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David Colbear

Delivery Director, IMPOWER

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Understand and act on demand to fast-forward social care

Understand and act on demand to fast-forward social care

In a recent blogpost responding the to the announcement of £5.4bn funding for health and social care, my colleague Michael…

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EDGEWORK: the proof

EDGEWORK: the proof

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Four insights from supporting local Test and Trace services

Four insights from supporting local Test and Trace services

Over the last few months we have been working with a large number of councils supporting them with their Covid-19…

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IMPOWER’s Heroes of 2019: 20 December

IMPOWER’s Heroes of 2019: 20 December

Adenike Tilleray is exactly the sort of person you need to successfully deliver transformational change in the public sector.

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Was I right about the local elections?

Was I right about the local elections?

With the publication today of The MJ’s election map (sponsored by IMPOWER), I wanted to revisit the predictions I made before the election.

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Four factors that could influence the local elections

Four factors that could influence the local elections

My thoughts on what is most likely to influence voters and election outcomes

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Ealing’s ASC placement spend down 5% – how did they do it?

Ealing’s ASC placement spend down 5% – how did they…

The second instalment of our EDGEWORK Series – launched today – is a guide to Primed Performance Management (PPM), and includes a case study detailing how the use of PPM in our work with Ealing Council helped them to reduce costs and improve outcomes.

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A plea to councils: put behaviour change at the heart of transformation

A plea to councils: put behaviour change at the heart of…

I joined the LGA’s ‘Behaviour Change’ conference this week. I was there to share our impact in Ealing through the Better Lives programme, and in particular how applied behavioural science has led to a massive 39% reduction in referrals from the front door to adult social care teams.

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5 reflections on NLGN’s (excellent) Annual Conference

5 reflections on NLGN’s (excellent) Annual Conference

Yesterday I attended the New Local Government Network (NLGN) Annual Conference at the Guildhall in the City of London. The venue may have been old, but the emphasis was decisively on the new.

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IMPOWER’s Heroes of Christmas: 10 December

IMPOWER’s Heroes of Christmas: 10 December

Our alternative advent calendar celebrates the people or teams who have inspired us this year Jacky, Teresa and Tracy have…

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What councils are and do needs radical change

What councils are and do needs radical change

Earlier this week Melanie Dawes, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government told the Commons’ public…

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Primed Performance Management: providing a service-wide view of performance

Primed Performance Management: providing a service-wide view…

When you’re one of only four consultants delivering an implementation programme in an adult social services department with over 100…

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Clairvoyance, delivering projects and the benefits of a discovery mindset

Clairvoyance, delivering projects and the benefits of a…

Sometimes when developing a large delivery programme we are asked to provide specifics about what we are going to be…

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Is it working?

Is it working?

Last December I wrote about some of the biggest lessons I had learned from delivering change in 2017. We are only…

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No service is an island (and other things I’ve learnt about implementing change this year)

No service is an island (and other things I’ve learnt…

I have spent a significant part of my year implementing a large adult social care transformation programme in partnership with…

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