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Longer Lives website – looking for your vote and your feedback
Public Health England’s Longer Lives website makes England’s mortality data accessible to everyone. Launched in 2013 it provides clear visualisation of data on premature deaths across local...
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24 Jan 2014
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Positive policing not Positive Discrimination
You can’t police effectively without the cooperation of the community. It’s a lesson learnt from policing in Northern Ireland where an overwhelmingly Protestant force did not have the...
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03 Feb 2014
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Making awesome presentations and infographics
A number of examples include: an animated infographic using Prezi for the Budget Consultation 2014/15 (produced with the help of our colleagues in Communications); plus ...
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25 Nov 2014
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Mind the Gap: greater collaboration, better open policy making
It is eighteen months now since central government announced reforms to policy making with an action to make ‘open’ policy making the default. Despite its important role in the process as...
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Sarah Jennings
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17 Jan 2014
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Feeling under valued looking for a new job?
According to recruiters this is the time of year when people are most likely to consider applying for a new job. Could be you don't feel valued by your boss, could be the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Show your ap-pre-ci-a-tion
It’s that time again. For that one Monday in January we all say thank you to the facilitators of our communities during Community Manager Appreciation Day Please take a moment to say...
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Michael Norton
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16 Jan 2014
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Scrutiny Meeting Format proposals
Over the past year Broadland has experienced some subtle changes in our Councillor’s responsibilities. We are used to having “double hatters” whereby a Councillor holds a district and a...
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Stacy Cosham
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13 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - Jonathan Evans and data
Thank you, Jonathan for finding the time for this short interview. It will be good to hear about the behind the scenes work that goes on to get all the data into LG Inform. Q. Over the...
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Alexandra Marshall
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13 Jan 2014
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5 New Year Resolutions That Will Make You Less Annoying
Having trouble deciding what your New Year resolution should be? Looking for something challenging, or maybe even life changing? Here’s a few behaviour changes to ponder, any one of which would...
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Stephen Dale
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12 Jan 2014
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Never complain never explain
Kate Moss is 40. She has been at the top of her profession for 25 years. She has survived scandals, being dropped by her labels and some unwise decisions in her personal life. She says...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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LG Inform - John Gittoes and metrics
Thank you for your time today John to discuss your role with LG Inform and metrics Q What is your role within the LG Inform team? I work on the metrics library which is the...
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Alexandra Marshall
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09 Jan 2014
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Why Sherlock could never be a local government manager
The smartest people don't get the top jobs. It is possible to be too smart, to be admired but disliked isn't that Sherlock Holmes problem? Getting a top job isn't about what...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Joining up services has never been more important.
Our wonderful Khub administrator Melissa is always looking for new ways to make this online community tool more interesting. She approached me a couple of weeks ago to suggest that I write...
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Steven Brandwood
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07 Jan 2014
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Managing Chaos
If you work in the public sector you work in a chaotic, turbulent and rapidly changing world. If you are a manager in the public sector then the one skill you need above all others is...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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New year, fresh start
We’d like to start 2014 by wishing all our Knowledge Hub members a very happy new year. We hope you’ve had a great festive season and come back to work feeling refreshed. We’re at the start of...
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31 Dec 2013
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The 12 days of Knowledge Hub Christmas
What a year it has been. We thought we’d remind you of some of the Knowledge Hub’s highlights over the last 12 months. And what better way to do it than in the words of a well known song…? ...
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23 Dec 2013
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Health Survey for England 2012
The Health and Social Care Information Centre published the Health Survey for England 2012 main report this morning. The report and tables are available on the HSCIC website: Main Report ...
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Philippa Lynch
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19 Dec 2013
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Child obesity data for 2012-13 available through LG Inform
National Child Measurement Programme - England, 2012-13 school year data is now available. On 11 December 2013 the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) released a report...
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Philippa Lynch
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19 Dec 2013
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Healthy life expectancy and disability free life expectancy data now available in LG Inform
Data for healthy life expectancy at birth (2009-2011) and disability free life expectancy at 65 (2007-09) is now available through LG Inform. Healthy life expectancy at birth for males and...
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Philippa Lynch
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18 Dec 2013
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We didn't need all those staff after all
We didn't need all those staff after all Call it efficiency, call it outsourcing, call it a purge but it turns out you don't need all those managers. If you outsource...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework published
The Health and Social Care Information Centre have published measures from the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), England 2012-13, Final Release at:...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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Health Survey for England User Consultation is closing on 30 December
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) is carrying out a public consultation about the future of the Health Survey for England (HSE). The closing date for this...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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Improving the public's health: a resource for local authorities published by the King's Fund
This resource, published by the Kings Fund pulls together evidence from successful interventions across key local authority functions about ‘what works’ for improving health and reducing health...
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Philippa Lynch
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17 Dec 2013
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LG Inform - Ian Carbutt, looking forward, looking back
Exciting blog this week from Ian Carbutt, the programme manager for LG Inform, who we have prised away from his desk to explain what has been going on with LG Inform this year and what...
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Alexandra Marshall
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10 Dec 2013
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Mandela Day
As the world says goodbye to a great campaigner for social justice, it makes us all reflect on the small things we do, and could do, to improve the lives of others in our...
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09 Dec 2013
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The drive for equality and diversity
The snowy white peaks that range across the NHS has been the subject of recent articles in the HSJ. Those urging the NHS to have a more diverse group of leaders do so on the assumption that...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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A simple test of corporate culture
Are we as one? Do managers speak as one? Do staff behave as one? Do we all know what we are doing? In other words how strong is the corporate culture? This is a question that gets asked...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Labrador or Rottweiler
Which is the better dog a Labrador or a Rottweiler? Its a ridicules question one makes an excellent guard dog the other is ideally suited to be a guide dog. So it makes no sense to...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Man of the people
The mayor of Toronto and leader of the council takes "recreational"drugs, gets drunk, sexually harasses staff, has shouting matches with colleagues and swears at the public. His behaviour is...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Just doing enough
The politicians and certain sections of the media would have us believe the world is divided into strivers and the skivers. In my experience both exist in the world of work but they are the...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Jan 2014
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Tellmescotland Apps Launch
Tellmescotland Apps Launch Tom McHugh, Programme Manager, Improvement Service tellmescotland.gov.uk is Scotland’s portal for Public Information Notices. It is the first in the UK and...
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Tom McHugh
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12 Nov 2013
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Transferable skills and the shock of the new
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the financial crisis is dramatically changing the way the public sector looks. Many outside the public sector and some inside consider that...
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Blair McPherson
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11 Nov 2013
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Smackdown
Originally a wrestling expression that has worked its way into American politics and will no doubt end up being adopted by business because in the USA they love their sporting metaphors. ...
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Blair McPherson
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08 Nov 2013
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Did you ask yourself these questions before going live?
Before you start an online group, I would recommend that you ask yourself these 5 questions Do you have a clear purpose and value proposition for all involved? Do you have dedicated and...
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Michael Norton
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07 Nov 2013
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To build you must first demolish
If you cut the budget by 50 percent over five years then you are no longer looking at making savings in services you are talking about re building something smaller, more economical and in the...
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Blair McPherson
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05 Nov 2013
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Do managers lack compassion?
Public sector senior managers have been accused of being obsessed with hitting performance targets and making budget savings indifferent to the impact on people. So do public sector managers lack...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Nov 2013
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Don't just blame the tech, ask yourself did you get the purpose right?
I've seen roll outs of different technology including SharePoint , Microsoft Office , CRM, Clarity Project Management etc, etc. And you always hear the same comments, I don't like it,...
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Michael Norton
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31 Oct 2013
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Man management is a funny old game
Sir Alex Ferguson confirms in his new book that former prime minister Tony Blair asked him “what you would do if your best player wouldn’t do what you wanted him to”. Ferguson answered “get rid...
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Blair McPherson
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30 Oct 2013
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#OurDay 2013 highlights
Thank you to everyone who made #OurDay 2013 a huge success. It was great to see lots of people and organisations taking part and helping to showcase the broad range of services local...
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29 Oct 2013
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Educating Yorkshire
What's it like to be a teacher in today's state schools? What's it like to be a pupil in 2013? We all went to school and many of us are parents of school children so we all think we know...
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Blair McPherson
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28 Oct 2013
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Department for Transport, English Road Safety Comparison profiles
Interventions to reduce road traffic collisions and casualties should be considered alongside other health improvement activity, such as increasing physical activity, reducing obesity through...
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Philippa Lynch
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23 Oct 2013
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'What about YOUth?' survey of 15 year olds reporting at LA geography
Sponsored by the Department of Health, and run by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) the “What about YOUth?” survey will address a range of factors, such as smoking, emotional...
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Philippa Lynch
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24 Oct 2013
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Boosting the profile of Scrutiny
Scrutiny is not the most ‘sexy’ subject even in local Government; it comes with all types of stigmas and perceptions. One of my appraisal targets is to boost the profile of our local...
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Stacy Cosham
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21 Oct 2013
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Our #OurDay favourites!
#OurDay 2013 was a great success with 3,500 contributors, nearly 11,000 tweets and an amazing reach of 3 million. All across the land councils took to Twitter to tell the local government story....
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18 Oct 2013
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Mothers coming to stay
Policy clarification on health secretary’s speech on care of elderly relatives (18/10/2013). James Hunt the health service minister surprised his audience today by appearing to announce a new...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Oct 2013
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#Ourday 2013 Infographic
Look out for more reflection on #ourday very soon To download a larger pdf version please use this link
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18 Oct 2013
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Always look on the bright side
Is there a law that says if you’re a senior manager you must always look on the bright side? You would have thought even the most optimistic of those working in health and social care would have...
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Blair McPherson
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17 Oct 2013
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Exit PAs from LAs
Just when Local Authorities are dispensing with PAs the private sector is reinventing the post. Now that managers have lap tops and tablets typing is no longer women's work (Hold my calls, Mr...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Oct 2013
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Find out why the Knowledge Hub is buzzing
It’s great to see such a lot going on in Knowledge Hub at the moment – it’s a real hive of activity. Here’s what happened in September… 15 new groups created on a whole range of...
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Knowledge Hub Team
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11 Oct 2013
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Birthday lunch with the chief executive
Happy Birthday. It’s not everyone who gets to celebrate their birthday with the chief executive. Well actually it is if you work in a particular audit section of the civil service....
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Blair McPherson
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11 Oct 2013
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Don't "unnecessarily" annoy the customer
The man who said customer care didn’t matter has had a change of heart. That is if you count a typically dismissive response to a customer survey and a sop to share holders concerns as a change...
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Blair McPherson
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08 Oct 2013
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Gagging for it
The use of gagging clauses in the public sector goes against everything it stands for There are a lot of unhappy people in the public sector. A lot of managers are doing things they...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Oct 2013
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A warm welcome in Wiltshire
It’s not often you go to place and feel a sense of wellbeing and community spirit the moment you enter the building, but that is exactly how I felt a couple of weeks ago when I was privileged...
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Liz Copeland
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02 Oct 2013
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Stricly come Whitehall
New report out by Open University on relationship between politicians and senior public sector managers makes comparison with ice dancing duo, a delicate mutually dependant partnership and...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Oct 2013
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A day in the life of Tim Adams and the connection between LG Inform and LG Inform Plus / LG Inform API
Please find below an interview with Tim Adams from the LGA about LG Inform plus and LG Inform API, please post any questions you have to this blog and Tim will be happy to answer thenmfor you. ...
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Alexandra Marshall
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04 Oct 2013
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Rise to the Local Government Challenge 2014!
Now in its fifth year, the Local Government Challenge is a high profile national competition for aspiring top managers in local government. The search is on for ten contestants to take part...
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02 Oct 2013
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LG Inform copying, editing and sharing reports
£3.99 for a notebook! When did paper get so expensive, laptopless on a 2 hour train journey, I thought it would an ideal time to write a long overdue blog about LG Inform. I had unrealistic...
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Alexandra Marshall
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01 Oct 2013
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Quick access to public health tools
Public Health England have developed a data and knowledge gateway that provides direct access to their wide range of data and analysis tools and resources. The tools include the popular public...
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Philippa Lynch
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30 Sep 2013
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Informing local understanding of health and wellbeing
Through the Health and Wellbeing System Improvement Programme we are bringing together key comparative information on health and wellbeing, and the wider issues that affect it. This is to support...
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Philippa Lynch
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10 Oct 2013
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Easy Tiger
It's a jungle out there, that's why some politicians are referred to as “big beasts". This is intended as flattery as it means they stand out from the herd and command respect rather than...
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Blair McPherson
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26 Sep 2013
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Are knowledge worker skills key to the future of project managers?
Knowledge workers are often the core of your organisation. According to Thomas Davenport, “Knowledge workers have high degrees of expertise, education, or experience, and the primary purpose of...
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Michael Norton
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25 Sep 2013
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The job security of a football manager
Another (football) manager loses their job not in itself news worthy unless of course it's related to some bizarre or scandalous behaviour like banning mayonnaise or banging the physio's wife on...
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Blair McPherson
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25 Sep 2013
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Regulatory Services development module for Councillors
It's been a year in development, but I am now pleased to say that our free online module for councillors is now available at http://tinyurl.com/regmodule This new online resource for all...
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Ian Leete
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06 Nov 2013
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How much will it cost for you to go quickly and quietly?
The new chairman of the board tells the chief executive there are way too many senior managers in what has become a top heavy organisation. The new board intends to bring in a more businesslike...
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Blair McPherson
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20 Sep 2013
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Career advice: be opinionated, abrasive and intolerant
Opinionated”, “abrasive” and “intolerant” of those less able and committed’: these were the words my placement supervisor used to describe me as a trainee. They came to mind when I was recently...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Sep 2013
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The difficult financial climate has thrown up a new range of HR challanges
The difficult financial climate has thrown up a new range of HR challenges. Management is still about managing budgets and managing people, it is still about promoting good practise and...
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Blair McPherson
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16 Sep 2013
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OurDay 2013 - let's celebrate local government together!
#OurDay – 17 October 2013 What is #OurDay? It’s a 24 hour tweetathon to raise the profile of the great work that happens every day in local councils and shout about the unsung heroes who work...
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09 Sep 2013
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Theme parks go digital
As more and more services are designed to provide interactive experiences that you can control, it makes going places and doing things easier and quicker. You know what to expect and you can plan...
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Dimple Rathod
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03 Sep 2013
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What can we learn from Gordon Ramsay about employee engagement?
Gordon Ramsay’s reputation in the kitchen is that of a tyrant, someone who shouts, swears and is generally pretty unpleasant to his staff. Not necessarily conducive to good employee engagement...
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Liz Copeland
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03 Sep 2013
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From pool side to in at the deep end
So it's back to work. The return to work following the bank holiday weekend also signals the end of the holiday season so everyone's back and its heads down until Christmas. Why is it that once...
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Blair McPherson
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28 Aug 2013
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Its got your name on it
The latest business model for the public sector to imitate involves the idea of personalisation. I am not talking about the current practise in social care where the individual is given the money...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Aug 2013
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Bugs and batteries, what can you send?
If you have posted a parcel in the past few weeks the chances are you were asked what’s inside. The first time I was asked I thought the Clerk was being a bit nosey; in fact the...
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Richard Overy
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20 Aug 2013
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Innovation
Why is it that innovation happens in some places and not others? Is it about having the right strategic plan? Is it about a shared vision, a common set of priorities or is it to do with budgets?...
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Blair McPherson
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16 Aug 2013
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Whose responsibility is employee communication anyway?
Today I stumbled across an interesting discussion on Twitter: #nzlead. Turns out it’s a tweet chat that happens every week on a Thursday, originating in New Zealand, but generating responses...
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Liz Copeland
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15 Aug 2013
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Triple jeopardy
The expression triple jeopardy was originally used to describe the additional risks of discrimination elderly black women faced due to their age ,race and gender. The new triple jeopardy...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Aug 2013
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