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Relational public services and reality

What IF we enabled caring professionals to do good work? Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_more-than-once-redquadrant-has-sent-social-activity-7406599731298324480-wwv9 More than once, RedQuadrant has sent social work teams to clients to do complex case reviews — with adults who have multiple complex needs, ‘dependency’ on social care, whose care packages can run into six figures. They do more reviews per day than in-house … Continue reading Relational public services and reality →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #202

My weekly posts ‘When you realize the plot of the last 10 years was just a prologue…’ Over the last decade, things have felt like a relentless slog: Brexit, Covid, laying off colleagues, family bereavements, a nightmare house project, my dad’s decline and death, my own creaky health and work’s highs and lows. In the … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #202 →

‘When you realize the plot of the last 10 years was just a prologue…’

‘When you realize the plot of the last 10 years was just a prologue…’. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_when-you-realize-the-plot-of-the-last-10-activity-7401538858854744064-ZHgj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho I was given this phrase in a weirdly portentous way by ‘Grok’ ai — using someone’s prompt: Generate a meme, using a well known template, but with your own words on it. The goal of the meme should … Continue reading ‘When you realize the plot of the last 10 years was just a prologue…’ →

A Hundred Origin Stories – an Unfinished History of Relational Public Services – Parker, Dove, and Taylor (2025)

[This is the end point of a phase of a journey that start for me with having time on a Friday night to dig in to a dynamic twitter thread asking for 'a decent accessible history of relational practice/thinking/leadership (ideally short form)?' - my responses summarised here: https://stream.syscoi.com/2025/10/24/nick-kimber-on-linkedin-hello-can-anybody-point-me-to-a-decent-accessible-history-of-relational-practice-thinking-leadership-ideally-short-form/ And a more reflective piece here: https://chosen-path.org/2025/10/26/how-to-move-to-relational-public-services/ … Continue reading A Hundred Origin Stories – an Unfinished History of Relational Public Services – Parker, Dove, and Taylor (2025) →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #201

My weekly posts Think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ are dead, long live think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ Strategic commissioning is back, but the real barrier isn’t guidance — it’s whether places have the governance, honesty and cross-boundary funding needed to make real trade-offs. We need shared insight … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #201 →

Commissioning in the NHS – first as tragedy, then as farce?

Commissioning in the NHS - first as tragedy, then as farce? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_commissioning-compass-system-assessment-activity-7397048483675025408-5cIu The framework for strategic commissioning could be our chance to end the ritual of plans that never move money. It asks ICBs to be intelligent payors, segment populations, commission across pathways, and evaluate impact. The music is right. Doing the dance is going … Continue reading Commissioning in the NHS – first as tragedy, then as farce? →

Think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ are dead, long live think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’

Think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ are dead, long live think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_commissioning-compass-system-assessment-activity-7396449650750300160-1yVq Think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ are dead, long live think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ Strategic commissioning is back. The NHS framework puts 'payor discipline', … Continue reading Think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ are dead, long live think-pieces saying ‘commissioning is dead, long live strategic commissioning’ →

Philip John Taylor, 1944-2025

My dad died last week, quite peacefully, after a long period of Alzheimer's. We had had time to prepare ('anticipatory grief', the social worker accurately diagnosed), and close family were all able to spend time with him in hospital. But of course it is never easy. I wrote about him here/on LinkedIn, four years ago, … Continue reading Philip John Taylor, 1944-2025 →

What would you do if you were waiting for an announcement in the spring or summer that would mean you *had* to turn your organisational world upside-down by next April?

#LGR: What would you do if you were waiting for an announcement in the spring or summer that would mean you *had* to turn your organisational world upside-down by next April? Many councils have now hit ‘submit’ on their Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) proposals – or are about to. Now comes the awkward middle act: … Continue reading What would you do if you were waiting for an announcement in the spring or summer that would mean you *had* to turn your organisational world upside-down by next April? →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #199

My weekly posts I can’t sell this any more than I have — don’t miss out on the Level 7 outcomes in complexity apprenticeship — it really is the last chance! I’m out of clever ways to say it — this is the last chance to join Leading and Commissioning for Outcomes in Complexity – … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #199 →