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21 surprising ways to kill collaboration in your organisation
We all talk about encouraging collaboration as a way of working in our organisation and across organisations. It’s a difficult task.  In a recent APM Knowledge SIG that I took part in we...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  13 Jun 2016
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Evolution of intelligent machines
  Machines, intelligent machines are ideal for space exploration, they don't need oxygen, water or food and they don't age. The last is important as the distances in space travel are...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Jun 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 5th - 12th June 2016
This week's health and wellbeing policy news is available here.  A few of the more impactful items of the week are: The performance of the NHS in England improved slightly in April, but it...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  12 Jun 2016
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Horrible Bosses
  What do Mike Ashley and Jose Mourinho have in common? Both are arrogant both were in trouble over their treatment of their employees. It not just in the private sector that some bosses...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  08 Jun 2016
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Take me to your leader
According to Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene if an alien was to visit Earth, the question it would pose to judge our intellectual maturity would be ,"Have they discovered evolution...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  07 Jun 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 27th May - 5th June
There is a full list of health and wellbeing policy news items from the past week here.  Some of the more significant items were:   The system of serious case reviews is to be...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  05 Jun 2016
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3 x 3 ways to waste less time in meetings
I was struck last week by how two different meetings failed to be as effective as they might have been, and how it was simple, and well-known advice that could have improved them. Both suffered...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  03 Jun 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 23-27 May 2016
There's a full list of this week's health and wellbeing policy new items here, but a few of the key ones are: David Cameron has said he will take action on antimicrobial resistance (26th). ...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  27 May 2016
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Please help support the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Survey in Schools
The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s (HSCIC) survey of Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People is a long standing, large scale survey of young people aged 11-15 years in...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  27 May 2016
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Just what the doctor ordered: social prescribing - a guide for local authorities
On 18 May, the LGA published a new report on ‘social prescribing’. This is a useful resource on how councils can more effectively connect people with local community services and activities in...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  27 May 2016
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What about YOUth (WAY) consultation report now published
The Health and Social Care Information Centre recently ran a public consultation for the What About YOUth? (WAY) survey that ran for 6 weeks from 18 January 2016 and closed...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  27 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) data available in LG Inform
The Department for Education has been working with the LG Inform team to add a range of published SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) data into the LG Inform database.   The...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  27 May 2016
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Most organisations are not safe places to say what you are really thinking
  If you want to get on don't rock the boat. Don't contradict your manager. Best avoid topics of race , faith and sexuality so as not to risk saying the wrong thing. Don't go out of your way...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 May 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News 16-23 May 2016
 It's been a big news week for health and wellbeing policy.  More detail can be found here, but a few of the key items are:   Agreement in the junior doctors' dispute was finally...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  23 May 2016
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Gardens and health - implications for policy and practice
The National Gardens Scheme commissioned The King’s Fund to write an independent report on the benefits of gardens and gardening on health. The report has three aims: to collate and summarise...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 May 2016
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Hospital to Home evaluation report
The Hospital to Home project was designed to identify and improve care pathways from hospital to home in the Tayside region of Scotland. The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 May 2016
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Working together to promote active travel: a briefing for local authorities
This Public Health England briefing is for transport planners and public health practitioners, and sets out the benefits of active travel. This guide suggests a range of practical actions for...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 May 2016
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National Mental Health Intelligence Network - Launch of Crisis Care Data Catalogue
The National Mental Health Intelligence Network have announced the launch of the mental health crisis care data catalogue.  This work has been delivered as part of a sector-wide drive...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 May 2016
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The science of marginal gains
  A wide range of small minor improvements together make a significant difference to performance. This is particularly significant when the difference between success and failure is so...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  21 May 2016
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Rescue me
In the office we referred sarcastically to a colleague who seemed to want to rescue those they worked with. Every office had one. They invariably came from a 'good ' background and were perhaps...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 May 2016
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Health and Wellbeing Policy News
I have been doing a weekly health and wellbeing policy update for some time now.  The full details can be found here, but a few of the highlights from the past week include: The NHS has had...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  16 May 2016
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The Performance Coach
  You think HR is for softies! Mr and Ms reasonable. The nice people who ensure you do the right thing, the ones who resolve conflict and get managers out of the holes they have dug for...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  13 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 74)
Which US president was so unlikable  that even his dog had to be bribed with biscuits to go anywhere near him? The answer is Richard Nixon or "tricky Dicky" as he became known. So being...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  10 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 89)
  Push, Praise and Push again. www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 May 2016
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Your CV of failures
Success in business is often based on failure. So say the successful. Would you expect to get the post you were applying for if you sent in a CV that listed all your failures, the posts you...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 65)
Some jump before they are pushed, but when you live by results sooner or later they are going to go against you. Saying the right thing won't save you if the performance dips, if the budget won't...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 May 2016
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Using behavioural insights to improve health
A recent report from the Behavioural Insights Team highlights five factors for supporting people to take a more active role in health and wellbeing. As part of the Realising the Value...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  03 May 2016
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Champions
League tables are not everything they don't tell the whole story but successive governments have put their faith in this easy to understand way of judging performance. If you are in the top half...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 98)
Never entirely switch off even on a bank holiday. www.blairmcpherson.co.uk
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  02 May 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 27)
  Leaders give permission to say the wrong thing, open out as opposed to close down discussion and are prepared to manage the emotions stirred up. Leaders put the same emphasise on values as...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 12)
The difference between managers and leaders is managers don't always own the agenda they say things like " the board has decided", "the senior management team wants this done" or " the chief...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  28 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader (number 53)
  Those who have the intellectual ability to understand complex issues and see the bigger picture but are unable to harness the views of others who have the experience and insight they lack...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  27 Apr 2016
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How to behave like a leader ( number 23)
  We spent an enormous amount of time thrashing out a common understanding of the type of management behaviour we wanted to model and the type of manager the organisation wanted/ needed. What...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 Apr 2016
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The Go ON UK Digital Exclusion Heatmap
What's the problem? Technology plays a vital part in our everyday life. But for those people and organisations without Basic Digital Skills, the benefits of the internet that we may take for...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  26 Apr 2016
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Housing, care and health infographics from the King's Fund
The King's Fund and the National Housing Federation have produced a set of slides illustrating the connections between housing, social care, health and wellbeing. The King’s Fund and the National...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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New Fingertips tool from Public Health England on antibiotic prescribing
On 5th April Public Health England launched a new ‘Fingertips’ tool which offers data on antibiotic prescribing across the UK. This allows healthcare professionals to see how their surgeries...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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Improvement directory: A list of websites that provide online improvement tools, resources or networks on health and social care
On 1st April, NHS Improvement launched a new Improvement Directory which gives users easy access to key improvement tools, resources and networks in one place. The directory is aimed at staff...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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Change of name for HSCIC
New trading name and new Chair for HSCIC Two developments about HSCIC's future were announced by Life Sciences Minister George Freeman at the recent National Information Board Leadership Summit...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  25 Apr 2016
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All Managers to be Leaders
  Under the banner of " all managers to be leaders" a management development programme was commissioned around executive coaching, mentoring and management learning sets. What was unique...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  22 Apr 2016
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Innovation, transformation and people
Three words come to mind as I reflect on this year's Socitm Spring conference: innovation, transformation and people. What you'll notice from those three words is that they don't include...
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Liz Copeland
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Last updated:  22 Apr 2016
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