your name and where do you come from? I'm Rob Woodside, Director of Estates at English Heritage. I'm home based in Gloucestershire but work all over England. How did you come...

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Last updated: 17 Feb 2023

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Historic Environment Skills Forum; LA’s can be noisy organisations
There is a technique composers use in which the piece starts with what appears a random selection of instruments all playing at once, making a loud noise. Gradually a rhythm imposes itself...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 14 Feb 2023

0; Manage your energy not your time
In the tips for being an effective manager time management is always near the top but more radical advice would be manage your energy. People who get things done have in common energy and...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

0; Different sides of the same coin?
Resilience and Agility are closely related. Resilience is the ability to recover or bounce back. Agility is a set up able to take advantage of opportunities and stay ahead of the game. However the...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

0; “ won’t get fooled again” should be the recruiters motto
According to some recent research at Columbia Business School...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

0; Keep a lid on it
We have all experienced being asked a question instinctively knowing you’re not supposed to give an honest answer. I knew it when my boss asked if I thought he was a bully! A common...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 02 Feb 2023

0; Be a tackler not a dodger
It’s like football, tackling is part of the game. In the same way challenging team members is part of being a manager. In a game of football there are a lot of tackles mostly they are...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 02 Feb 2023

0; Volunteering: sprucing up a local park
Twas the season of goodwill in December and a few Bristol-based Geospatial Commission staff pledged a day of volunteering leave to help plant trees with the city council. Along with others from...

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Last updated: 30 Jan 2023

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Cabinet Office Green Network; I was a roadie for a rock band in the 70s
My parents and fellow students thought I was working on a play scheme in Blackfriars London during the long summer holiday of my second year at teachers training college. Instead I was driving a...

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Blair McPherson
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Last updated: 29 Jan 2023

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