Learning at lunch and Delays.
I’ve been working on…
- Kick started the ‘lunchtime learning / lightening talks’ experiment. Proved to be popular! (Perhaps a bit too popular?) Lots of people who want to attend, but not many speakers as yet. More work to be done in the coming week coaxing them out. Interesting debate around whether managers/directors should come along or stay away. My guiding principle at the moment is ‘leave your job title at the door’.
- Had a really interesting chat about the factors that cause inertia in the workplace. What sort of conditions do we need to create so that people are more amenable to change? I suspect resilience is a key part of it. Giving people the tools/authority/support to take calculated risks and continuously learn.
- On a similar theme, had an interesting chat about the role curiosity plays in change. If you’re not curious, how willing will you be to keep experimenting, learning and improving?
- FINALLY got [insert project name here] up and running after six months of delays and false starts due all manner of issues outside my immediate control. I’ve been keen to get it into key users hands as early as possible as the original scope is super dated. Good to be underway and picking our way through things that do/don’t work.
- Helped hire a new person for the team (yay!). That should enable us to move out of survival mode.
I’ve been reading…
- What’s the matter with Wales?
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/06/wales-corbyn-labour-tories-brexit-farage - First post from the Chief Digital Officer from the Ontario Digital Service. (It’s an excellent start). By Hillary Hartley.
https://medium.com/ontariodigital/hello-ontario-f11c4e0a847 - What a digital organisation looks like.
By Janet Hughes via Doteveryone.
https://medium.com/doteveryone/what-a-digital-organisation-looks-like-82426a210ab8 - The Westminster Twitterverse.
http://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/westminster-twitterverse - Study and purpose : Systems thinking and public services.
By Dyfrig Williams.
https://goodpracticeexchange.wales/2017/06/08/study-and-purpose-systems-thinking-and-public-services/ - Technology is transforming the world but leaders won’t discuss it.
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/technology-is-transforming-the-world-but-the-nation-s-leaders-won-t-discuss-it-a3559091.html - Airbnb plan to house 100,000 people in need. By Jessi Hempel.
https://backchannel.com/airbnbs-plan-to-house-100-000-people-in-need-96303cbe64f6 - Changing behaviour for the better in public digital services.
By Dyfrig Williams
https://medium.com/@DyfrigWilliams/changing-behaviour-for-better-digital-public-services-ef0a7f370033 - Why a target operating model is killing your public service.
By Ben Proctor.
https://medium.com/the-satori-lab/why-a-target-operating-model-is-killing-your-public-service-625822d96742 - Management theory is becoming a compendium of dead ideas.
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21711909-what-martin-luther-did-catholic-church-needs-be-done-business-gurus-management - Architects asked to find solutions for social injustice of UK’s informal migrant settlements.
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/05/31/commonweal-housing-starter-for-ten-competition-architects-solutions-social-injustice-migrant-camps/ - A digital maturity assessment that your organisation can act upon.
By Ben Unsworth.
https://blog.wearefuturegov.com/a-digital-maturity-assessment-that-your-organisation-can-act-upon-2eedfc456c26 - The average employee has only about a month’s savings to maintain their lifestyle if their income suddenly stopped.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40154370 - What does Wales’ public sector look like in 2022?
http://govcampcymru.org/what-does-wales-public-sector-look-like-in-2022/ - The UK is failing to debate the role technology plays in our future.
https://theodi.org/blog/the-uk-is-failing-to-debate-the-role-technology-plays-in-our-future
I’ve been listening to…
- IWA Podcast : 2017 General Election — the day after
http://pca.st/KqS1 - Desolation Radio : Plaid Cymru Special feat. Mark Hooper
https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/plaid-cymru-feat-mark-hooper - The Economist : Babbage — Battle of the maps.
https://soundcloud.com/theeconomist/babbage-battle-of-the-maps