

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


Silos, Bubbles and Radical Place Leadership
At Mutual Ventures, we talk about Radical Place Leadership. It can seem quite a nebulous concept. Andrew Laird says that when you boil it...

Andrew Laird
Oct 29, 20244 min read


Missions, Radical Place Leadership and the future of local public services
Drawing on the historic and emerging thinking and work of others, Andrew Laird describes a practical pathway towards a radical model of...

Andrew Laird
Aug 16, 20245 min read


Catch up our webinar: Meeting the productivity challenge through Radical Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar - Meeting the productivity challenge through Radical Place Leadership - which took place on Tuesday 28th May...

Mutual Ventures
May 29, 20241 min read


AI in public services – where do you start?
Andrew Laird looks at the potential of AI in public services and the lessons learnt from the recent exploratory work completed by a group...

Andrew Laird
May 7, 20243 min read


Catch up on our webinar: Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes
Catch up on our webinar - Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes. This webinar was held on Tuesday 12th March 2024. Watch here...

Mutual Ventures
Mar 12, 20241 min read


Catch up on our webinar: Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership
Catch up on our webinar on the Powers and Priorities: Enabling Great System and Place Leadership. This webinar was held on Tuesday 13th...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 14, 20241 min read


Catch up on our webinar: AI in Public Services – The Art Of The Possible
Catch up on our webinar - AI in Public Services - The Art Of The Possible - held on Wednesday 7th February 2024. Watch here Artificial...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 9, 20241 min read


Prioritising Public Services - MV's 2024 campaign
Hear about Mutual Ventures' campaign to stand up for public services in 2024. At Mutual Ventures we have a clear and proud mission: to...

Mutual Ventures
Feb 1, 20242 min read


Shifting the dial on children's health outcomes depends on effective local partnerships
MV's new report looks at how tackling disparities in children's health outcomes requires collaboration between system and place partners....

Mutual Ventures
Jan 30, 20241 min read


Download our Regional Fostering Recruitment Hub Intelligence Tool
Access Mutual Ventures' new Regional Fostering Recruitment Hub Intelligence Tool. Mutual Ventures is the delivery partner for the...

Mutual Ventures
Dec 15, 20231 min read


Be both bold and careful when adopting AI in public services
Artificial Intelligence is developing at breakneck speed with the standard Silicon Valley attitude of “go fast and break things”. This...

Andrew Laird
Dec 12, 20234 min read


Longer term funding settlements provide a blueprint for investing in prevention
Luke Bevir says that multi-year single funding settlements for local authorities will provide local areas with more certainty and an...

Luke Bevir
Nov 17, 20233 min read


Our bid support to local authority clusters in the Fostering Recruitment and Retention Programme
Explore our extensive set of downloadable bid development resources designed to support local authority clusters in their bid...

Mutual Ventures
Sep 5, 20231 min read


A strategy for place - our joint offer with Project Centre
Mutual Ventures and Project Centre's offer to help councils develop their strategy for place. Every place needs a vision. It helps focus...

Mark Bandalli
Apr 11, 20231 min read


Levelling Up is a clarion call for better collaboration across public services
Luke Bevir argues that tackling the causes of inequality at a regional and local level can only happen if there is effective...

Luke Bevir
Mar 1, 20233 min read


Let’s make ‘local’ the default for solving national problems
If central government wants to tackle the biggest problems facing the country, it needs a much deeper understanding of how local areas...

Morgan Nasir-Finlayson
Jan 26, 20233 min read


How 'Relational Project Management' can help NHS providers to deliver projects collaboratively
John Copps describes how Relational Project Management can help NHS organisations manage complex projects around collaboration. The...

John Copps
Nov 22, 20223 min read


How 'Relational Project Management' can help local government deliver projects effectively
John Copps outlines how Relational Project Management can help local government officers manage complex projects around relationships and...

John Copps
Nov 22, 20223 min read


Catch up on our webinar: Relational Project Management - putting people at the centre of projects
Catch up on our webinar on 'Relational Project Management'. This webinar was held on Tuesday 1st November 2022. MV’s Relational Project...

Mutual Ventures
Nov 1, 20222 min read