Day 114 – 1 July 2014 The year is officially half over yet I will end up working fewer days in the second half than in the first. It’s all to do with having more holidays, better weather and something around harvest time. The tide has turned and is coming back in (or is it … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 114
A year of work in progress – day 113
Day 113 – 30 June 2014 Way back in October we’d planned to do some back to the floor days as part of Customer Service Week. For personal reasons I was unable to complete mine. I know things can take their time in public services but I’ve only just managed to get round to rearranging … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 113
A year of work in progress – day 111
Day 111 – 26 June 2014 The Dynamo board went well last night. Justin is doing a great job bringing it all together. We covered a wide range of subjects including the type of governance structures we need to set up, what type of organisation we should become and who needs to be involved. We’re … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 111
A year of work in progress – day 110
Day 110 – 25 June 2014 Bob said I could use this in my blog. Yesterday afternoon he knocked on the door as I was waiting for a meeting in the Room for Improvement and asked if I could spare a few minutes. At first I thought ‘here we go’ but we cleared up a … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 110
A year of work in progress – day 107
Day 107 – 13 June 2014 It is normally me who stands up at the front and does the presentations but not today. The Corporate Management Team do some regular, if not very frequent, state of the nation presentations and go around the various main buildings to talk to the people. Shamefacedly I have to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 107
A year of work in progress – day 106
Day 106 – 12 June 2014 Today was another one spent north of the Tyne. That makes two in a row. This morning we had our regular North East ICT Managers meeting and Ian at North Tyneside had offered us a room. It was not worth driving to Durham to come back for half ten … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 106
A year of work in progress – day 105
Day 105 – 11 June 2014 I’m doing quite well with my paperless adventure. I used a marker pen to make some notes at yesterday’s unconference but I don’t think that counts. As for the organisation though we have light years yet to travel. Janine has been filling in an application to apply for a … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 105
A year of work in progress – day 104
Day 104 – 10 June 2014 According to Wikipedia, an unconference is a participant-driven meeting. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one or more aspects of a conventional conference, such as fees, sponsored presentations, and top-down organization. This morning we held our first … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 104
A year of work in progress – day 103
Day 103 – 9 June 2014 I finished the book ‘Accelerating health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation’ by Paul Plsek. It wasn’t as enjoyable as the first Virginia Mason book I read though it did have some pithy quotes in it. I particularly liked the concept of ‘trystorming’, a bit like brainstorming only letting … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 103
A year of work in progress – day 102
Day 102 – 6 June 2014 There is nothing nicer than left over pie to get you started (that is if you don’t include left over curry but that is not always great if you have a meeting to go to). Pastry must count as one of mankind’s greatest achievements. Today was SOCITM day and … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 102
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 