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Leadership: adapting to agile
In the Communications Directorate at the Department for Work & Pensions, we blog about thought leadership, current affairs and matters we hope will be of interest. I've decided to use my KHub...
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Sarah Jennings
Last updated:  19 Jul 2015
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How the game is played
The brilliant fictional detective has no time for the higher ups and their preoccupation with budgets, performance targets and the media. They get the job done despite the system, they have no...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  16 Jul 2015
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Like the House of Cards
The only reason to be deputy is to use it as a stepping stone to be a Director. Every ambitious deputy, and all deputies are ambitious, seeks higher office but strives not to be seen to be actively...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  14 Jul 2015
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To Kill a Mockingbird
So it turns out that Atticus the great liberal lawyer had racist views in latter life. That the character that inspired a generation to make a difference was not so different a Southern man....
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  13 Jul 2015
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It’s an intranet Jim, but not as we know it!
Yesterday saw me battling my way across London despite the tube strike, to head up to Birmingham for CommsCamp15. It was well worth the effort, as I found myself inspired and enthused by the...
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Liz Copeland
Last updated:  10 Jul 2015
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LG Inform now supported on tablets!
Working on a mobile device? Good news! LG Inform is now available on your tablet, which will help make accessing information and reports easier than ever, wherever you are. Simply load up the LG...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  02 Jul 2015
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Child Dental Health Survey infographic
The Child Dental Health Survey 2013, England, Wales and Northern Ireland report was published on 19 March 2015 as is available on the HSCIC website: http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/ChildDentalHealth....
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  02 Jul 2015
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Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England (SDD): Consultation Exercise
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) launched the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England: Consultation Exercise on 22 June 2015. The consultation is open...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  02 Jul 2015
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Short animation - Improving urgent care for older people
This is a short animation looking at the challenges in delivering urgent care to older people and how the NHS Confederation commission is finding solutions to this problem.
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  02 Jul 2015
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Muddle through Management
The muddling through model of management has a more negative sound than its popularity would indicate. It's proponents tend to refer to this way of managing as common sense, pragmatic management or...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  01 Jul 2015
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A Strategic Framework for Health and Wellbeing
As I’ve written before (here and here) I think there is tremendous potential for Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) to make a huge difference through their Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies...
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Adrian Barker
Last updated:  27 Jun 2015
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Recruiting,Retaining and Rewarding Talent
Managing talent was about recruiting, retaining and rewarding now it's about redeployment,redundancy and retirement. Prolonged austerity has challenged traditional ways of recruiting, retaining,...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  26 Jun 2015
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Shirkers v Workers
Some people defiantly work harder than others. Some just give the impression they do. Some managers think they can identify the shirker from the worker unfortunately for them it's not that easy and...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  23 Jun 2015
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From Augustus to baby boomers, how leadership is adapting
In the Communications Directorate at the Department for Work & Pensions, we blog about thought leadership, current affairs and matters we hope will be of interest. I've decided to use my KHub...
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Sarah Jennings
Last updated:  22 Jun 2015
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The rise of the member led authority
The rise of the member led authority There has been a dramatic change in local government and I am not talking about budget cuts, management culls or outsourcing services. Where once councils were...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  16 Jun 2015
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Can Britain’s best kept secret teach us about open collaboration?
During the Second World War Bletchley Park was Britain’s best kept secret and home to an incredible list of codebreaking and game-changing achievements that, it is said, shortened the length of the...
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Liz Copeland
Last updated:  15 Jun 2015
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Is Chicago the dream or the nightmare
Devolution for England's big cities provided they have a directly elected Mayor is the offer. It's the U.S. Model. Will Birmingham or Leeds be the next Chicago? What have we to look forward to?...
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Blair McPherson
Last updated:  15 Jun 2015
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How technology can make a difference to social care
Caring remotely using technology Keith Spink, senior digital developer at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) looks after his Dad, often remotely, using technology. This may sound...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  10 Jun 2015
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2021 Census - consultation on content for England and Wales
The Office for National Statistics is already planning the 2021 Census. As part of this, they have launched this public consultation which is open to everyone. You can respond as an individual...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  10 Jun 2015
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Dementia from the inside - short film from SCIE
A new SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) film takes an innovative approach to what it might feel like to live with dementia. It features the voice of a woman who has the condition,...
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Philippa Lynch
Last updated:  10 Jun 2015
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