An online notebook
Michael Coté has written an excellent post describing seven anti-patterns of behaviour in big organisations. Number six is a particularly egregious crime, in my view: Pay people to ignore them — BigCo’s love hiring new employees, paying them well, and then rarely listening to them. Instead, you hire outsiders and consultants who say similar things, but are listened … Keep reading
There’s so much I want to blog about at the moment, but pretty much no time to do it. However, here’s a nice little thing we’re working on that might be of interest. Performance management is one of those things that strikes fear into the heart of any public sector worker. Somehow, we’ve ended up … Keep reading
I rather like this diagram that appeared in a post talking about Microsoft (which is well worth reading in and of itself). It describes all the elements that make up what an organisation is and does. At the top, there are fewer words and they don’t change very often. At the moment, there are a … Keep reading
I found LocalGovCamp a really refreshing and cheering event this year. I’m going to spend a few quick posts writing up my thoughts. Lot and lots of discussion about culture and culture change. This discussion has been going on since forever, and if we are being frank with ourselves, it isn’t going to change dramatically … Keep reading
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better | Helen Milner Barcamp NotForProfits | dxw (I’ll be there representing @tasksquadhq) Digital local government: a future in Google Glass and the internet of things GDS becomes political as Labour launches digital government review … Keep reading