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Blair McPherson
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07 Mar 2016 - 12:47

null Is anyone going to say sorry?

  As local authorities bring back in house services that were outsourced, as yet another chief executive says we can get better value for money in house and another council leader says this gives us more control and will save us money, does anyone else think isn't that's what they said about outsourcing ? It may not be the same chief executive who told us that this was the only way we... See more
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Blair McPherson
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02 Sep 2015 - 16:59

null Five Myths about the Austerity diet

What sort of weight loss diet involves hacking off a limb? The public sector austerity diet. Five myths about the Austerity Diet It works you lose £s fast.- rapid cost cutting is rarely sustained. A radical efficiency program is the only way to lose £s- not true ,real efficiency savings require small changes that can be sustained over a long period. Outsourcing is an effective way to loss... See more
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Blair McPherson
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11 Aug 2015 - 10:58

null "Same circus different clowns"

Change fatigue leaves staff exhausted, burnt out, cynical and ineffective and makes it less likely that the organisation will successfully implement changes.   Organisation change fatigue is where a significant proportion of staff within an organisation are feeling exhausted by continual change. Organisation change fatigue or OC Fatigue is not the same as staff resistance to change,... See more
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Blair McPherson
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01 Apr 2015 - 16:29

null The Public Sector's dirty secret

The senior management team were experimenting with an open plan office. Senior managers were often still at a hot desk when others had gone home. So the cleaner had to clean round us. Our regular was a young girl called Helen. She told us her mother got her the job, her mother and father both worked as cleaners here in head office. She still lived at home.We progressed beyond "hello" to... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 15:41

null Selling baked beans

When asked why they want to be a manager in local government candidates most often respond by saying they wanted to make a difference to people’s lives. May be they  do but public sector management is very different these days. For starters it is hard to spot the difference between what we do and what goes on in a commercial organisation. Public sector managers these days are concerned... See more
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Blair McPherson
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12 Jul 2014 - 13:10

null Outsourcing the only game in Town

Recently the Times news paper ran a pullout section on the current big thing in business which in case you didn’t know is outsourcing. This is not new I hear you say and you’re right, small scale outsourcing of public sector services has been going on for years but this was usually part of a plan to achieve efficiency savings this is bigger much bigger. It would appear that as we endure... See more
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