Day 92 – 22 May 2014 So, before I get onto today it’s worth recapping on something from yesterday which happened after I went to press. I try to keep my blogs to around five hundred words and I could have filled a book. Over lunch there was a session on the future of the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 92
A year of work in progress – day 91
Day 91 – 21 May 2014 Thinking Digital is one of the highpoints of the year for me. This is the third time I have been (it turns out that there have been seven) and I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in digital and the affect it is having upon all … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 91
A year of work in progress – day 90
Day 90 – 20 May 2014 This day has been a long time in coming. Number eight in my ten things I was going to achieve this year is to collaborate with another authority and over the last few months we have been working ever closer with our colleagues in Northumberland. Several years ago we … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 90
A year of work in progress – day 88
Day 88 – 16 May 2014 I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. How does the song go? When I was at #Dynamo14 Bob Paton, MD of Accenture in the North East (there are a lot of Bobs) lead a session on skills and development. He … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 88
A year of work in progress – day 87
Day 87 – 15 May 2014 Bob and I had another trip to Tanfield this morning for another two presentations. The rest room or canteen is never the best place to present as it’s not set out correctly and there is a lot of back ground noise from the factory. We split this site because … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 87
A year of work in progress – day 86
Day 86 – 14 May 2014 Management Wednesday again or should I rename that leadership Wednesday? It doesn’t have quite the same ring. Today was an informal Senior Leadership Team where we get together without an agenda and agree what we are going to talk about on the day. We never have any problem filling … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 86
A year of work in progress – day 85
Day 85 – 13 May 2014 There are some business names that make me not want to go there if you know what I mean. One of them is the Slug and Lettuce. It’s the name of a national pub chain and there is one of them in Durham near the Gala Theatre and the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 85
A year of work in progress – day 84
Day 84 – 12 May 2014 It is just over five years since the seven former district councils came together with the old County Council to form the brand new Durham County Council. It was a process known a local government review (LGR for short) and it seems that we’ve been under review ever since. … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 84
A year of work in progress – day 82
Day 82 – 8 May 2014 The Council has invested in some pool cars. I mentioned them back in day 47. There are half a dozen at County Hall and they are there as an alternative to using your own car so that money can be saved. The mechanism is very clever. Once you are … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 82
A year of work in progress – day 79
Day 79 – 2 May 2014 Can you believe we are into the fifth month of the year already? I don’t know where this year has gone. I woke up early this morning to the sound of crashing plates. Some of them had stopped spinning and had fallen to the floor while others seemed to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 79
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 