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Adrian Barker
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30 Sep 2016 - 18:56

null Putting the work into workshops – a matter of life and death

Making meetings effective could be a life and death issue. Partnership working often requires joint delivery of something – whether a strategy, programme of action, event or whatever.  But producing something jointly is a challenge.  That’s one of the reasons why in organisations tasks are typically delegated – strip everything down to its component parts then use a hierarchical... See more
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Adrian Barker
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03 Jun 2016 - 16:11

null 3 x 3 ways to waste less time in meetings

I was struck last week by how two different meetings failed to be as effective as they might have been, and how it was simple, and well-known advice that could have improved them. Both suffered from many of the classic problems with meetings.  People turned up late (including both the chairs).  The meetings weren’t managed well.  Despite both chairs being very nice people and... See more
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Adrian Barker
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28 Jul 2014 - 15:54

null Why don’t public bodies co-operate more on community engagement?

Everyone agrees it makes sense for public bodies to co-ordinate their community engagement.  So why don’t they (usually)?   I managed to get our Health and Wellbeing Board to agree a protocol, last week, committing the Council, CCGs, Healthwatch and the voluntary and community sector to co-operate in their community engagement work. I’d like to think I achieved this because of... See more
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