I’m in Copenhagen early Nov for work (time with Lokal Tryghed and the Danish Social Innovation Association). We’ve a spare day at the end (8/11). Does anyone have recommendations for folks to see on innovation, design and public service reform? Suggestions on here/Nick.kimber@Camden.gov.uk welcome!
So, the event I came to Liverpool to do got cancelled as I got off the train yesterday. I have a free day in Liverpool If anyone wants to chat about digital public services. Will swap books for coffee.
Sensible perspective on where the Darzi review leaves social care from ADASS VP Jess McGregor www.adass.org.uk/lord-darzis-...
Jess McGregor is the Director of Adult Social Services at Camden Council and Vice President of ADASS (the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services). Lord Darzi’s greatly anticipated report in...
Happy to chat. Nick.kimber@camden.gov.uk
NEW report: How can the government meet its housing targets? The latest in our chronic policy problem series - we look at why past governments have failed to meet their targets and 10 principles the government should follow to set a better record. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Why successive governments have found it difficult to deliver on housebuilding pledges.
I’m with you brother
Office cleaning and pick and packing in a pet product factory and warehouse throughout the late 90s and early 2000s
One last share of this - on dashboards, data, and missions 👀
Failed to resist jumping into the debate about dashboards, nerve centres, and missions in government. Inspired by @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social and others medium.com/@jamestplunk... (I'm trying a new era of not posting this on Twitter at all, so grateful for RTs to help me hold out!)
I’ve been mulling the question of whether or not we like dashboards, and how we should think about data in the context of missions.
I realise there are all sorts of caveats about comparability, what the data captures and its underlying quality but even with that UK homelessness levels are just shocking ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Yeah! Ta