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Reflections from CIPFA Conference: We have to make Brexit work

Reflections from CIPFA Conference: We have to make Brexit…

Last week my colleagues and I attended CIPFA’s annual conference. Unsurprisingly, Brexit shaped the agenda and framed the discussions. However,…

by Amy Crowson - July 21, 2016
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Crucial but not easy: Partnership building in local health economies

Crucial but not easy: Partnership building in local health…

This year’s annual NHS Planning guidance for the first time requires NHS leaders to produce two separate but connected plans:…

by Caroline Lloyd - May 17, 2016
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‘The doorstep narrative’ to reinventing local government

‘The doorstep narrative’ to reinventing local…

Last week, Jon Ainger and I ran a session at the MJ Future Forum on the Target Demand Model –…

by Jenny McArdle - April 28, 2016
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Public sector innovation: Lessons from science

Public sector innovation: Lessons from science

Einstein said “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and…

by Thomas Spencer - April 6, 2016
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Mind the Gap: Are you ready for Sustainability and Transformation Planning?

Mind the Gap: Are you ready for Sustainability and…

Thinking back to my time as a Special Advisor, first for Tony Blair then later for the Secretary of State…

by Kieran Brett - February 18, 2016
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The fundamental efficacy of human interaction

The fundamental efficacy of human interaction

Heading home last Tuesday on the train I read a fascinating article in the Evening Standard that I thought I…

by Martin Cresswell - February 1, 2016
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If change is to happen, we still need to ask the killer questions

If change is to happen, we still need to ask the killer…

Reflecting on my first six months with IMPOWER and I’m tempted to quote The Tempest (“Oh brave new world, that has such…

by Maggie Atkinson - January 27, 2016
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The Spending Review: Tough choices to make

The Spending Review: Tough choices to make

The social care council tax precept is good politics for George Osborne and bad politics for local government. He’s devolving…

by Martin Cresswell - November 25, 2015
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The Peril of Public Service Oligopoly

The Peril of Public Service Oligopoly

This article comes with a health warning: Share price is not a completely accurate reflection of the real value or…

by Liam Booth-Smith - November 18, 2015
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Let’s have an ‘un-digital’ conversation

Let’s have an ‘un-digital’ conversation

I worked at Andersen Consulting from 1997 to 2000, in their burgeoning Strategy practice. I was lucky to witness at…

by Jon Ainger - November 16, 2015
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The challenge of tackling childhood obesity: Behaviours & interventions

The challenge of tackling childhood obesity: Behaviours…

At the Public Health England (PHE) conference last month Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt described childhood obesity as the “biggest public…

by Thomas Spencer - October 26, 2015
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When 70 public sector finance directors get together…

When 70 public sector finance directors get together…

Last month IMPOWER presented at the Association of Local Authority Treasurers annual retreat in Oxford, with 70 public sector Finance…

by Campbell Walker - October 9, 2015
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