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
Watch now: Radical Place Leadership - stretching the ambition of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
Local public services are not as integrated as they should be. Public service professionals everywhere will have examples of individuals...
Andrew Laird
Feb 252 min read
Watch now: Radical Place Leadership in Scotland
Catch up on our live webinar - 'Radical Place Leadership in Scotland ' - which was held on Wednesday 19th February 2024. This webinar is...
Mutual Ventures
Feb 202 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
Case Study: Brent Radical Place Leadership
Client : Brent Council Date : August 2024 – January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Brent is a vibrant borough in north-west London,...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 34 min read
Looking to the other side of the world: what UK public services can learn from New Zealand
Kate Copeland, our resident Kiwi, argues that public services in the UK can learn from what works in New Zealand – including how leaders...
Kate Copeland
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Budget creates a window of opportunity for Radical Place Leadership
The Local Government Association has welcomed the Chancellor’s additional £1.3 billion for councils for the next financial year, which...
Andrew Laird
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Achieving inclusive local growth - the role of District and Borough Councils
Catch up on our on-demand webinar Achieving inclusive growth - the role of District and Borough Councils , held on Tuesday 29th October...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 31, 20241 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
Creating the conditions for inclusive growth - what can we expect in the Budget
Mark Bandalli and Sally Dickens consider some of the levers available to the new government to ensure economic growth in inclusive and...
Mark Bandalli
Oct 28, 20243 min read
What is Radical Place Leadership?
In this short video explainer, MV's Chief Executive Andrew Laird breaks down the concept of Radical Place Leadership - what is, at its...
Andrew Laird
Oct 24, 20241 min read
Towards a 'whole government' approach to health
The health of the nation doesn't just rely on what the NHS does - it requires a wider view of our lives at home and work, and the public...
John Copps
Oct 22, 20243 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Radical Place Leadership: Getting the governance and accountability right
Catch up on our live webinar Radical Place Leadership: Getting the governance and accountability right , held on Tuesday 15th October...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Case Study: North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership - Place Leadership Support
Client: North East Lincolnshire Health and Care Partnership Date: April to August 2024 Challenges faced by the client: North East...
Mutual Ventures
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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...
Yvonne Reinhardt
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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...
Sally Dickens
Aug 29, 20243 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