The work with our neighbours is taking shape. It would be easy to talk about the projects that are underway. They are tangible, they can be measured and they can be accounted for. We have several up and running. They are big and meaty and it will be great when we see them through to … Continue reading Unfolding plans 8 – coming together isn’t just about doing things
Unfolding plans 3
I’ve restructured our Senior Leadership Team meetings. Today we did something that I’ve wanted to do for some time but never got round to it. We had our first meeting entirely dedicated to the customer. It was a sales meeting or a commercial meeting or a focus on growth. I’m going to take this as … Continue reading Unfolding plans 3
A year of work in progress – day 223
Day 223 – 24 December 2014 So here it is, the last working day of my year and so the last day of this blog. I managed to get there without missing a post and without running out of things to say. Sometimes the words tripped off the ends of my fingers and there were … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 223
A year of work in progress – day 222
Day 222 – 23 December 2014 Writing a strategy is hard because I lack a basic skill. Concentration. I just can’t do it. I find it really hard to sit for hours focussed on the same thing. My mind starts to wander. There are three things I can cite in my defence. One: A strategy … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 222
A year of work in progress – day 220
Day 220 – 19 December 2014 Have you ever imagined what it would be like to navigate in space? I mean deep space. Back here on Earth in a sort of Euclidian way it is easy. We can safely assume that getting from B to A is just the reverse of getting from A to … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 220
A year of work in progress – day 219
Day 219 – 18 December 2014 Four meetings with your boss in one day! Who arranged this? OK, I don’t mind meeting up with him, I have some things to say and we get on well enough but you can have too much of a good thing. One of them is our Resources Management Team … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 219
A year of work in progress – day 218
Day 218 – 17 December 2014 I wrote this during breaks in a Microsoft event at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead. I was logged on to Durham’s system using our virtual private network and through the hotel’s wireless network. I had caught up with my email however before I had left home to get the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 218
A year of work in progress – day 217
Day 217 – 16 December 2014 I don’t think that I’ve ever been to Derby before that is until today. I’d been passed it, perhaps even through it but don’t recall ever stopping there. I might have been there for the football in the dark and distant past. This morning five of us made the … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 217
A year of work in progress – day 216
Day 216 – 15 December 2014 I know it’s getting close to year end yet all the big projects are showing their faces this week. Digital Durham is there of course and my first meeting was to present a progress update to the Economy and Enterprise Overview and Scrutiny Committee. This is another meeting that … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 216
A year of work in progress – day 215
Day 215 – 12 December 2014 Number nine on my list of ten things to achieve this year was to finish my book. Well technically this one is in the bag. I’ve finished it but haven’t published it. I keep meaning to read it through and am thinking of publishing it for the Kindle. I … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 215
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 