Transduction — leading transformation — Issue #136

My weekly posts

Getting the most out of your team’s efforts… when a resource-based view is good, actually.

To get the most out of your team, avoid a reductive resource-based view and focus on Resource Optimisation. This tool engages employees to understand actual time allocation, aligns work with organizational priorities, and enhances productivity. Start by clearly defining your priorities and breaking down time use into work packages. This approach helps identify strategic and wasteful time, enabling better work system design and innovation. It’s not a one-time exercise; it fosters continual improvement and cost savings by optimizing resources. Effective leadership ensures resources are wisely used and aligned with organizational goals. Have you ever seen hard work misaligned with priorities?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_resource-optimisation-because-there-are-activity-7211252511888830464-fopk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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Courses and events

National Commissioning Academy

Join us on the national Commissioning Academy this autumn, hosted by Royal Borough of Greenwich

https://www.publicservicetransformation.org/2024/02/new-academy-announced-a-new-national-commissioning-academy-based-in-london-launching-this-summer/

Contract management development

Joint us this Autumn for a virtual only development programme!

https://bit.ly/ContractManagement2024

Outcomes-based commissioning: a ten step introduction

Join us this Autumn for a virtual introduction to commissioning.

https://bit.ly/10stepIntroduction8

My selection of systems | cybernetics | complexity links from the weblog Systems Community of Inquiry

I’m not currently keeping www.syscoi.com up fully but I am still trying…

Navigating the Now: A Guide to Recognizing What Is Going On – A 3-Day In-Person General Semantics Seminar, July 25-27, 2024, London

[Some discounted tickets may be available – email benjamin.taylor@redquadrant.com if you are interested]

https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/05/30/navigating-the-now-a-guide-to-recognizing-what-is-going-on-a-3-day-in-person-general-semantics-seminar-july-25-27-2024-london/

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Things I shared on socials

Social Care Future: Social Care in the General Election.

Social Care Future: Very little detail in the Party manifestos about plans for social care, with a limited menu focused on funding/cost, not on function or form. Here are a few articles we’ve shared exploring these themes… https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neil-crowther-19498134_socialcare-socialcarefuture-activity-7211370012446478336-mgMx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

How to solve six things stopping social enterprises from delivering more public services. E3M.

https://e3m.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Imagine-Public-Services-Where-Every-Penny-Spent-Is-Used-For-Public-Good-FINAL-WEB.pdf?__s=l4rlmhw9p6ennu1fvjik

Vitalising Purpose. Free Ebook from E3m.

https://e3m.org.uk/vitalising-purpose-book/?__s=l4rlmhw9p6ennu1fvjik

Social Enterprises – Data and Evidence. E3M

https://e3m.org.uk/data/?__s=l4rlmhw9p6ennu1fvjik

Understanding people in places. Rebecca Towers writing for Public Policy Design.

https://publicpolicydesign.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/15/understanding-people-in-places/

Anti-corruption charity calls for ban on parties accepting donations from companies with public contracts

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/27/public-contracts-companies-tory-donors

Dr Mike C Jackson OBE new book – Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner’s Guide

https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/06/27/dr-mike-c-jackson-obe-new-book-critical-systems-thinking-a-practitioners-guide/

‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books | Libraries | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/25/how-britains-libraries-provide-more-than-books

14 years: the Tory record on austerity and local government – Tortoise

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/06/26/14-years-the-tory-record-on-austerity-and-local-government/

Implementation of Systems Thinking in Public Policy: A Systematic Review – Nguyen et al (2023)

https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/02/27/implementation-of-systems-thinking-in-public-policy-a-systematic-review-nguyen-et-al-2023/?utm_content=buffer01f47&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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