In the latest Radical Reformers episode, I welcome Des Murray, Chief Executive of North Lanarkshire Council and Chair of Solace Scotland. Des shares his personal journey from growing up in Lanarkshire to leading the council in his hometown, highlighting the power of local roots and the value of a generalist perspective in leadership. He explains how North Lanarkshire’s “one plan” approach integrates housing, economy, infrastructure, and digital strategy to deliver real change

Across the UK, adult social care is in crisis. This episode of the Radical Reformers podcast brings you a rare social care success story. Rachel Law and Gemma Murphy are two of the all-female leadership team at PossAbilities , an adult social care social enterprise based in the Northwest of England. With a team of 800 operating across multiple council areas, PossAbilities is bucking the trend. Rachel, Gemma and the team not only deliver outstanding services but consistentl

T his week on Radical Reformers, I welcomed Adrian Brown, Chief Executive of Windfall Trust , to explore how artificial intelligence will continue to reshape public services. Adrian provides us with a grounding in AI and how it will inevitably touch every aspect of our lives. Most of the discussion is focused on the awesome opportunities and worrying risks that AI poses for public services. While AI might help us navigate complexity, understand data and speed up services, we

In the latest episode of Radical Reformers, I talk to Helen Bailey, Chief Executive of Sutton Council. Helen brings the rare experience...

This week’s Radical Reformers guest is relational working pioneer, Helen Sanderson, known to us as a leading thinker, researcher and doer...

Radical Reformers is back! Listen in to my insightful conversation with relational working legend Gary Wallace, a public health...

In the latest episode of Radical Reformers, I'm joined by renowned public service innovator and author, Hilary Cottam. Hilary has just...

This is episode 100 of the Radical Reformers podcast!   We wanted to take the opportunity to thank all the guests who have taken the time...

The next two episodes of the Radical Reformers podcast will be a bit different (and hopefully a treat for the public service reform nerds...

In this latest episode of Radical Reformers, Bas Sadiq, the Chief Executive of the Homerton Healthcare Foundation Trust and the...

In this week’s episode Radical Reformers, I welcome back a duo we’ve had on the podcast before - Scott Darraugh from Social adVentures...

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 . ...

In this latest episode of Radical Reformers, I'm joined by Caroline Simpson, Chief Executive of Greater Manchester Combined Authority...

In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat to Graeme Duncan, Chief Executive of Right to Succeed, a charity that supports...

In this new episode of Radical Reformers, I chat to Graham Farrant, Chief Executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) 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...

To celebrate International Women’s Day we have produced a special episode of the Radical Reformers podcast.   Since its launch, from the...

In this episode of Radical Reformers, I am joined by Louisa Mitchell MBE, Chief Executive of All Child, an organisation dedicated to...

In our latest episode of Radical Reformers, Andrew is joined by Kim Wright, Chief Executive of Brent Council.   In London, 1 in 23...

In our latest episode of Radical Reformers, I get into the detail of the English Devolution White Paper with the local government expert,...