by Lily Mellen | Feb 24, 2023 | Local government transformation
EDGEWORK® is IMPOWER’s approach to understanding complex problems that impact public services. Rather than a set of rigid guidelines, it is a way of managing complexity and making changes which are effective, affordable, and sustainable. It supports our clients to...
by Martin Ellender | Feb 9, 2023 | Local government transformation
Building confidence amongst teams is a practical challenge, however I explain how this can be delivered in the short-term. This is the third of three blogs about transformation and medium-term financial planning. We regularly come across four fundamental concerns from...
by Martin Ellender | Jan 16, 2023 | Adult social care, Local government transformation
In my previous blog I offered to share a long list of savings ideas collated from our clients, and shared IMPOWER’s greatest hits for sustainable cost reduction. I also said that ambition, grip and execution (and not ideas) are the real challenges in delivering these....
by Martin Ellender | Dec 19, 2022 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Health, Local government transformation, Place
We’ve collated hundreds of savings proposals from our clients – six of them can be actioned quickly and sustainably Despite some additional short-term wriggle room provided by the Autumn statement our clients’ medium-term financial positions still range...
by Louise Cullen | Dec 13, 2022 | Being IMPOWER, Local government transformation
“We do not design solutions for people, we design them with them” Nudgestock 2022, the world’s biggest festival of behavioural science, was an event filled with lots of exciting speakers who looked to unpick who people are and the drivers, and barriers, of human...
by Mark Owers | Nov 22, 2022 | Adult social care, Children's social care, Education and inclusion, Local government transformation
We need a better understanding of needs, spend and outcomes, and what that tells us about the state of local delivery, and the system as a whole. I attended the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC22) earlier this month in my new role as advisor to...
