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 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
A year of work in progress – day 76 (Yarmouk)
Day 76 – 29 April 2014 and day 25 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘The lexicon of man’s inhumanity to man has a new word and that is Yarmouk,’ said the spokesperson on Radio 4. ‘Shame on all of us that in a United Nations led refugee camp people are dying of starvation’ … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 76 (Yarmouk)
A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
Day 72 – 23 April 2014 and day 20 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. ‘Have I ever given you my three jobs speech?’ I say this to my team regularly and they usually shake their heads either because they can’t remember it or more likely they are too polite and know I’m going … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 72 (Thirds)
A year of work in progress – day 70 (Optimist)
Day 70 – 17 April 2014 and day 15 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. I am a congenital optimist, I just can’t help myself. Maybe I was born with it. My glass is always half full, the grass is always greener on my side of the fence and life is a string of … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 70 (Optimist)
A year of work in progress – day 69 (Newton)
Day 69 – 16 April 2014 and day 14 of the A to Z Blogging Challenge. This should really have been called: Newton’s laws of motion and the role of physics in local government part 4 Sir Isaac Newton was a clever man. His laws of motion were first compiled in his work Philosophiæ Naturalis … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 69 (Newton)
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 