'Many are stubborn with regard to the once-chosen path, few with regard to the goal' -Nietzsche
My weekly posts Hear from Rady Sa’d about Enterprise Evolution for public services at the Public Service Transformation Academy webinar Plans and KPIs often fail not from lack of care but because they were built for a simpler world. I’m looking forward to the PSTA webinar on 8 October with Randy Sa’d, exploring Enterprise Evolution … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #194
Plans and KPIs aren’t failing because people don’t care — they’re failing because they were built for a simpler world. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_innovation-technology-management-activity-7378688810080997376-1xsL Come hear about Enterprise Evolution for public services at the PSTA Webinar. What measure, meeting, or rule would you remove tomorrow to create space for real learning? Plans and KPIs aren’t failing because people don’t care … Continue reading Hear from Rady Sa’d about Enterprise Evolution for public services at the Public Service Transformation Academy webinar
My weekly posts When you’re low on resources and have to merge political organisations starting yesterday, what’s the most important thing to focus on? When you’re low on resources and have to merge political organisations starting yesterday, what’s the most important thing to focus on? We’re launching our new service offer: the RedQuadrant #devolution and … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #193
When you're low on resources and have to merge political organisations starting yesterday, what's the most important thing to focus on? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_redquadrant-lgr-devolution-transitionimplementation-activity-7376159021583507457-Fkol Here’s our offer - I’d love to know how you’d go about it! When you're low on resources and have to merge political organisations starting yesterday, what's the most important thing to focus … Continue reading When you’re low on resources and have to merge political organisations starting yesterday, what’s the most important thing to focus on?
Narratives have power – which one do you choose? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_sincere-irony-post-appreciation-of-art-activity-7366014464766201858-LMEe There are narratives which inflate: ‘one amongst you is the Boddhisattva’. They invite and speak to hope, wholeness, the possibility that we already have what we need. There are narratives which deflate: ‘you can take the girl out of the small town'... the takedown. It keeps … Continue reading Narratives with power
What if the best way to change your system isn’t to wrestle it into shape… but to see it more clearly? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_june-2025-national-commissioning-academy-activity-7322893924610600960-kqV- If you could change one thing about the system you work in, what would you choose? And what stops you from starting? Contact me if you want to join the National Commissioning Academy. … Continue reading What if the best way to change your system isn’t to wrestle it into shape… but to see it more clearly?
Hot in from the Department of the Department of Self-Reference (what do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?), last year's top ten: An invitation to the RedQuadrant tool shed - which shows my referral links are working, I just wish people would sign up 🙂 - was probably number 1 last … Continue reading My top ten most read posts in 2024
Geoff Wild has shared an update to the PwC report for the County Councils Network on economies of scale in English local government - the original was a major source quoted in the 'Devolution' White Paper in December. Join this discussion on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_no-access-county-councils-network-activity-7303714990790721536-rVUR Let's look at the method: The methodology here is to allocate … Continue reading A note on how potential savings from local government reorganisation are being calculated
Don Van Vliet: Heinz, you ever hear a tree laugh? I was out in the desert, and this big old Joshua tree was just cracking up, shaking its needles like it knew a joke I didn’t. The world’s like that tree. It laughs at you the second you try to nail it down. Heinz von … Continue reading Bird on fire, tide at rest: paint spilled in the desert
Lots of comments and discussions on this on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_innovation-leadership-socialcare-activity-7274712857965998082-dG1t The Devolution White Paper It's a rational, forward-looking document that cites innovation and leadership, that seems to be the culmination of Treasury's century-long campaign to 'make local government make sense' (to it), and is laser-focused on removing planning obstructions as 'barriers to growth'. There are … Continue reading So, in 2024, we’re discussing serious local government reform. There’s a new White Paper out.
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