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Some of the best solutions come from informal conversations!
Scottish Recovery Network brings together people, services and organisations, across sectors, to create a mental health system that is recovery focused and powered by lived experience. A key part...
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Christine Muir
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15 May 2024
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“ We never ever do nice and easy”
In the intro to the live version of Nutbush City limits Tina Turner says, “ We never ever do nice and easy” she was talking about the energy they put into their performance but if you...
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Blair McPherson
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14 May 2024
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Job Opening: Zero Carbon Council Policy Project Lead
"Are you passionate about climate action and committed to driving change and supporting our internal work on carbon management to become carbon neutral by 2030? We have an excellent...
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Kunal Prasad
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12 May 2024
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The best ever episode of Four in a Bed
Four couples compete to see who has the best value for money B&B. Having been treated fairly by everyone else the couple had an apparently unbeatable 100% final score. Just to be sure of...
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Blair McPherson
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08 May 2024
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Bible now Illegal ?
Early in May (this year) the Antisemitic Awareness Act was passed by US Congress. It is a Bill which among other things criminalises any passage of any book (including the Bible)...
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Ian Messenger
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07 May 2024
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Spuddle -17 th century
They’re hard working, they put in the hours, no one doubts their commitment. Pity they‘re useless. Their diary is full of meetings from early morning to early evening. Their mail box is full....
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Blair McPherson
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05 May 2024
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What is the Historic Environment Skills Forum?
The Historic Environment Skills Forum was launched in November 2022 in direct response to Action 1.1 of the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan. The purpose of the Skills Forum is to...
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Phil Pollard
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01 May 2024
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It’s expensive and one day it will work
It wasn’t Covid. It wasn’t the War. It wasn’t leaving the EU. It wasn’t the Trade Unions or the Government that brought the largest Local Authority in the country to its knees. It was IT....
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Blair McPherson
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01 May 2024
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Intelligent, clever or smart
The problem with calling AI Artificial Intelligence is humans may increasingly mistake it for human intelligence and defer to it attributing intellectual powers to machines that they don’t have....
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Blair McPherson
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25 Apr 2024
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Alzheimer Scotland Advisor Service
Thank you to Elaine Edgar, Dementia Advisor, Alzheimer Scotland for writing this article for Inverclyde Supporting Self Management. Hello, I’m Elaine Edgar and I am the Dementia Advisor...
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Annette Wilson
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24 Apr 2024
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No experience require but excitement guaranteed
When you’re young, just about to leave school or university isn’t this exactly what you’re looking for in a first job? This particular recruitment advert was accompanied by a picture of an...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Apr 2024
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Metadata & Asset Discovery - Round 2
Hi All. Thank you for your input into the metadata guidance so far. In line with your feedback and our most recent session, I have decided to use the blog posts in Knowledge Hub more as a...
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Kathryn Reynolds
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23 Apr 2024
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Skills Forum Webinar Series
The Historic Environment Skills Forum host a series of bi-monthly webinars focused on heritage skills issues. Webinars will be grouped under one the following three themes A) Showcase: Guest...
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Phil Pollard
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01 May 2024
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Internal relations make the difference
What makes a difference to an organisations success and what makes a difference to a managers effectiveness are the same - internal relations. Strong , positive, supportive internal relationships...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Apr 2024
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I am the Question not the Answer
Organisations look to leaders for the answers but effective leaders ask questions. Good questions. Good question prompt others to focus on the right things and come up with solutions. Blair...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Apr 2024
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Place and Wellbeing Outcomes, Indicators and Intentions
‘A Scotland where everybody thrives’ is the overarching ambition of Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) Strategic Plan 2022-25, which focuses on improving life expectancy and reducing health...
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Amy Stevenson
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22 Apr 2024
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You’re getting sacked in the morning
It’s a chant beloved by opposition supporters to taunt rival managers during a bad run of results. It’s even worse if your own supporters join in. Real Madrid supports traditionally wave a white...
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Blair McPherson
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07 Apr 2024
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Resenteeism
Not every one is lucky enough to love their job but it can’t be good for an organisation to have significant numbers who hate it! Lack of job satisfaction, low morale, a stalled...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Apr 2024
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What she did was wrong but was the punishment too harsh ?
Mavis had been a care worker in this large 60 bedded traditional residential care home for older people for years. She lived just round the corner. She was a middle aged woman with a family who had...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Apr 2024
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“ Do you know how to land this ?”
Every air craft needs a pilot for take off and landing These are the difficult bits of flying. It’s the same with organisations the difficult bits are getting lift off, it requires a lot of...
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Blair McPherson
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02 Apr 2024
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What story does Scotland's latest statistics on child protection tell?
The Scottish Government has this week (26 March 2024) published the annual child protection statistics for August 2022 to July 2023. While waiting for this year’s publication, a key question was...
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Alexander McTier
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27 Mar 2024
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When management only pretend to care
There is delegation and then there is abdication. Some organisation refer all complaints made to the Chief Executive (CE) back down the line to the responsible manager. So the complainant can find...
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Blair McPherson
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20 Mar 2024
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Atamis
I am working in collaboration with two other public sector organisations to address current performance issues with the provider, Atamis. We are keen to understand if any other...
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Amy Halkyard
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18 Mar 2024
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Odd , unusual and often bizarre behaviour by managers
You have heard the story about the famous Rock band who’s manager placed a rider in the band’s contract that they be provided with a a bowl of M & N’s in their dressing room but with no...
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Blair McPherson
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17 Mar 2024
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Naked person on the bus
It’s apparently a surprisingly common occurrence for London Transport. The unusual may not be a surprise even so there is a big difference between identifying the fridge thief and catching the...
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Blair McPherson
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12 Mar 2024
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The difference between courteous and helpful
My recent experience of trying to resolve a problem as a customer has made me realise that the people at the other end of the phone don’t understand the difference between courteous and helpful....
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Blair McPherson
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07 Mar 2024
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Depends how you look at it
Our financial problems are because we are not competitive and we are not competitive because we are inefficient due to a reluctance to embrace new technology and change working practices. Or our...
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Blair McPherson
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07 Mar 2024
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The problem isn’t AI it’s people
People are teaching AI bad habits. It’s like when your Dad teaches you to drive. People put too much faith in untested technology. People can’t be trusted not to abuse the power and opportunities...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Mar 2024
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No excuses
The football manager who after a disastrous run of results points out that with a relatively small squad, an exceptionally long list of injuries, including the top score, they have been...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Mar 2024
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Data Governance: creating a Framework
One of the most difficult questions for anyone undertaking Data Governance is where to start? For many the need for better data quality will be the main driver and indeed it's likely...
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Sally Kerr
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05 Mar 2024
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