Report - How Are You Really?: Exploring Mental Health in Public Services
Mutual Ventures launches a new report exporing mental health in the workplace within public services, and what approaches organisations...
Jordan Binedell
6 days ago2 min read
Radical Reformers ep.96: Leading a turnaround with Kath O'Dwyer, former Chief Executive of St Helens Council and Chair of SOLACE
In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat with Kath O'Dwyer, former Chief Executive of St Helens Council and Chair of S OLACE . ...
Andrew Laird
7 days ago1 min read
REPORT - Children's Services and Local Government Reorganisation (LGR): Key Considerations
Our latest report explores Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and the significant opportunity it brings to reshape and improve the...
Emmet Regan
May 142 min read
When Power Forgets the People
In this article, Prof. Donna Hall and Andrew Laird recognise the challenge now faced by public service leaders and set out a positive set...
Andrew Laird
May 97 min read
View on demand: Producing your local Get Britain Working Plan
Catch up on our webinar Producing your local Get Britain Working Plan, held on 8th May 2025 at 1.30-2.30 PM. Every area - led by...
Mutual Ventures
May 81 min read
Radical Reformers ep.94: Creating Community Agency with Graeme Duncan, Chief Executive of Right to Succeed
In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat to Graeme Duncan, Chief Executive of Right to Succeed, a charity that supports...
Andrew Laird
Apr 171 min read
Shaping futures together: Key insights to improve children's care placements
Ross Murray explores the challenges faced by local authorities in shaping the market for children's care placements. He delves into...
Ross Murray
Apr 105 min read
Radical Place Leadership: The Public Money that Falls Between the Silos
This long-read article by Andrew Laird and Prof. Donna Hall sets out a new way of considering public money across a “place” and provides...
Andrew Laird
Apr 513 min read
Local Get Britain Working Plans – what are they and what do areas need to do?
John Copps digests the government’s new guidance on Local Get Britain Working Plans. ‘Get Britain Working’ is the government’s clarion...
John Copps
Apr 43 min read
Radical Reformers ep.93: The Business of Running a Council with Graham Farrant, Chief Executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council
In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat to Graham Farrant, Chief Executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council....
Andrew Laird
Apr 31 min read
Making Commissioning Work: Getting the Foundations Right
Ross Murray discusses some of the commissioning cycle in the children's placement market and considers strategies to improve practice....
Ross Murray
Mar 266 min read
Radical Reformers ep.92: Convening Leadership with Kate Josephs, Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council
This week, I'm joined by Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council. Kate is a former Senior Civil Servant in Whitehall who...
Andrew Laird
Mar 201 min read
Case Study: South Ayrshire Radical Place Leadership
Client: South Ayrshire Council Date: August 2024 to January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: South Ayrshire’s Radical Place...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 123 min read
Radical Reformers ep.89: Radical Place Leadership with Kim Wright, Chief Executive, Brent Council
In our latest episode of Radical Reformers, Andrew is joined by Kim Wright, Chief Executive of Brent Council. In London, 1 in 23...
Andrew Laird
Feb 191 min read
Radical Place Leadership – Making it possible, easier and sticky
Mark Smith, former Director of Public Service Reform at Gateshead Council and pioneer of the “Liberated Method”, argues that Radical...
Mark Smith
Feb 124 min read
Local Government Reorganisation - An opportunity For Radical Place Leadership
In the first in a series of three articles, Mark Bandalli and Andrew Laird explore how LGR is an opportunity for radical transformation -...
Mark Bandalli
Feb 105 min read
Radical Place Leadership – it’s time to act!
With 2025 set to be an exciting and challenging year for public services, we are pleased to launch our new series of webinars, articles...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 282 min read
Will 2025 deliver its promise of change in public services?
In 2025 public services are poised for significant reform, driven by a government eager to address longstanding issues and improve...
John Copps
Jan 106 min read
Case study: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Levelling Up Fund Implementation Support
Client: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Date : March 2023 to present Challenges faced by the client: Staffordshire Moorlands...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 103 min read
Case study: CCIN Artificial Intelligence Guidance Framework
Client: Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network (CCIN) Date: August to December 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Councils across...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 62 min read