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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:26

null Mo's beginning to grow

Two and a half  weeks into Movember we have been laughed at (many times) encouraged and stared at but on the whole Movember has been nothing but fun, with the bonus of raising a few quid for men's health charities.   I opted for the horseshoe aka the trucker and keeping it in shape has been a challenge, others in our group have chosen the Chevron or the Zappa.   ... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:35

null Is your plate healthy?

At Telford & Wrekin Council we are in the middle of a consulation on Shaping Places - Telford and Wrekin's Future which will eventually replace the existing Core Strategy and forms part of the Local Development Framework for the Borough. This consultation aims to widen our audience, raise awareness and ask our customers how they want the Borough to be... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:11

null How productive is hot desking?

I was pleased to learn that my colleagues and I will be moving from Darby house in Telford Town Centre to the new civic buildings in my home town of Wellington. The new offices are attached to the improved civic buildings which includes a new library, registry office, pool and gym; with the added bonus that the offices are 10 minutes walk from my home.     New office space... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:21

null The value of meetings

  Whether you like or loathe meetings they are part of our working lives, the effectiveness and value of these meetings can vary and will depend on a number of factors some of which are discussed in Blaire Palmer's What's Wrong with Work? The 5 frustrations of work and how to fix them for good. Blaire discusses the problems with meetings including poorly designed agendas and the... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:42

null Do you still use a cassette tape or phonograph?

Blog copied from CoP. This is my last blog post to Communities of Practice. The site will soon become obsolete (31st March 2012); I am sad that the CoP site is coming to an end but I'm also excited about the brand new Knowledge Hub.  The Information Graphics and Visualisation Community is migrating to the Knowledge Hub this weekend; thank you to Mike... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:42

null National Map of Shared Services

The Local Government Association have used Googlemaps to visualise shared services  throughout England as shown in the map below. Although shared services may not be suitable for every council or for that matter every service, the drastic public sector cuts we are witnessing mean major changes for every Local Authority. A search of the Guardian's Government Computing web pages showed... See more
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Richard Overy
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:13

null Cool Welsh Stats tool

I recently stubbled upon the Welsh Government National Strategic Indicators Viewer; a visualisation application which allows the user to compare data for Welsh local authorities in a map, chart or a combination of the two. I was impressed at how intuitive the site was to use, the dashboard approach also works well. Although I searched the internet I couldn't find any background... See more
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