Day 118 – 8 July 2014 It was pouring this morning as I made my way across the car park at County Hall. I got in only to realise that I had left the speakers I needed for the presentation in the car. It started to thunder and so I decided to leave it until … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 118
A year of work in progress – day 117
Day 117 – 7 July 2014 Back at work this morning after seeing the Tour de France go through Burley in Wharfedale over the weekend. It was something I hadn’t expected to see in the north of England and was glad we went down even though there was a bit of waiting around. Today I … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 117
A year of work in progress – day 116
Day 116 – 3 July 2014 England is out of the World Cup and Murray is out of Wimbledon but the Tour de France is starting this weekend so there is still hope. Last night’s Dynamo North East skills and education event at Sage head office was good. It was the first time I’d been … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 116
A year of work in progress – day 115
Day 115 – 2 July 2014 It’s management Wednesday again but only two meetings today. We had Senior Leadership team in the morning (a performance one) and Resources Management Team in the afternoon. I must get my diary sorted as we ended up in Morpeth in the morning and Durham in the afternoon. This also … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 115
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 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 101
Day 101 – 5 June 2014 I had no presentations today but I did go and check my laptop with the projector in committee room two as it didn’t show the video correctly yesterday. In a way that was fortunate as most of the rude bits were left off the screen. I have the same … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 101
A year of work in progress – day 98
Day 98 – 2 June 2014 Today was a game of two halves. The morning was in County Hall in Durham and the afternoon was in County Hall in Northumberland. This is going to get confusing. After a couple of very short meetings about the web and communications for Digital Durham I tried something different … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 98
A year of work in progress – day 97
Day 97 – 30 May 2014 I’ve started to read ‘Accelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation’ by Paul Plsek, a snappy title if ever there was one. It is the follow up book to ‘Transforming Health Care’ about the Virginia Mason approach to serving patients and has reminded me that we still haven’t … Continue reading A year of work in progress – day 97
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 