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Public Telephone Network Switch Off
The legacy Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) is going to be switched off in 2025. This means all councils need to replace all their ISDN and simple telephone lines by that date. ...
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11 May 2023
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UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy
Just in case you missed it, the Government published its UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy last week. Here's a link https://lnkd.in/eKyqNWPh. Focuses on 5G with some mention of 6G. Looks an...
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11 May 2023
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New Company
25 years after founding 4C Strategies with Brian Cawley and Dave Mailer, I've now left the company as the next generation take 4C forward. Rather than retire, I've formed Saytelco Ltd so that I can...
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Mark Sayers
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11 May 2023
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Plan 75
I don’t think I will be watching Plan 75, it sounds to depressing for someone my age. Set in the very near future it tells what happens when the Japanese government responds to its population...
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Blair McPherson
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09 May 2023
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Data poses questions as well as answers, so what questions arise from Scotland's Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics?
The latest annual Children’s Social Work Statistics were published last week by the Scottish Government. Covering the year from August 2021 to July 2022, the data provides important insights...
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Alexander McTier
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05 May 2023
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Benefits and Pitfalls of secondments
A secondment is a great way for employees to enhance their career prospects. It’s also an effective way of retaining talented employees. In a fast moving business climate organisations need to be...
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Blair McPherson
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03 May 2023
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Orange mousse with nuts leaves Strand Palace £70K bill
This week we have heard in the news that the Strand Palace Hotel has been fined for serving a Food Hypersensitive customer a dessert in 2019 which was not supposed to contain nuts, however it...
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Caroline Benjamin
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30 Apr 2023
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Tackling bias and discrimination
" Expecting an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy to tackle bias and discrimination without changing the management culture is like pulling a lever that isn’t connected to...
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Blair McPherson
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18 Apr 2023
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A dysfunctional organisation compared to an abusive relationship
You say you’re sorry. You say it won’t happen again. You say you’ I’ll change. But you have said it all before. I don’t doubt you mean it every time. But I don’t believe you can change. It’s...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Apr 2023
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DQHub Event: Meet the Data Quality Dimensions
We love good quality data, but what does "good" look like? Learn more about data quality dimensions 19th at 13:00. This event is open to all, not just those in the Data Quality Community so please...
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Helen Ifedi
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11 Apr 2023
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Anywhere. And Everywhere
This isn’t about somewhere I used to work. This isn’t about someone I used to work for. I can’t be in trouble because I don’t work there any more. I don’t know why they think this is about...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Apr 2023
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Bear shaving
Aimed at those who dismiss the problem of global warming as exaggerated an activist responded by saying they supposed critics would see the answer to bears dying of heat exhaustion as shaving off...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Apr 2023
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Meet the Steering Group
What's your name and where do you come from? I’m Amy Atkins, Head of Continuous Improvement and the Early Careers Lead at MOLA. I’m based in London, but work across all six of our offices. ...
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Phil Pollard
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31 Mar 2023
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Continuous Improvement @ Smarter Working Awards
Our huge congratulations go out to HM Land Registry whose change programme went up against different government departments to win the Championing Continuous Improvement Award for 2023 at the...
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Beth Farminer
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27 Mar 2023
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Red Flags
I arrived in plenty of time for the interview despite the two hour motorway journey. It’s the one and only time I was interviewed at a football ground. The interview with the executive recruiters...
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Blair McPherson
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25 Mar 2023
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Meet the Steering Group
What's your name and where do you come from? My name is Adam Hickey, Owner and Managing Director of Pinnacle Conservation Ltd. I have to confess, i'm a bit of a...
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Adam Hickey
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17 Mar 2023
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Historic Environment Skills Forum
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What should you be allowed to say
Few inside the organisation will talk about the changes but the feeling is there is little money and a lot of angry people. A popular Director has been suspended for comments at a meeting with...
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Blair McPherson
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12 Mar 2023
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Meet the Steering Group
1. What's your name and where do you come from? I’m Patrick Whife I work as Head of Skills at the Institute of Conservation. I live on the south coast in Hove (actually). 2. How...
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Phil Pollard
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10 Mar 2023
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A pattern of knitting found in organisations
In China the Government has cracked down on feminism. Words relating to feminism online are censured. The response by bloggers has been to replace the words with rhyming slang, so feminist...
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Blair McPherson
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09 Mar 2023
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Critical Systems Thinking
Professor Mike C Jackson gave a really stimulating session on Critical Systems thinking arguing that the diversity of approaches is a strength, and challenging us to observe the world through these...
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Mary McKee
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08 Mar 2023
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PSED Vacancies
This area of the PSED Network KHub signposts to job opportunities that may be relevant to members. Current opportunities: PSED Officer (SEO), Department for Business, Energy &...
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Ieuan Willox
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07 Mar 2023
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5 tips to taking your first step into participating in a group on Knowledge Hub
Whether you’ve joined Knowledge Hub to find information, share ideas, ask for advice or connect with others, that first step into participating in your group might seem a bit scary. It doesn’t have...
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07 Mar 2023
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Systems Leadership
Why is systems thinking important for leadership? BEIS has responsibility for several complex and interacting policy challenges. For example, our net zero portfolio must deliver rapid...
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Katie Gronow
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06 Mar 2023
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DQHub Event: Things to consider when using other people's data in your analysis
On 08 March, DQHub will be running an online event aimed at anyone interested in understanding the quality of data products that are used in further analysis - both within and between...
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Helen Ifedi
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03 Mar 2023
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And anything else the boss asks you to do
The list of requirements was so extreme that some commentators thought it was a spoof. Must be “highly talented”, “ooze leadership” and be “a great orator”. “High energy and...
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Blair McPherson
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21 Feb 2023
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2023 State of Children's Rights Report
The 2023 State of Children’s Rights Report acts as an alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It updates the UN Committee about progress and areas of concern since the...
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Rebecca Spillane
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20 Feb 2023
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Meet the Steering Group...
What's your name and where do you come from? I'm Rob Woodside, Director of Estates at English Heritage. I'm home based in Gloucestershire but work all over England. How did you come...
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Phil Pollard
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17 Feb 2023
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LA’s can be noisy organisations
There is a technique composers use in which the piece starts with what appears a random selection of instruments all playing at once, making a loud noise. Gradually a rhythm imposes itself...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Feb 2023
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Promoting Variety - short breaks for carers
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR UNPAID CARERS The Short Break Hub team is currently focused on expanding the short break options available to people...
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Ann-Marie Corkerton
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07 Feb 2023
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Manage your energy not your time
In the tips for being an effective manager time management is always near the top but more radical advice would be manage your energy. People who get things done have in common energy and...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Feb 2023
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Different sides of the same coin?
Resilience and Agility are closely related. Resilience is the ability to recover or bounce back. Agility is a set up able to take advantage of opportunities and stay ahead of the game. However the...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Feb 2023
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“ won’t get fooled again” should be the recruiters motto
According to some recent research at Columbia Business School...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Feb 2023
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Keep a lid on it
We have all experienced being asked a question instinctively knowing you’re not supposed to give an honest answer. I knew it when my boss asked if I thought he was a bully! A common...
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Blair McPherson
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02 Feb 2023
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Be a tackler not a dodger
It’s like football, tackling is part of the game. In the same way challenging team members is part of being a manager. In a game of football there are a lot of tackles mostly they are...
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Blair McPherson
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02 Feb 2023
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Volunteering: sprucing up a local park
Twas the season of goodwill in December and a few Bristol-based Geospatial Commission staff pledged a day of volunteering leave to help plant trees with the city council. Along with others from...
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Caitlin Ballard
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30 Jan 2023
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I was a roadie for a rock band in the 70s
My parents and fellow students thought I was working on a play scheme in Blackfriars London during the long summer holiday of my second year at teachers training college. Instead I was driving a...
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Blair McPherson
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29 Jan 2023
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Meet the Steering Group
What's your name and where do you come from? My name is Phil Pollard. I am currently the Heritage Career Pathways Manager at Historic England. I grew up in Liverpool but have lived in York,...
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Phil Pollard
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10 Feb 2023
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Company Fined £40K
Hi members, We have just recently prosecuted (£40k fine) a provider of Explosives in Leicester City for storing HT3 fireworks dangeroulsy. We previously revoked the businesses Explosives Licence....
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Gurdeep Dosanjh
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25 Jan 2023
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Making Local Government Cool
“One of the things I think I can bring to the Presidency is make Government and public service cool again” Barrack Obama. I wish I had said this when asked at interview what I could bring to...
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Blair McPherson
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23 Jan 2023
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Bank of Dave
Have you seen the film Bank of Dave on Netflix. It’s a David and Goliath story where the little man takes on the establishment big boys and wins. It’s a romcom which is not afraid to be political....
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Blair McPherson
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17 Jan 2023
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Always have the right people on the bus.
It makes a great deal of sense to get recruitment right, to have those on board who are going to be an asset for the journey. Yet the majority of people on the bus got on when the...
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Blair McPherson
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17 Jan 2023
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The policy/ data disconnect and what to do about it
A year or two ago I gave a presentation to the IGPP conference about what I perceive to be the policy/ data disconnect that exists across the public sector, why it's causing issues and how we might...
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Simon Roberts
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13 Jan 2023
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Bullying in the movies
Looking at the video and film clips, film makers in the USA think bullying at school, in the work place and in leisure venues is common place. They also believe all bullies get their comeuppance....
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Blair McPherson
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13 Jan 2023
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Participatory Systems Mapper
This blog post launches a series of systems thinking software package/application reviews - we will be posting a review each month, and asking for your comments, questions and experience of...
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Katie Gronow
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11 Jan 2023
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Illegal Landings Team
Hello! We have been meaning to have a presence on the Khub for some time, but work has been crazy since we started! Many of you have already worked with us on illegal landings, but for those...
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Illegal Landings APHA
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10 Jan 2023
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KETAMINE PCA
Hi We are keen to start ketamine pca therapy and ketamine with an opioid . I have no experienvce with this. I would be very grateful if you could share your experience with this...
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Carmel Daly
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09 Jan 2023
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Upside down
We’ve got it all wrong the Private sector should be learning from us not the other way round. For the last 30 years we have had it the wrong way round. Like discovering some famous modernist...
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Blair McPherson
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06 Jan 2023
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Platinum Jubilee Fund
Village Halls can apply for funding for a major revamp as the Platinum Jubilee fund opens - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). This is a £3 million capital fund that Village Halls can use to install solar...
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Anna Wyse
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04 Jan 2023
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LoCASE Funding Stream to end 31st March 2023
The LoCASE (Low Carbon across the South East) funding stream will be ending this spring. Additionally, I have been told that organisations wishing to fit solar PV should apply before the end of...
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Anna Wyse
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04 Jan 2023
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Winchester City Council: CIL funding applications open from 1st Jan to 31st March.
Winchester City Council is inviting community groups and parish councils to submit bids for funding through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) scheme between Sunday...
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Anna Wyse
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04 Jan 2023
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Are you ready?
How do you know when you are ready to step up to the next level? Is it simply enough to think you can ? You feel ready but can you convince an interview panel? I can do most of the...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Jan 2023
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Be like water in a stream
It’s sounds like a piece of ancient oriental wisdom or something from a kung Fu film. I came across it in the December Human Resource Director (HRD ) magazine in an article by Jenni...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Jan 2023
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Success and Failure
‘It’s not enough to succeed” said Gore Vidal .“ others must fail”. Some people get as much satisfaction from the failure of rivals as they do from their own successes. It’s not an attractive...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Jan 2023
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Pele, the beautiful game and Local Authorities
Pele referred to it as the beautiful game. As played by him and the Brazilian team that won the World Cup in 1970 it was. Any team he played in would rather win 4-2 than 2-0 because it was...
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Blair McPherson
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03 Jan 2023
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White Lotus
White Lotus and Succession are examples of hate t.v.That is a successful T.V. series in which non of the characters are attractive or deserving of our sympathy. They are rich or are...
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Blair McPherson
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04 Sep 2023
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Good advice from Richard Branson
“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!” “Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”...
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Blair McPherson
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26 Dec 2022
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What’s the difference
What’s the difference between gaming the system and cheating-integrity!
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Blair McPherson
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24 Dec 2022
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If you were offered a £millions
But you had to be in constant pain, on a good day a nagging pain like a toothache , on a bad day a searing pain that cripples you in agony,would you take the money? Would a new car and four...
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Blair McPherson
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22 Dec 2022
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On the fifth Day of Christmas
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five-zero-budget-ways-to-boost-your-data-quality-culture If you’ve got any more examples, it would be great to hear them, please share below:
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20 Dec 2022
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What happens on a Christmas team outing is never spoken about again. You wish.
Do they still have office Christmas parties where the alcohol flows freely and people behave badly? Does the ban on alcohol mean it’s strictly a mince pies and coffee get together? Or do you work...
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Blair McPherson
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19 Dec 2022
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The Sinking of the Titanic
Does anyone really still believe the captain should go down with the ship? Must someone always be to blame and should that be the person in charge? As a senior manager I always signed up...
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Blair McPherson
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16 Dec 2022
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No smoke without fire
A few years ago I read an article in the professional press which gave an account of a training programme in support of recruiting more women into the fire and rescue service , not as office staff...
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Blair McPherson
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15 Dec 2022
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A Coach...in training (Post 2)
Link to latest post: A Coach...in training - Post 2 Hi everyone, I've created a blog site to host posts going forward so will add a link here to any new posts as/when...
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Melanie Crunkhorn
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14 Dec 2022
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Self Management Practitioner Toolkit Consultation
The Long Term Conditions programme has worked with cross-sector practitioners to develop a Self Management Practitioner Toolkit – it’s now ready for you to use and test in practice! ...
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Tracey Rogers
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Profile of a Director
My pay last year was £3.7 million. My last holiday was in the Maldives and antique hunting in France. For relaxation I go to my beach house. I started in retail with a Saturday job in an arts and...
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Some of my favourite things
My favourite Christmas film is ,” It’s a Wonderful life”. Because it’s about making a difference to other people’s lives often in small ways that can have a much bigger impact than you would ever...
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11 Dec 2022
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What do I dislike most in other people? Negativity.
Paul noticed office morale seemed low, staff seemed unhappy and discontent. He was aware of the usual moans and groans about workloads and management but wondered if there was any particular issue...
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Blair McPherson
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08 Dec 2022
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To those who are not racist
Racist behaviour is not limited to those who judge people by the colour of their skin, who think ethnic minorities are inferior or who preach hate. The majority of racist behaviour is committed by...
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Blair McPherson
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01 Dec 2022
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Your ever so humble public servant
I once worked for a boss who was fond of telling people he felt privileged to be a Director of social services. Echoing that same ever so humble sentiment. Had the term been prevalent at the...
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Blair McPherson
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29 Nov 2022
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Des Res
I am interested in how cabinet members describe their Local Authority and what better place to look than their recruitment adverts for senior posts. I thought it might fun to characterise the...
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17 Nov 2022
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Be Ready to Set Up a online Business
A business is an economic system or organization where goods and services are exchanged for one another or for money. It is a collection of resources organized to produce value and satisfy needs....
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15 Nov 2022
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A brief history of Time Travel
A time machine has been invented and then uninvented many times. Creating a time machine has not proved that difficult in the past/future. The problem occurs when you use it, people seem totally...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Nov 2022
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Number One’s
I have a long standing suspicion of numbers when they are used to prove something. I think it started with Led Zeppelin. They were a rock group who refused to sell out by releasing a single when...
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Blair McPherson
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14 Nov 2022
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MACRO L
This is useful for billing multiple clients, or just checking work for time sheets. I produced this primarily to discuss with colleagues the complexity to complete individual work stream...
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17 Jan 2023
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How to overcome fear and excitement before an exam
It's normal to feel a little anxiety before exams, especially if you've dealt mostly with online tests before. But don't let anxiety turn into fear and paralyze your mind. The following tips from...
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