Resources - Transformation and Innovation Exchange
Helping Staff to Embrace Change
A blog about how to help staff internalise and embrace change,
through empowering advocates and champions.
Published 25 September 2019
Transformation as a Journey
A blog about how to demonstrate the leadership that is needed to
drive change internally.
Published 25 September 2019
20 Tools for Innovating in Government
This handbook from NESTA offers 20 tools proven to help innovation
flourish inside government, based on their work for over more than a decade
Published 18 September 2019
Shifting power, supporting communities and reshaping public services
These five case studies from Nesta, are written by local authority
innovators working with citizens to reshape public services.
Published 16 September 2019
Transforming Outcomes for People, Places and Public Services
An article about a new community-based multi-agency approach that is
demonstrating it can transform outcomes for people in Oldham and as a
result is also generating savings for the public purse. ..
Published 05 September 2019
Developing a New Model for Delivering Children's Social Care
A case study of how Leicestershire County Council developed a care
placement strategy to help them improve the process for managing
children in the care system, which involved working with an ext..
Published 05 September 2019
What is Real Transformation and How do you Make it Happen?
A think piece on how transformation was delivered in Wigan Council,
by Donna Hall, chief executive.
Published 05 September 2019
Transformation in Rotherham
An article by Ian Thomas, former Director of Children and Young
People's Services at Rotherham Borough Council, on his experience of
transforming children's services.
Published 05 September 2019
Case Study: West Suffolk Council solar farm and rental income
West Suffolk Council has invested in the renewable energy market and
commercial rent, which has had a secondary benefit of protecting jobs
and business interest in the local area.
Published 05 September 2019
Happy Ever After or Till Death Us Do Part?
A think piece on leadership and technology, by Max Wide of the
Connected Places Catapult, that helps understand the role of
technology as a tool for change (rather than being the change in itself..
Published 05 September 2019
Commissioning as an Approach to Transformation
A think piece on the role of commissioning in transformation, by
Benjamin Taylor and Garath Symonds from the Public Sector
Transformation Academy.
Published 05 September 2019
Six Steps to Managing Demand in Adult Social Care - A performance management approach
A report from IPC that highlights how taking a performance management
approach can help councils deliver outcomes and better manage demand
in adult social care.
Published 04 September 2019
BEACON COUNCIL RESEARCH REPORT - CRIME REDUCTION IN RURAL AREAS
This paper outlines the key trends in rural crime and suggests a
framework for action to reduce crime in rural areas. It highlights the
difficulties inherent in developing rural solutions and off..
Published 03 September 2019
West Suffolk Council solar farm generates an income of £1.5 million, £100,000 more than expected.
A discussion on Twitter about West Suffolk's solar farm. It saw an
income of £1.5 million coming substantially from a combination of
selling electricity to the grid and income from Renewable Obli..
By
Tim Adams
Published 21 August 2019
The key enablers of developing an effective partnership-based early help offer
This research explores the enablers of and barriers to developing and
sustaining an effective local early help offer. The
findings are based on in-depth engagement with eight local areas
w..
Published 13 August 2019
Case Study Eastleigh Borough Council: Purchasing Property Assets
Case study describing activity that Eastleigh Borough Council
have undertaken to pursue the purchase of a range of property assets
which generate a high investment yield.
Published 07 August 2019
Skills and behaviours to fuel innovation in government - NESTA
Around
the world, governments are investing in innovation skills for public
servants. This NESTA toolkit
explores the kinds of behaviours we need
to see in order to succe..
Published 09 July 2019
Data Visualisation in Children’s Social Care
Report by Coram exploring
the potential of data visualisation to improve decision-making
and performance in children’s social care. A prototype was
..
Published 08 July 2019
Enhancing productivity through employee support (LGA)
A support package from the LGA to improve workforce productivity by
helping them to assess their approaches to performance management and
employee engagement. Offering advice and guidance to hel..
By
Tim Adams
Published 02 July 2019
Ideas to re-recruit social workers (LGA)
Many social workers have left their profession. For some it has been
a while since they left. Whatever the reasons for their departure -
perhaps a career break, caring for a family member - the..
By
Tim Adams
Published 02 July 2019