This article appears in the November 2017 edition of The Clerk – the newsletter of the Society of Local Council Clerks. Terminology: within the sector Town and Parish Councils are referred to as “Local Councils” with their larger brethren which people may more instantly think of as local authorities known as “principal authorities”. My…
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Why Ideology Eats Evidence for Breakfast
A Bioengineer called Guru Madhavan gave a talk at the RSA this week pointing out that it makes sense to apply the tools of rational disciplines, like engineering, to the field of public policy. He gave some examples of (what others would call) user-centred design, systematic and multi-criteria decision-making. I got this stuff with my…
Observations of a World-Class Team Leader
Recently I went to a musical performance by the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. My seat was in the choir seats behind the orchestra and I was right in the middle so I was directly opposite the conductor and therefore able to see exactly what he was doing in leading the team…
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