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The role of Place Leadership in building community resilience

Yvonne Reinhardt

Sep 10
3 min

The role of Place Leadership in building community resilience

Yvonne Reinhardt argues that radically different, place-based approaches to public service delivery can help improve the resilience of...

How empowering local actors leads to innovation, partnerships and accelerated growth

Sally Dickens

Aug 29
3 min

How empowering local actors leads to innovation, partnerships and accelerated growth

Sally Dickens reflects on her experiences as a local government Economic Development and Regeneration Manager, and argues that central...

Missions, Radical Place Leadership and the future of local public services

Andrew Laird

Aug 16
5 min

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...

Radical Reformers ep.78: The changing role of the council Chief Executive with Donna Hall and Stephen Young

Andrew Laird

Aug 14
1 min

Radical Reformers ep.78: The changing role of the council Chief Executive with Donna Hall and Stephen Young

This episode is all about the changing role of the council Chief Executive - and it certainly is changing! The financial pressures on...

Catch up on our webinar: Radical Place Leadership and The Third Sector

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Aug 7
1 min

Catch up on our webinar: Radical Place Leadership and The Third Sector

Catch up on our live round table discussion - 'Radical Place Leadership and The Third Sector' - which was held on Wednesday 7th August...

Emmet Regan

Aug 5
4 min

Delivering the mission

Emmet Regan presents a delivery framework of ‘Six Ps’ that takes lessons from the previous Labour government and overlays the modern...

Radical Reformers ep.77: Labour's Policy Agenda With Charlotte Pickles And Jack Shaw

Andrew Laird

Aug 1
1 min

Radical Reformers ep.77: Labour's Policy Agenda With Charlotte Pickles And Jack Shaw

This episode is a bit special. It's the first time we have had two guests on at the same time. They are Charlie Pickles from the Reform...

What the new governing party means for the way government works

John Copps

Jul 5
3 min

What the new governing party means for the way government works

Last night saw the election of a Labour government, in power for the first time since 2010. John Copps considers the implications of this...

Making the case for models of public service delivery that embrace cooperative principles

John Copps

Jun 4
2 min

Making the case for models of public service delivery that embrace cooperative principles

Too many of our public services have become detached from the people and places they are there to serve, with detrimental consequence for...

Catch up our webinar: Meeting the productivity challenge through Radical Place Leadership

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May 29
1 min

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...

Radical Reformers ep.74: Empowering local public services with Rob Whiteman

Andrew Laird

May 22
1 min

Radical Reformers ep.74: Empowering local public services with Rob Whiteman

This episode is with Rob Whiteman, the Chief Executive of CIPFA. Rob is a very thoughtful and influential commentator on local government...

Ross Murray

Apr 29
3 min

Liberating Local Government

After more than a decade of austerity and rising demand for services, Ross Murray argues that there is a need for change in the way local...

Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy be part of the solution to public services’ challenges in 2024?

John Copps

Apr 16
3 min

Could a return of 2009’s Total Place policy be part of the solution to public services’ challenges in 2024?

With murmurs of a post-election return of the previous Labour government’s Total Place policy, John Copps looks at why it is still...

Radical Reformers ep.71: Stronger Economies And Stronger Communities With Rob Walsh

Andrew Laird

Apr 10
1 min

Radical Reformers ep.71: Stronger Economies And Stronger Communities With Rob Walsh

This episode is with Rob Walsh, the long standing Chief Executive of Northeast Lincolnshire Council. Rob has been Chief Exec of Northeast...

Revisiting Total Place: an approach to collaboration in local public services

Elizabeth Roe

Apr 9
7 min

Revisiting Total Place: an approach to collaboration in local public services

Launched in 2009, the UK Government's Total Place policy is a valuable model of local multi-agency collaboration in an attempt to provide...

Why public service reform must focus on the money

John Copps

Mar 5
3 min

Why public service reform must focus on the money

The spectre of financial challenge looms large over public services. Local government is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. NHS trusts...

Prioritising Children's Health: Shifting the dial depends on effective local partnerships

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Mar 1
1 min

Prioritising Children's Health: Shifting the dial depends on effective local partnerships

As part of our 2024 Prioritising Public Services series, MV's discussion paper Shifting the Dial on Children's Health Outcomes looks at...

Investing in prevention: the most difficult issue in public services today?

John Copps

Feb 20
5 min

Investing in prevention: the most difficult issue in public services today?

John Copps asks what we can do to rebalance government investment towards preventing problems rather than crisis management and is...

Mission impossible? Reflections on transforming public services

Emmet Regan

Feb 9
4 min

Mission impossible? Reflections on transforming public services

Emmet Regan argues that public service reform will require working in partnership with public servants, a willingness to take difficult...

Radical Place Leadership - how we can change public services for the better

Prof Donna Hall

Feb 6
5 min

Radical Place Leadership - how we can change public services for the better

MV Non-Executive Director Director Donna Hall argues that, even with more powers devolved to local areas, we will be overwhelmed with...

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