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How to make the most of the 10 minutes before hosting a webinar?
If you have ever hosted a webinar for a large group of people then you know about that time slot that starts about 10 minutes before the start time.  For me, It’s the time of...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  08 Feb 2018
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When is a crisis a crisis
We won't make a drama out of a crisis runs a well know advert for an insurance company. The media tell us the NHS is in crisis and the evening news provides the pictures. Beds blocked,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  08 Feb 2018
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The Genius is in adding the Egg
Focus groups are a very good way for out of touch senior managers to get answers to questions. Provided they are clear on what the question is. However having found out why things are not going...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Feb 2018
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When work has no meaning
  More than a third of British workers think their jobs are meaningless. ( survey by YouGov) So either you think your job is meaningless, one of your colleagues does or some of the people you...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  06 Feb 2018
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Liverpool to measure alcohol consumption in donuts 
Traditionally, alcohol consumption is measured using units: one pint of beer is worth two units, a standard glass of wine is just over two units, and a shot of average strength spirit is one unit. ...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  05 Feb 2018
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Showtime for City Zen
The Intelligent Community Forum's annual Global Summit - shifted this year from New York to London - has a special focus on 'Humanizing Data'.  Speakers will include Andrew Carter,...
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David Brunnen
Last updated:  05 Feb 2018
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The Moustache Years
  From the age of twenty to my late thirties I had an impressive moustache. Grown in my first year at teachers training college it made me look very hip, it was also an advantage on teaching...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Jan 2018
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Linking health and care providers in Kent through the UPRN 
Data is playing a central role in efforts to improve public health in Kent. The county council and the clinical commissioning groups for Kent and Medway are seeking insights and strengthening their...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  29 Jan 2018
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Evil Joe and Good Joe
Have you ever worked for some one who was a smooth talker, a real charmer, popular, intelligent, cool headed and fearless?  Confident, some would say over confident with a tendency...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  29 Jan 2018
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Do teams need managers
An article on self managed teams caught my attention.  I've known quiet a few local authority workers who would find the idea of a self managed team very attractive and a lot of managers...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  25 Jan 2018
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Feeling guilty and doing nothing about it 
A colleague volunteered to assist a PhD student with their research. It involved attending the lab once a day after hours to count out exactly a thousand small ball bearings transferring them one...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Jan 2018
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Effective for about four hours 
    Most modern employees are effective for about four hours a day the rest is padding and unproductive fretting (US researcher Alex Soojung -Kim Pang "Why you get more done when...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  22 Jan 2018
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Happy #CMAD for Monday
Monday the 22nd January marks Community Manager Appreciation Day otherwise known as #CMAD on twitter and we wanted to thank all the hard-working community facilitators.  We know it’s not...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  19 Jan 2018
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CCS Tech Pillar - Digital Future Blog
G-Cloud, Digital Outcomes and Specialists, Cyber Security, Quality Assurance and Testing and Crown Hosting withing Crown Commercial Service     A big thank you...
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Kirsty Hinson
Last updated:  12 Jan 2018
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Why you need immediate alerts when facilitating your online community
As a Facilitator of any online group or community, you need to know what’s going on. If you don’t keep on top of what’s happening anything could happen. You could miss something important, you may...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  28 Apr 2025
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The almost human manager
  In 1970 when studying the effects of the appearance of robots , the Japanese robotics professor   Masahiro Mori discovered something strange was going on . The more human a robot...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  05 Jan 2018
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Think about your online community as a business
Building an online community is easy, right?  You just press a few buttons on some great new bit of technology and everything happens for you. Everyone is doing it.  Hundreds of...
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Michael Norton
Last updated:  04 Jan 2018
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Top tips on the transition from practitioner to manager
    How to decide what to delegate and what to do yourself. How to make your team members feel valued. How to allocate work . How to prioritise. How to retain your professional...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  03 Jan 2018
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The KHub Year
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Knowledge Hub Team
Last updated:  29 Dec 2017
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Show a little respect
  So shouted Jose Mourinho  as the opposition celebrated their victory a little too loudly for his liking. Aretha  Franklin spelt it out R E S P E C T . Do we mean deference to age,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Dec 2017
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