I received an email from the Best Practice Group inviting me to read a report on ‘Southwest One, The Official 9 Lessons Learned’. It sounded interesting though I knew it would come with a sales pitch on how to avoid such mistakes in future. You can read the report here. If you are not in … Continue reading South west one
A year of work in progress – day 41
Day 41 – 28 February 2014 For personal reasons I worked from home today. I had a couple of reports to write anyway, one on a Digital Strategy following the meeting on Monday and a second which I had not expected at all. Apparently I had an update to do on Building Schools for the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 41
A year of work in progress – day 40
Day 40 – 27 February 2014 Last night went well. Everyone listened and there was lots of interest as well as questions and a few laughs. I nearly messed up big time though. I thought I’d sent the wrong presentation to Mid Durham Rural. Pam sorted it out though. Only seven meetings today. We have … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 40
A year of work in progress – day 38
Day 38 – 25 February 2014 Today I was mostly at the Education Development Centre (EDC) in Spennymoor. The morning was taken up by another of the Customer Services workshops that I described on day 19. The building was different but the format the same. The focus of the training was around the ICT Strategy, … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 38
A year of work in progress – day 37
Day 37 – 24 February 2014 This morning I woke up with the clock saying 2:22. I then woke up with it saying 5:55. How weird is that? I just had to get up. This morning started with a meeting to look at a Digital Strategy. This is something that I’ve been thinking about for … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 37
A year of work in progress – day 36
Day 36 – 21 February 2014 Day three without paper and all is going well. I have resisted so far but I nearly fell into a trap yesterday when talking to Lee. I reached for my pen to make a note and fortunately didn’t have it on me. Lee offered me the use of his … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 36
A year of work in progress – day 35
Day 35 – 20 February 2014 It’s good to leave home when it is light. I was able to leave a little later this morning as my first meeting was with NCFE just down the road. My first day without paper wasn’t without its moments but I managed. I had to sign a couple of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 35
A year of work in progress – day 34
Day 34 – 19 February 2014 Last night I decided that I’m going to try and go paperless. I’ve been agile for some time and am obsessed with being more personally efficient yet I still hang onto the vestiges of the old way of doing things. I carry a day-book around with me in which … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 34
A year of work in progress – day 33
Day 33 – 18 February 2014 I thought I’d get the train in this morning but when the announcement came over the Tannoy that it was at least thirty seven minutes late arriving at Morpeth I decided to give up and drive in. Thankfully I had my old friend Mr Laptop with me and so … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 33
A year of work in progress – day 32
Day 32 – 17 February 2014 Take two one-to-ones with members of my team, two tier 4 managers and two heads of service. Add to this a couple of other meetings and that was my day. I started at Meadowfield, travelled to County Hall and ended up at Tanfield. Eight meetings in three locations was … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 32
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 