Best practice in public policy and government.
I’ve been meaning for some time to take the three blogs on leadership I did a while ago and put them together into one longer blog addressing the question, what makes a good leader? So here it is. I’m going to start with a slightly controversial point: not everyone in a leadership position is actually [...]
Picture the scene. Night had fallen, it was snowing heavily, and an alpine pass beckoned. 'I'm not so sure this is a good idea, 'I said to my friend. 'Driving over the Alps in this weather. Perhaps we should find a hotel for tonight and try in the morning'. ‘Don’t be such a worrier, Rog’, [...]
Too early to start thinking about a post-Covid public inquiry? Maybe so - everyone and everything is maxed out. Those working night and day to contain and improve the situation have better things to think about. And yet. And yet. Even in the midst of a crisis, establishing an audit trail is important. Why? Because [...]
No, not an astronomy blog, but one that builds on my last two pieces. I want to explore how narrative and truth in public policy play out with the citizen in the context of the current Covid crisis. And to do so, let me introduce you to Julie. Julie is a composite character drawn from [...]
The truth. Isn’t that the beating heart of everything? It’s tempting to say that the issue of what is true, and what isn’t, has never been more important in human civilisation than it is currently. But I suspect that, pre-Enlightenment, people walked round in a fug of myth, misinformation and misunderstanding that makes even today’s [...]
It was all well and good saying, as I did, that my first blog was just a trailer, but now I’ve got to come up with the main feature - a regular blog. Where to start? There’s a lot to tackle in the world of public policy, to say nothing of the other subjects I’d [...]
You might think that, popping out the other side of a 30-odd year career in the Civil Service, I would want to devote more time to tending my roses. But the fact of the matter is, I’m a pretty rubbish gardener. So blogging it is. And this first one will be a bit of a [...]
