Whole: 26/05/2010
 Not an overly exciting post but I had a fun day at work today at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham. Some time back now I applied to join up a Birmingham based programme called 'Total Place Leadership programme'. Total Place is a new national initiative that looks at how a ‘whole area’ approach to public services can lead to better services at less cost. It seeks to identify and avoid overlap and duplication between organisations – delivering a step change in both service improvement and efficiency at the local level, as well as across Whitehall. In reality it's basically about joining up leadership at the top of organisations. The Leaders programme is made up of about 100 senior leaders/CEO's from Brum (Fire Service, Police, Health and hospitals, charities etc etc) that are going to meet together to try and work out the retoric above! There are 13 pilot areas participating in the scheme and Brum is one. You can read more about the programme that I am on here. The course is facilitated by a great company called Common Purpose,. They led today in a very creative way and really engaged us all to look at what Brum will look like in 10 years time. I almost believed what we were saying!!! We have a wide range of activities lined up over the next few months including visiting different organisations in the city, working alongside senior leaders in hospitals, Police, Fire service etc and investigating different ways of leading change where we don’t have formal authority over decisions and resources. More soon...! 1 Comment | About the blogger:
Dave started blogging when, as a family, we went to live in India for 3.5 months in '08. You'll find out all about that story by going to our old blog here.
Dave overdid it a bit on the old blog in India with posts going up most days, so since returning to the UK, he has taken a bit of a break but feels now it's time to blog again! (July '09). Blogging is a weird thing and a bit voyeristic at times (!) so why do it? Surely life blogging in the UK will never be as exciting for people as it was in India? Well, the main reason for beginning to blog again is that we are pretty naff at the normal kind of communication! We have a number of good friends that do not live in the UK too and this is just one way we feel we can touch base with them. Feedback is that they are happy (ish) with that too! The final good reason for starting again is that the one person who has hassled me back to blogging is my older brother in China who runs a great blog about his bizzare life in China which you can view here. I guess if I am honest it's him I have in my mind when I blog so, for his sake (as I know he will read it!), if for no one elses...here goes.... Dave ;-) Categories:All ArchivesJanuary 2012 Life mantra:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought. |
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