Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #233

My weekly posts On rewiring the state – travelling second class through Purgatory – (It’s not the hope series, part four) I’m excited by the promise of real devolution, local fiscal authority and public services organised around place. But exhausted, damaged institutions cannot be ordered into another heroic transformation. The climb needs base camps: time, … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #233 →

Finding the elegant line

An internal account of an internally racialised encounter I rush to 9am doctor’s appointment having had to faff a lot longer than I expected to get an EV cable to release. As someone who’s very sensitive to power dynamics and social tension, I find it hard to be out of control and see the implicit … Continue reading Finding the elegant line →

On rewiring the state – travelling second class through Purgatory – (It’s not the hope series, part four)

It’s not the hope series, part four - Join the conversation on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_dante-emerges-from-the-inferno-he-looks-share-7489458365564227584-Tm7P/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo Dante emerges from the Inferno. He looks up – and sees not the starry veil of heaven, but a mountain. It’s another metaphor for ‘Rewiring the State’. Isn’t it exciting?! Devolution by default (I’m way of the slogan though). Local fiscal … Continue reading On rewiring the state – travelling second class through Purgatory – (It’s not the hope series, part four) →

Everyone in government wants to learn. Nobody wants to remember

Learning or remembering — join the conversation on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_everyone-in-government-wants-to-learn-nobody-activity-7490655290577690625-cQl3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Everyone in government wants to learn. Nobody wants to remember. It’s a strategic move to deliver the answer first, and have the ‘machinery of government’ then set about making it happen. ‘Rewiring the state’. Yet more NHS reorganisation. LGR. Huge changes, designed and launched without discovery, listening, evidence, … Continue reading Everyone in government wants to learn. Nobody wants to remember →

On rewiring the state – Odyssey’s End (It’s not the hope series, part three)

On rewiring the state part three — join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-before-odysseus-ugcPost-7489455705083588610-uWgy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Odysseus finally reaches Ithaca after twenty years. But he doesn’t walk through the front door celebrating; he’s in disguise. His home has been occupied, resources consumed. He can’t trust the place. That’s uncomfortably close to the position of … Continue reading On rewiring the state – Odyssey’s End (It’s not the hope series, part three) →

On rewiring the state – back to Bag End – (It’s not the hope series, part two)

On rewiring the state - join the conversation on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_imagine-fighting-your-way-across-middle-earth-activity-7489938513203859456-lzWg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Imagine fighting your way across Middle-earth, destroying the Ring, and finally coming home. Only to discover that the Shire still needs saving.That may be the right metaphor for ‘Rewiring the State’ – and for the recent social care speech.It’s fantastic. Real devolution, local fiscal … Continue reading On rewiring the state – back to Bag End – (It’s not the hope series, part two) →

On rewiring the state – ‘at last, rain’ – (It’s not the hope series, part one)

On rewiring the state — join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_at-last-rain-after-years-of-public-service-activity-7489605926317023232-urox?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho At last, rain! After years of public service drought, the announcement of real devolution - and social care hope - is - just - bloody brilliant!More local power and fiscal freedom. Public services organised around place. A smaller centre. More space for prevention, neighbourhood working and relational … Continue reading On rewiring the state – ‘at last, rain’ – (It’s not the hope series, part one) →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #232

My weekly posts We didn’t lose the technology. We lost the machinery for learning together We keep rediscovering the same local digital problems because we dismantled the machinery for learning together. From BVPI 157 to SAVVI and Open Referral UK, the useful bit was never the target itself, but the shared standards, memory and practical … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #232 →

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 →