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Reflections on my year as a Deputy Director of Children’s Services: The need to Stop, Collaborate and Listen

Reflections on my year as a Deputy Director of Children’s…

Working at a senior level in local government showed me that the need for coordination, integration and collaboration across the council is more important than ever.

by Leo Jones - September 4, 2018

Reflections on my year as a Deputy Director of Children’s Services: Exploring how our own decision-making can generate demand

Reflections on my year as a Deputy Director of Children’s…

I have found it both cathartic and helpful to reflect on what it is like to work on the frontline of local government to support children and families.

by Leo Jones - September 4, 2018

Resilience is largely irrelevant. Local government needs to focus on productivity

Resilience is largely irrelevant. Local government needs to…

The recent LGC article (‘Divisions over resilience index but officers open to new approach’) raises some interesting questions about how…

by Martin Cresswell - August 10, 2018

Improving transport independence for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Improving transport independence for children with Special…

by IMPOWER - August 8, 2018

IMPOWER’s impact on lives, budgets and public services

IMPOWER’s impact on lives, budgets and public services

Making a real impact on individuals’ lives, for our clients, and within the wider public services sector is a key measure of success for our EDGEWORK approach.

by Jeremy Cooper - August 6, 2018

The IMPOWER INDEX at the CIPFA Annual Conference

The IMPOWER INDEX at the CIPFA Annual Conference

IMPOWER shared the latest updates from the IMPOWER INDEX with Finance Directors at the recent CIPFA annual conference.

by Amy Crowson - July 23, 2018

Q: How did you do it? A: EDGEWORK

Q: How did you do it? A: EDGEWORK

EDGEWORK is our DNA. It is both our philosophy and our methodology. It is what we do every day that makes us different.

by Jeremy Cooper - July 23, 2018

Helter skelter! Which Beatles song best captures our relationship with the NHS?

Helter skelter! Which Beatles song best captures our…

A song I listened to on the radio this morning came with a dedication - not to an individual, but to the NHS.

by Jeremy Cooper - July 9, 2018

International Women’s Day: what consulting can do to #PressForProgress

International Women’s Day: what consulting can do to…

Thursday 8 March marks International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is #PressForProgress – a call to redouble efforts to…

by Samantha Jury-Dada - March 6, 2018

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…

by David Colbear - February 19, 2018

How productive is local government?

How productive is local government?

It was going to happen sooner or later, and in reality, given the scale of the challenge that local government…

by Martin Cresswell - February 13, 2018

Budgets, behaviour and Brexit: the results of our 2018 survey

Budgets, behaviour and Brexit: the results of our 2018…

At the start of this year, we surveyed people working across local government to ask their views on some of…

by Diane Sheard - February 6, 2018

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