We didn’t lose the technology. We lost the machinery for learning together

From mainframes and BVPI 157 to SAVVI, Open Referral UK and the unfinished business of local digital government Join the debate on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_localgovernment-datastandards-publicservicetransformation-share-7488562400292671488-9s2A/ ___ ‘We can’t, we don’t know how to do it any more’ When I joined Hammersmith & Fulham in 1998, the council ran on a mainframe. We introduced internet email that … Continue reading We didn’t lose the technology. We lost the machinery for learning together →

We didn’t lose the technology. We lost the machinery for learning together

From mainframes and BVPI 157 to SAVVI, Open Referral UK and the unfinished business of local digital government Join the debate on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_localgovernment-datastandards-publicservicetransformation-share-7488562400292671488-9s2A/ 'We can't, we don't know how to do it any more' When I joined Hammersmith & Fulham in 1998, the council ran on a mainframe. We introduced internet email that year … Continue reading We didn’t lose the technology. We lost the machinery for learning together →

What if one of the most underestimated risks in LGR is institutional bereavement?

Join the conversation on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_localgovernment-lgr-publicservicetransformation-activity-7488141561860431873-twJl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeohoThis occurred to me after interviewing Simon Higgins about his experience of the Cumbria reorganisation. Simon talked about people who had begun their careers in one of the seven councils, met their partners there, had children, and accumulated decades of relationships and memories across a whole career. Then the organisation … Continue reading What if one of the most underestimated risks in LGR is institutional bereavement? →

What empowerment asks us to grieve

Join the debate on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_what-if-empowerment-has-to-pass-through-grief-share-7487768478897270786-8vgE/ Bottom, Customer and Citizen Space — and the different sources of power available in each relationship. What if empowerment has to pass through grief? We often talk as though people can simply step out of powerlessness and into ‘Citizen Space’: Stop complaining. Take responsibility. Get involved. But something … Continue reading What empowerment asks us to grieve →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #231

My weekly posts What happens when the people getting a new council safely to day one are also the people who will have to make it work on day two? An interview with Simon Higgins has reinforced for me that successful local government reorganisation is about far more than getting to day one safely. It requires … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #231 →

What happens when the people getting a new council safely to day one are also the people who will have to make it work on day two?

Local government reorganisation is about merging cultures. Join the conversation on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_localgovernment-lgr-publicservicetransformation-ugcPost-7485626195032641536-KIro/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo What happens when the people getting a new council safely to day one are also the people who will have to make it work on day two? I’ve just recorded an interview with Simon Higgins, who has an unusually useful perspective on … Continue reading What happens when the people getting a new council safely to day one are also the people who will have to make it work on day two? →

A systems practice If, a poem

A quick poem on systems practice. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_a-systems-practice-if-if-systems-practice-share-7485079093026271232-5IWa/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho A systems practice IfIf systems practice can invite without deceiving,And open up the field without pretence;If it can simplify without relievingThe world of all its mess and consequence;If it can make a pathway worth pursuing,Without pretending that’s the whole terrain;If it can certify … Continue reading A systems practice If, a poem →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #229

My weekly posts How do you run a programme when it’s not just about the benefits? I’ve been thinking about programmes as something more than a tidy benefits machine. Real change work lives in relationships, uncertainty, politics and learning, so the management of it has to stay alive to what emerges, not only what was … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #229 →

Most commissioning problems aren’t caused by commissioners failing to follow the y2k commissioning cycle as best they can. They’re caused by commissioners being asked to create outcomes inside systems that are fragmented, defensive, underpowered, over-governed and short of time.

Most commissioning problems aren't caused by commissioners failing to follow the y2k commissioning cycle as best they can. They're caused by commissioners being asked to create outcomes inside systems that are fragmented, defensive, underpowered, over-governed and short of time. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_commissioning-adultsocialcare-systemsthinking-share-7480662115993899009-XgzB/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo Most commissioning problems aren't caused by commissioners failing to follow the y2k commissioning cycle as … Continue reading Most commissioning problems aren’t caused by commissioners failing to follow the y2k commissioning cycle as best they can. They’re caused by commissioners being asked to create outcomes inside systems that are fragmented, defensive, underpowered, over-governed and short of time. →

How do you run a programme when it’s not just about the benefits?

How do you run a programme when it’s not just about the benefits? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_localgovernmentreorganisation-lgr-ugcPost-7480141607665635… Local Government Reorganisation wisdom from Aaron Osborne-Taylor and the RedQuadrant hub #LocalGovernmentReorganisation isn’t a normal programme.A normal programme has a sponsor, a mandate, a business case, a plan, a governance route, a set of tolerances, and a rhythm. #LGR has several sovereign councils (and other bodies), … Continue reading How do you run a programme when it’s not just about the benefits? →