by Leonie Knight | Apr 9, 2021 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Local government transformation
My reflections on the virtual Solace Leadership Forum 2021 In March I attended Solace’s Leadership Forum, which was focused on resilience, recovery and hope. It was an inspiring session and I wanted to share three C’s that resonated with me most. Collaboration: It was...
by Ebony Hughes | Mar 12, 2021 | Being IMPOWER, Local government transformation
Andrew Burns, Associate Director at CIPFA, and former President of CIPFA and the Society of County Treasurers, has joined IMPOWER as an Advisor. Welcoming the appointment, Ebony Hughes, Director, said: “Andrew brings his exceptional experience of local government...
by Rachel Angarano | Feb 18, 2021 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Local government transformation
Tried and tested behavioural science techniques help public sector organisations to embed a behavioural focus in their response to the coronavirus crisis. Over the past ten months, we have witnessed something close to a renaissance in behavioural science thinking and...
by James Edmondson | Feb 15, 2021 | Local government transformation
How confident are we that investment decisions are effectively working towards a council’s outcomes? The global pandemic has only exacerbated the continuing pressure faced by councils to balance budgets. With increased costs and reduced income, the need to better...
by James Swaffield | Feb 2, 2021 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation
Reflections from our recent roundtable with ADASS and colleagues from Royal Colleges In 1995, Francis Fukuyama wrote an influential book called Trust: the social virtues and the creation of prosperity. His central argument was that a nation’s wellbeing was...
by George Boyd | Jan 22, 2021 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation
Sharon Brennan’s recent article in the HSJ (‘Treasury ‘the barrier’ as full hospitals desperate to discharge patients to social care’) reported that the Treasury was unwilling to pay for the additional insurance costs that would enable care homes to take on thousands...
