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The UK wants more growth from professional services SMEs. Good. Then stop treating us as decoration around the edges of procurement focused on a locked-in central market.

The UK wants more growth from professional services SMEs. Good. Then stop treating us as decoration around the edges of procurement focused on a locked-in central market. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_the-uk-wants-more-growth-from-professional-activity-7449711773131321344-ITQ7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho The UK wants more growth from professional services SMEs. Good. Then stop treating us as decoration around the edges of procurement focused … Continue reading The UK wants more growth from professional services SMEs. Good. Then stop treating us as decoration around the edges of procurement focused on a locked-in central market. →

Most ‘agility’ conversations leave out the hard part.

Most ‘agility’ conversations leave out the hard part. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_most-agility-conversations-leave-out-the-activity-7449464777669718016-vxS7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Most ‘agility’ conversations leave out the hard part. Not ‘are we delivering faster?’But: can the organisation sense what’s changing… and change itself without lying to itself? In complex systems, the failure mode isn’t slowness. It’s false confidence: ·        … Continue reading Most ‘agility’ conversations leave out the hard part. →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #216

My weekly posts We need to be much more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services I think we need to be far more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services. Big Tech operates in highly measurable environments with simple goals, whereas public services deal with complex, contested, … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #216 →

We need to be much more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services

We need to be much more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services. Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_we-need-to-be-much-more-precise-about-what-activity-7447175907456212992-zu-u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho We need to be much more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services. A lot of the hype assumes that if ‘Big Tech’ can make powerful predictions, government should … Continue reading We need to be much more precise about what AI can and can’t do in public services →

OK, you got me. That post earlier was an April Fool’s.

OK, you got me. That post earlier was an April Fool’s. Join the conversation. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_ok-you-got-me-that-post-earlier-was-an-share-7444844243656785920-xzgt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo OK, you got me. That post earlier was an April Fool’s. But there was a true element: I have received some funding, and I’m entering a new phase of work. I’m grateful to have been awarded a grant by the … Continue reading OK, you got me. That post earlier was an April Fool’s. →

Launching the Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence!

Launching the Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence! Join the conversation on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_benjamin-p-taylor-foundation-for-global-influence-ugcPost-7443345824350273536-2tAV?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADUV_eUBZSxZvFpx70OV050F6K5HM2MhTMo I am pleased launch today the Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence, working with partners across government, advisory, capital, and security sectors, including those operating in politically complex environments where the boundaries between reform, influence, and reputation are actively … Continue reading Launching the Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence! →

At #STSP26 I argued systems practice is a humanism.

At #STSP26 I argued systems practice is a humanism. Join the conversation on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_systems-practice-is-a-humanism-benjamin-activity-7444641345589280768-k8AD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho At #STSP26 I argued systems practice is a humanism. Søren Kerndrup made the argument more clearly than I did in his summary:"advances the claim that systems practice constitutes a form of humanism, drawing on an analogy with Sartre’s Existentialism is a Humanism. Rather than treating models, methods, … Continue reading At #STSP26 I argued systems practice is a humanism. →

Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #215

My weekly posts Jane Eckford has a lot of lessons for anyone who cares about #publicservicetransformation What struck me most is that Jane’s story is really about purpose and relationships, not programmes or technology. Her work shows that listening to frontline staff and citizens reveals systemic issues, and that real public service is relational—trust depends … Continue reading Transduction – leading transformation – Issue #215 →

Jane Eckford has a lot of lessons for anyone who cares about #publicservicetransformation

Jane Eckford has a lot of lessons for anyone who cares about public service transformation. Join the conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antlerboy_publicservicetransformation-activity-7442118657654149120-HXwA?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACuq-oBecVFDW6PCf3lkoG-peMeuLBeoho Jane Eckford has a lot of lessons for anyone who cares about #publicservicetransformation. Jane has spent most of her career in the space between citizens and institutions. Local government, contact centres, customer insight, digital government, Liverpool … Continue reading Jane Eckford has a lot of lessons for anyone who cares about #publicservicetransformation →