Agile – First sprint
Well – end of the first sprint and things have gone really well (and as I write I realise how rare it is to be able to say this!). The agile process has given us much more focus and it is really good...
View ArticleLet politicians be politicians – and make way for the banana eaters….
This post is focused on exploring the differences between civic and democratic behaviours and was drawn into focus by some really interesting conversations I have had this week while doing a short but...
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Software thinking for political decisions
I should be writing my research methods chapter at the moment but to be honest I am finding that a combination of dull and demoralising so am just quickly putting this together instead. I am trying to...
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The Plan is not the Objective
This is a write up of a session that I was part of at UKGovCamp11 – I’ve written it as a separate post as I want to take these ideas forward in some way and need to think about how to do this. A few...
View ArticleBecoming agile
I sometimes use the description of the internet as being very like a teenager, messy, difficult, and creative and with a tremendous energy and excitement that is not always focused constructively. The...
View Article#localgovcamp – Agile session
So – this is the write up from the agile session I led at #localgovcamp. Much of the preamble I started off with can be found in other blog posts but the core of the session was trying to move the...
View ArticleFirst thoughts on Networked Leadership
I was one of 5 facilitators at the Solace Summit a couple of weeks ago and I have been mulling the experience ever since. The event was unusual in that rather having what has always been a perfectly...
View ArticleOpen by default and design
I’ve been mentally hibernating for the last couple of weeks after some rather robust feedback from my supervisor on the latest draft of my thesis which means that I have some large rewrites to do –...
View ArticleAction Research Reflection with a little Agile thrown in
This is by way of a short Action Research reflection so if you are not interested in that kind of thing then move along! Next post will be the write-up of the Agile session at #UKGC12 and much more...
View ArticleTaking the Technology out of Agile – #UKGC12
This is my write up of the session that @pubstrat and I curated at UKGC12. Large apologies for the delay. @pubstrat and I have been meaning to have coffee and general catchup ever since UKGC11 and I am...
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Adaptive programme management
I have been thinking about how you could best apply agile principles to project management for a while – you can read some of my earlier musing here. This draft programme design has been drawn from my...
View ArticleNHS Citizen design – agile but structured
I wanted to capture my first reflection from the final NHS Citizen design workshop last week. I say final – the intention is that the shape and nature of NHS Citizen will continue to evolve but this is...
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In which I am a bit over this digital transformation business.
I’m going to bang on about me for a couple of paragraphs and then I’m going to talk about imagination, system change, complexity and why I am a bit over digital transformation – bear with me. It seems...
View ArticleThe everlasting hunt for the hum
I’ve been thinking about meetings a lot this week…..while in a lot of meetings. It’s been odd joining an organisation during what we can officially refer to as Strange Times. The thing I have found...
View ArticleIn which we can no longer afford to be efficient
Rather than running around our organisation saying ‘we need resilience’ over and over I want to unpack what I mean. I’m doing it here as a way of working and thinking in public – it helps me to...
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