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 promised.URL: https://chosen-path.org/2026/07/07/how-do-you-run-a-programme-when-its-not-just-about-the-benefits/
Can better commissioning of adult social care be both system-driven and relational?
I’m asking how adult social care commissioning can hold both system discipline and relational practice. The point is not to choose between strategy and human connection, but to design commissioning so relationships, learning and outcomes can reinforce each other.URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_commissioning-adultsocialcare-systemsthinking-share-7480662115993899009-XgzB/
Courses and events
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 for our September 2026 cohort: https://link.redquadrant.com/nextacademy25
Leadership for systems change with LGR 2028!
Curious about how to lead transformation in the context of local government reorganisation and devolution? Responding to complexity: leading transformation in local government reorganisation and devolution is a five-month programme with the Open University and RedQuadrant, taking place September 2026-January 2027. We invite participants from organisations preparing for, going through, or having been through reorganisation, and who want to learn with and from others to build capacity for transformation in uncertainty.https://lnkd.in/gpX6ZG8h
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
Things I shared on socials:
Pattern Languages will Save the World, or at least substantially contribute
Pattern Languages will Save the World, or at least substantially contribute – Schuler, Wirfs-Brock, de Moor (2026). Douglas Schuler, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Aldo de Moor. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/07/03/pattern-languages-will-save-the-world-or-at-least-substantially-contribute-schuler-wirfs-brock-de-moor-2026/
Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice Vol. 10 No. 1
(2026): Transmaterial Worlding in Practice. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/07/03/murmurations-journal-of-transformative-systemic-practice-vol-10-no-1-2026-transmaterial-worlding-in-practice/
Job: Executive Director – The Social Leadership Project – Remote, with travel throughout the UK
Job: Executive Director – The Social Leadership Project – Remote, with travel throughout the UK – c. GBP120k – closing date 14 August 2026. The Social Leadership Project. https://stream.syscoi.com/2026/07/03/job-executive-director-the-social-leadership-project-remote-with-travel-throughout-the-uk-c-120k-closing-date-14-august-2026/
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