Day 49 – 14 March 2014 It turns out that Durham County Council has won the ‘Council of the Year’, a prestigious award promoted by the Local Government Chronicle. It’s like an Oscar for best movie, an excellent achievement and some reward for the five years of hard work following Local Government Review when the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 49
A year of work in progress – day 48
Day 48 – 13 March 2014 I woke this morning feeling a little nervous. I was up for re-election. Since Tom left Sunderland I have been the chair of the North East ICT Managers group (NEICT) and today was the Annual General Meeting. It’s something I’ve enjoyed doing and I think the group is more … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 48
A year of work in progress – day 47
Day 47 – 12 March 2014 Management Wednesday and what is worse it was also password change day. It used to be so easy, your pet’s name, your address or your favourite holiday destination. Stick a number on the end if you needed to change it. Now it has to have capitals, numbers, Cyrillic script … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 47
A year of work in progress – day 46
Day 46 – 11 March 2014 Twelve days without paper now if you don’t count the odd bits that people shove in your hands from time to time. Last night I had my first Area Action Partnership meeting in Stanley without the white stuff. The cold sweats and night terrors are diminishing but I still … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 46
A year of work in progress – day 45
Day 45 – 10 March 2014 I’ve been off-net for two working days. I haven’t looked at my email until this morning. I even switched off the synchronisation on my phone just in case I got tempted. And I did. Thursday morning was difficult and I must confess to feeling withdrawal symptoms. Two whole days … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 45
A year of work in progress – day 44
Day 44 – 5 March 2014 On Monday I left my pen at home. Yesterday I managed to go out with no money on me. No wallet, no credit cards, nothing. Fortunately I managed to get away with it but I think old age is creeping up on me. I need to do that thing … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 44
A year of work in progress – day 43
Day 43 – 4 March 2014 I seem to mention Digital Durham all of the time and so I should. It is important to the region, not just the County and takes up a fair chunk of my time. It’s so important that it isn’t even on my ten things to achieve this year. There … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 43
A year of work in progress – day 42
Day 42 – 3 March 2014 It’s the start of another week and another month. It’s just a short week this time as I have a couple of days off at the back end. I’m catching up on the last of this year’s holiday. Use it or lose it springs to mind. My quest to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 42
South west one
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
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 