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 83
Day 83 – 9 May 2014 Last night’s presentation to the Three Towns Area Action Partnership wasn’t the scintillating end to the day that I had hoped for. I didn’t feel that I was on top form perhaps I was a little tired. It was their annual general meeting and so I had to sit … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 83
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 81
Day 81 – 7 May 2014 It was bound to happen that a day would come along which I was not able to enjoy and yesterday was it. I suppose that one day out of eighty isn’t bad and I should be grateful that when working in such a volatile role where the opportunity for … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 81
A year of work in progress – day 80
Day 80 – 6 May 2014 It’s big data week. You probably haven’t heard. I didn’t until I was asked if we wanted to put on an event but in the end there wasn’t enough time. Big Data is too big for one week anyway but that reminds me to give an update on where … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 80
A year of work in progress – day 78
Day 78 – 1 May 2014 Today I was at the inaugural Dynamo14 conference, along with 350 other ICT professionals and people interested in the North East. I got to make a pitch at a public sector breakout session under the title of collaboration. In case you are interested this is what I said: Good … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 78
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 