This report from ResPublica argues that the Big Society will fail unless urgent action is taken to better support civil society in our public services. The report says that the development of an expanded civil society is being hampered by burdensome bureaucracy and over complicated commissioning processes.
Edited by Dr Joanna Richardson
Written by leading academics in the field of local governance, finance, systems thinking and politics, this topical book examines and debates the challenges posed, on a local, European and global level.
Read more on FROM RECESSION TO RENEWAL – IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS ON PUBLIC SERVICES…
By Stephen Denning
The book introduces the concept of narrative intelligence—an ability to understand and act and react agilely in the quicksilver world of interacting narratives. It shows why this is key to the central task of leadership, what its dimensions are, and how you can measure it.
By Stephen Denning
The former World Bank executive and master storyteller Stephen Denning used a tale to show why storytelling is a critical skill for leaders. Now, in this hands-on guide, Denning explains how you can learn to tell the right story at the right time.
By Stephen Denning.
Organizations today face a crisis. The crisis is of long standing and its signs are widespread. Most proposals for improving management address one element of the crisis at the expense of the others. This is particularly so in the light of deficit reduction measures.
All work is conducted through relationships, and the key to relationships is trust. Yet trust is constantly being broken in the workplace. Sometime’s it’s in spectacular ways with redundancies, sometimes co-workers actively sabotaging others’ work. But far more common, and more insidious, are the small betrayals we all have been guilty of, or subjected to, or both—things like gossiping, missing deadlines, taking credit for other people’s work. Any betrayal, large or small, can end up sapping our energy, commitment and creativity.
The Public Accounts Committee in its report expresses concern at the slow progress made by the Department of Health towards reducing the gap in life expectancy between 70 ‘spearhead’ local authorities with high deprivation and the population as a whole by 10 per cent by 2010.
Editor Michael Clarke
Choice pervades our society: it is founded on political rights to choose and our economy on market choices, but we have now reached the point where choice is extended almost everywhere.
Read more on CHALLENGING CHOICES, IDEOLOGY, CONSUMERISM AND POLICY…
This document from the Cabinet Office sets out a strategy for voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises.
It outlines the scale and nature of the opportunities being made available to civil society organizations as part of the Government’s wider reform agenda, through empowering
communities, opening up public services and promoting social action.
By Christian Bason
In a time of unprecedented turbulence, how can public sector organisations increase their ability to find innovative solutions to society’s problems? “Leading public sector innovation” shows how government agencies can use co-creation to overcome barriers and deliver more value, at lower cost, to citizens and business.
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