Closing the collaboration gap
Victor Adebowale looks at how to move from rhetoric to reality and make collaboration between local government and health possible. This article was written by…
Taking an intentional approach to public sector collaboration: The Scottish Prevention Hub
Following on from our previous interview about neighbourhood working in Wigan, this month Dawn Plimmer spoke with Kristy Docherty from the Edinburgh Futures Institute and…
The case for putting place-based, relational approaches at the heart of local government reorganisation
“The bigger you go, the less you know” Collaborate has worked with Test Valley Borough Council to build the case for why place-based, relational approaches…
A once in a lifetime opportunity
Relational approaches to public services should be core to Local Government Reorganisation. This is a once in a life- time opportunity to re-examine and re-shape the operating model for local government.
A quiet revolution
This article was originally published in the MJ, on the 7th August 2024 Anna Randle considers how the collaboration agenda across public services has changed in…
Towards a Manifesto for Public Services Part 2
How can a new government support public service reform? As set out in my first blog, the public service reform work that is giving us…
Towards a Manifesto for Public Services
Introduction After a dismal decade, public service reform is in vogue again. In anticipation of a change of government, last week saw the welcome launch…
Building a collaborative future
The perils of perma-crisis Times are hard. We know the headlines: climate crisis, the enduring impacts of Covid, the cost of living, war in Europe,…
Learning from young people’s vision for public services. (TLDR: It’s not New Public Management)
Chloë Darlington, Policy and Communications Manager at Children England contributes this guest blog during Human Learning Systems Week. Children England’s mission is to change the world…
Whitehall is failing to learn Covid’s biggest lesson
This article was originally published in PolicticsHome, on the 1st July 2021. Human Learning Systems is the type of bold and radical vision that “building back…