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Please do not adjust your set - what’s next for Khub?
  Following a short while for the initial release of Khub to settle down and get some of the bugs ironed out, we’re adding some more bits to Khub and changing some others. So what’s...
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Michael MacAuley
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Last updated:  31 Aug 2012
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Katagelophobia
The fear of being ridiculed is much greater these days. Managers’ spans of responsibility have increased following the cull of management posts. So the chances of being caught out by a question...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  29 Aug 2012
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Time flies when you're inspired
It’s that time of year again when we start looking for new contestants and hosts for the Local Government Challenge competition. It seems to come around so quickly – it feels like only yesterday...
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Liz Copeland
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Last updated:  29 Aug 2012
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And the gold medal for bureaucracy goes to...
Which is the most bureaucratic of all local government services? http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=20533
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  28 Aug 2012
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No U in team
You don’t have to be a cricket fan to recognise the situation. Your best player who thinks he can do a better job of running the team is bad mouthing you and team mates to the opposition. Clearly...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 Aug 2012
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How to choose who to promote
  There is no fool proof way to select people for promotion the proof of which is the number of fools promoted. There is a £ multi billion business based on getting the right people in the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  21 Aug 2012
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The Directors handbook
How to gain and retain power Better to be feared than loved but ideally not hated The name of the game is manipulation being able to recognise the true motives of other people and using...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  20 Aug 2012
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Do extraverts perform better at interview or do they just think they do?
  It has long been recognised that in western society there is a cultural bias towards extraverts especially in the work place. A new bestselling book by the American author Susan Cain has...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 Aug 2012
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Clinical Commissioning Groups
It's been kept fairly quiet, but following the abolition of Primary Care Trusts on 31 March 2013 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) will become Responsible Authorities under the amended (via...
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Chris Williams
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Last updated:  15 Aug 2012
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Purdah
We've received the following guidance from the Home Office around Purdah: Purdah   At the last Elections Panel in July, we took away an action to clarify the position around purdah. ...
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Chris Williams
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Last updated:  14 Aug 2012
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The true legacy of the Games
The true legacy of the Olympic Games is not measured in world records or medals table but progress on a wider front. http://www.publicservice.co.uk/blog_story.asp?id=384
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  14 Aug 2012
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Opening up local government transactions - Not just data
In some circles, the term “transparency” seems to have supplanted “open government” which might imply the objective is for government to go on doing what it is doing now but in a more transparent...
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Mike Thacker
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Last updated:  22 Aug 2012
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Consultation on Sustainable Procurement Bill
Take part in the consulation on the new Bill   http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/08/3295
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Andy Hay
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Last updated:  13 Aug 2012
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Going for Gold
There will be those who try to persuade us that the success of Team GB can be emulated in the workplace. I will not be one of them. see article in the Guardian. ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Aug 2012
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Don’t tender for Healthwatch! Where markets do and do not have a role.
Councils up and down the country will be commissioning local Healthwatch organisations.  If it’s not too late, I’d like to suggest they think about alternatives to the tendering route. ...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  09 Aug 2012
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We are taking your title
  A few years ago there was considerable surprise at research findings which appeared to show people would rather have a more impressive job title than a pay rise. The research confirmed...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  06 Aug 2012
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It's not enough to succeed
It’s not enough to succeed. Others must fail. What’s so deliciously spiteful about this quote from Gore Vidal is the acknowledgment that in victory some delight in the defeat of others. If you’re...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  03 Aug 2012
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50 Shades of management from a women's point of view
You've read the book, you've seen the film or you've heard all about it on social media, well now ii's in the office...and its the same but different for women.  Grey suits, grey...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  19 Jun 2015
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Selling baked beans
When asked why they want to be a manager in local government candidates most often respond by saying they wanted to make a difference to people’s lives. May be they  do but public sector...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  27 Jul 2012
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Trust in short supply
  You can’t be an effective leader if you don’t have the trust of your peers and the public. That is according to chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners writing in the Health...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 Jul 2012
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Let’s get this party started
Yesterday was the first LGA Online Facilitators meet up.  Hopefully the first of many sessions which will include some virtual element that will involve the rest of the Online Facilitators...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  27 Jul 2012
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What does a fair inspection look like?
They even got the name of the school wrong. They had us down as unitary council instead of a county council. They didn’t seem to know we had become a Foundation Trust. If they couldn’t get the...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  25 Jul 2012
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Are you getting your share of happiness?
  How much happiness should you expect? Are some people in some parts of the country happier? How do we know? Does it matter? Well the government thinks it does and believes happiness can...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  24 Jul 2012
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This is how racism takes root
    Great article in todays Guardian. The different ways the media covered two cases of men grooming children for sex show how shockingly easy it is to demonise a whole community ...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  23 Jul 2012
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Stuck in the middle
  Getting that promotion can stress you out but not getting that promotion can give you a heart attack according to recent research. As budgets were cut, services reduced and staff made...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  20 Jul 2012
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The art of conversation
I’m fed up with jargon. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know I have been guilty of using jargon myself in the past, but I’m trying to make a conscious effort not to. When I started this job just...
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Liz Copeland
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Last updated:  19 Jul 2012
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Becoming a Jedi Master. The secret art of cultivating online communities
This is a nicelittle slidepack from Luis Suarez who's a Community Builder and Knowledge Manager.  Not the Liverpool centre forward. There's some great stuff in here and covers all the...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  19 Jul 2012
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Few racists but a lot of racism
   I have come across very few racists in Local Government but both at work and socially I have heard racist comments and inappropriate “jokes”. I explain this by the fact that people...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  18 Jul 2012
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How well is this country doing? The Happy Planet Index and Costa Rica
  How well is this country doing? We're in a double dip recession. We know that because GDP fell by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012. So if it had risen by 0.1% would we have been...
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Adrian Barker
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Last updated:  16 Jul 2012
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Public sector closet racists
  In the public sector racists aren’t skin heads who shout vile abuse and threaten violence. They are middle aged men and women in suits who are charming and intelligent but who have no...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  15 Jul 2012
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Death in a hostle
  There was a time when Social Services inspected their own Homes, a time before whistle blowing procedures, a time when complaints from relatives were trivialised. The absence of damming...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Jul 2012
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What if you are a racist and just don't know it?
John Terry England and Chelsea footballer says he is not a racist he gives money to charities in Africa which is as convincing as saying some of my best friends are black. JT was upset at being...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  11 Jul 2012
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Sound advice from Tom Riordan at Leeds City Council on social media and the resilience of local government
I was delighted to meet Tom Riordan (Chief Executive of Leeds City Council) for the first time at the LGA's 2012 Annual Conference and even more pleased that he agreed to give an interview. ...
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Sarah Jennings
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Last updated:  10 Jul 2012
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Outsourcing the only game in Town
Recently the Times news paper ran a pullout section on the current big thing in business which in case you didn’t know is outsourcing. This is not new I hear you say and you’re right, small scale...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  10 Jul 2012
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Police stop and search figures proof of racism?
Is it fair to site the Police stop and search figures as proof of racism? Police forces are up to 28 times more likely to use stop and search powers against black people that white people. Is...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 Jul 2012
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Uptake of social media amongst councillors - interview with Cllr Tim Cheetham
I had the pleasure of catching Cllr Tim Cheetham at the LGA's 2012 Annual Conference to talk about progress in the uptake of social media amongst councillors since last year. (He also gave me...
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Sarah Jennings
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Last updated:  05 Jul 2012
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Maintenance release 6.3 scheduled for tonight
I thought an update on what would be included in tonights maintenance release would be useful for those who are interested.   In terms of email: message notifications will be...
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Michael MacAuley
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Last updated:  05 Jul 2012
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How should the community safety manager role change post-PCC?
One of the benefits of having a national role is the opportunity to spend time with some of the best thinkers from across the sector. In the past couple of days I’ve met with two women who are...
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Chris Williams
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Last updated:  04 Jul 2012
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Organising a zoo?
  Last night I attended and hosted one of David Gurteen’s Knowledge Café. If you have not been to one, its well worth the evening and it’s free to attend. The facilitator for the session...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  03 Jul 2012
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LGA's annual conference in numbers
The LGA's Annual Conference is over for another year and we're all exhausted but elated with how it went. We're particularly pleased with the online elements which make us even more positive...
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Sarah Jennings
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Last updated:  02 Jul 2012
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