...has a photograph from the newspapers in the mid-1990s, showing the monthly meeting between the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England, at which they used to decide...
...those ‘wicked’ problems that can’t be solved within our own organisations, and know how frustrating it can be to come up against structural barriers when citizens and service users rightly...
...training for the New Zealand Ironman, I was on a bike ride with a friend. A van suddenly turned across our path. I had nowhere to go, but to crash...
...Several of them find themselves with enhanced reputations as the year ends and, in some cases, new and stretching jobs. From my own department alone, that number includes Cheryl Avery,...
...we wanted to inject new ideas and a fresh perspective into Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Health and Safety. My apprentice has helped to future proof H&S safety in CCS, by...
...extra time to learn new things (I’m doing a Psychology course at the moment), do some voluntary work (some tutoring / mentoring for a charity), look after my nieces and...
...spring term. Accompanied, of course, by coffee stains on the new carpets, broken glassware, the smell of burnt toast and crumbs in bed. Thankfully, there were no injuries. It was...
...We’ve come through the initial adrenaline-fuelled emergency response phase into what feels like a temporary but potentially long-lasting “New Normal” involving different priorities and very different ways of working. Resilience...
...were temporarily promoted on a few occasions as we stretched our capability. During this time, we also started to build our competencies for promotion. Unfortunately, at this time we found...
Menopause logo It has been an interesting year for so many reasons, not least the need for us all to navigate a ‘new normal’ brought about by the presence of...
