Rob Smitten Il y a 10 années As the Business Manager from PFIKS I worked closely with Steve and the Advisory Group during the procurement of services to develop the KHub. During this time I could apply my experience of working across the public sector see the potential benefit that the vision for KHub would bring. I am therefore disappointed to hear of its possible demise and would offer the following reflections on the current situation. Although no numbers have been publicised I suspect that KHub has not become the pervasive tool commonly seen by all groups in the UK's public sector as a tool for them, to be used as a primary source of knowledge for their professions/jobs. This I believe is a fundamental weakness, i.e. not really promoting theKHub as a tool for all front line professionals to compliment their roles. From my experience with LG since the procurement (limited I acknowledge) it is apparent that KHub is not widley known in the wider community even though there is awareness of the LGA. Financial restrictions seem to be at the heart of the review therefore can investment be justified in improving functionality (even that which should have been in the original dvelopment)? In my recent conversations, the principles of KHub as a place where public sector professionals can meet to exchange knowledge with the right level of security is an attarctive proposition. Therefore I would support raising awareness amongst the front line workers across the widest scope of service deliverers as well as social media enthusiasts. We have been talking about joined up delivery of services for many years (some may say decades!) therefore the scope of KHub must be extended not just for LG but also Health, other govenermnent agencies and the third sector if it is to reflect the way that servcies are being experienced by citizens today. If KHub, or other social media/collaboration tools are to utilised to truly support service delivery then its organisation must also reflect this. I would support the concept mentioned at the meeting that the management of KHub (or other tools) should be devolved to more practical levels, whether that be geography or communities so that it can be closer to where services are also delivered. This is where the true demenad for the KHub type services lie and therefore whilst a national co-ordination may be needed management of future servcies should be devolved. 1 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Stephen Dale Il y a 10 années Thanks Rob - good points, which seem to reinforce the outcomes from the Advisory Group meeting. I hope people are listening :-) 0 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Former Member Il y a 10 années Great blog Stephen! In relation to point 2(i), this is a thought that had crossed my mind too and could be a viable solution. Do we know if this has been suggested further/elsewhere? Point 4 is a good thought too. Having KHub stopped suddenly would have an impact. Maybe a staged ending and also opportunities after closure, as you mention, would the best way to go if KHub is indeed shut down. I wonder if this has been discussed by KHub as of yet.. Point 6 is a good suggestion on ways to cut costs, there may be cheaper hosting solutions out there but I'm no expert in this field That isn't to say that the rest of your blog isn't interesting (it is!), just a few key points I have picked out :-) 0 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Stephen Dale Il y a 10 années Thanks for the comments Chloe. I should probably mention that the recommendations are not all my own work, but the outcome of a meeting with the original (now disbanded) Knowledge Hub Advisory Group + guests. With reference to your comments: 2(i) - I'm aware of two and possibly three organisations that are willing to either partner with LGA (and hence share running costs), or take on ownership (if this is an option). I don't think these offers have been made public yet, and I'm not party to any "back channel" conversations that these organisations may or may not be having with LGA. 4. I would be surprised if this is not factored into current or future discussions, dependent on the final decision to close or scale back the current system. 6. I'd like to see some proper consultation with users for this. It could make quite a significant difference to costs if users accepted that the service need not be available 24 x 7. From what I've seen there are no critical services being provided by KHub, so users might accept something like a 12-hour outage and recovery time. Thanks again for the feedback. 0 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler
Stephen Dale Il y a 10 années I'm surprised that there has been no comment, or even any acknowledgement from the Khub management team on what I thought was a fairly substantive response to the consultation. I've had several responses from organisations that have offered partnership and/or financial support for KHub after reading the response I posted on behalf of the (legacy) Advisory Group, and was anticipating an opportunity to discuss these offers with LGA once they had had an opportunity to review the recommendations in this response. Can anyone tell me what the current status of the consulting is, and whether there is still a need for external (eg private sector) funding? 0 Répondre en tant que ... Annuler