My weekly posts
Public services don’t start with commissioning; they start with someone trying to keep a life together. Come learn with us at Stronger Things!
I’m trying to shift the commissioning conversation away from buying better services and towards seeing the conditions that help people live well. The Commissioning Compass, smartCompass and the v2.0 beta are practical ways into that work: start with real demand, notice where judgement is blocked, change one condition, and learn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_strongerthings2026-communitypower-relationalpublicservices-ugcPost-7472545519358148608-BUHc/
the RedQuadrant five core practices – a collection of links
I’ve pulled together links to my five core practices work: honesty, shared sensemaking, productive conversations, clarity, purposeful culture, and good and true intent. It’s a useful route through talks, slides, posts and interviews on the practices I keep returning to when organisations need to work better with people and complexity. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_five-core-practices-activity-6818796903392784384-WIDi
Courses and events
Free Webinar: A Different Look at Systems Thinking, with GoldRatt UK
This webinar offers a fresh perspective on systems thinking, helping leaders see beyond individual issues to the patterns, constraints, and interactions that drive performance. You’ll discover a practical approach for navigating complexity, improving decision-making, and creating meaningful change by focusing on what is truly limiting results. Join us to explore how a systems-based view can unlock better flow, faster delivery, and more effective organisational performance. Register in advance, Thu 2 July 2026, 10:30 – 12:30 https://link.redquadrant.com/PSTAWebinarJuly26
smartCompass – our new AI-supported tool for AI for community-powered outcomes
Our new prototype smartCompass is a new, free tool to help commissioners, leaders, partners, and people working in public services see how their system is really working — and where to act next.Answer sixteen questions about a system you care about, and receive a personalised, AI-supported response by email. It helps you see strengths, blockers, patterns, and possible next moves. https://link.redquadrant.com/smartCompass
Compass v2 – comment on our new systems change tool
We’re now inviting comments on this beta new version of a systems change insight tool https://link.redquadrant.com/compassv2beta
Introducing the RedQuadrant Local Government Reorganisation hub
Local Government Reorganisation is coming fast. By April 2028, every new authority must be safe, legal, and fully operational. That means statutory officers secured, ICT cutovers rehearsed, services live, and residents experiencing seamless continuity. The RedQuadrant LGR Hub is the only model that guarantees readiness while embedding lasting capability. With a single accountable structure, governance at its core, and capability pillars across adults, children’s, SEND, ICT, finance, housing, and place, the Hub ensures no gaps, no surprises. Three outcomes, every time: Safe and legal on day one; Visible assurance and confidence in delivery; Future-ready capacity with transformation built in. Find out more now: https://www.redquadrant.com/lgrhub
Commissioning Compass: systems assessment for change
Our newly launched tool, the Commissioning Compass, helps you to assess your commissioning system and form an action plan for improvement. It’s available for free via our Teachable site – try it now! link.redquadrant.com/commissioningcompass
Next National Commissioning Academy
We’re building our cohort for the next national commissioning academy – our flagship commissioning programme from the PSTA. Register your interest now: https://link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25
What I’ve been reading:
Congratulations to Andrew Humphreys. who has stepped into a new role as SAVVI Delivery Manager.
The SAVVI project, (short for Scalable Approach to Vulnerability via Interoperability) is about helping public services identify, assess, and support people at risk of poor outcomes, whether that’s homelessness, child poverty, or even being unable to evacuate during a flood. By developing open data standards, practical guidance, and innovative tools, SAVVI enables a truly coordinated, multi-agency response. You can read more on Andrew’s role, and on the project, here: https://coda.io/@savvi/welcome/exciting-news-from-the-savvi-team-313
Things I shared on socials:
2026 Problematique: Personal reflections on unrealized potential – MELISSA TULLIO
M.Des. Melissa Tullio. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/06/18/2026-problematique-personal-reflections-on-unrealized-potential-melissa-tullio-m-des/
Consciousness, Sapience and Sentience—A Metacybernetic View
Systems journal / MDPI. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/06/18/consciousness-sapience-and-sentience-a-metacybernetic-view/
Professionalising the Cybersystemic Practitioner: Five Decades of STiP Education at the Open University
The Thinker the Century Couldn’t Hear
Richard David Hames. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/06/18/the-thinker-the-century-couldnt-hear/
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