Making Commissioning Work: Getting the Foundations Right
Ross Murray discusses some of the commissioning cycle in the children's placement market and considers strategies to improve practice....
Ross Murray
5 days ago6 min read
Radical Reformers ep.92: Convening Leadership with Kate Josephs, Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council
This week, I'm joined by Kate Josephs, Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council. Kate is a former Senior Civil Servant in Whitehall who...
Andrew Laird
Mar 201 min read
Case Study: South Ayrshire Radical Place Leadership
Client: South Ayrshire Council Date: August 2024 to January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: South Ayrshire’s Radical Place...
Mutual Ventures
Mar 123 min read
Radical Reformers ep.89: Radical Place Leadership with Kim Wright, Chief Executive, Brent Council
In our latest episode of Radical Reformers, Andrew is joined by Kim Wright, Chief Executive of Brent Council. In London, 1 in 23...
Andrew Laird
Feb 191 min read
Radical Place Leadership – Making it possible, easier and sticky
Mark Smith, former Director of Public Service Reform at Gateshead Council and pioneer of the “Liberated Method”, argues that Radical...
Mark Smith
Feb 124 min read
Local Government Reorganisation - An opportunity For Radical Place Leadership
In the first in a series of three articles, Mark Bandalli and Andrew Laird explore how LGR is an opportunity for radical transformation -...
Mark Bandalli
Feb 105 min read
Radical Place Leadership – it’s time to act!
With 2025 set to be an exciting and challenging year for public services, we are pleased to launch our new series of webinars, articles...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 282 min read
Will 2025 deliver its promise of change in public services?
In 2025 public services are poised for significant reform, driven by a government eager to address longstanding issues and improve...
John Copps
Jan 106 min read
Case study: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Levelling Up Fund Implementation Support
Client: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Date : March 2023 to present Challenges faced by the client: Staffordshire Moorlands...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 103 min read
Case study: CCIN Artificial Intelligence Guidance Framework
Client: Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network (CCIN) Date: August to December 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Councils across...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 62 min read
Case Study: Brent Radical Place Leadership
Client : Brent Council Date : August 2024 – January 2025 Challenges faced by the client: Brent is a vibrant borough in north-west London,...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 34 min read
Case study: Gedling Council - Greater Carlton Long Term Plan for Towns
Client: Gedling Borough Council Date : June - November 2024 Challenges faced by the client: Following notification that Carlton had...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Looking to the other side of the world: what UK public services can learn from New Zealand
Kate Copeland, our resident Kiwi, argues that public services in the UK can learn from what works in New Zealand – including how leaders...
Kate Copeland
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Let's talk place: a collaborative solution to delayed discharges
An NHS fit for the future has been unveiled as one of the government's six national missions. In this article, Sophie Coles considers a...
Sophie Coles
Dec 11, 20244 min read
Radical Reformers ep.84: Reinventing Children's Care Homes with Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang Founder and Director, Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust
In this episode of Radical Reformers, I welcomed Emmanuel Akpan Inwang, Founder and Director of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust. Emmanuel's...
Andrew Laird
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Public services must welcome partnership and prevention
Social care is pointing the way towards the use of working in partnership to deliver public services that prevent crisis by focusing on...
Emmet Regan
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Budget creates a window of opportunity for Radical Place Leadership
The Local Government Association has welcomed the Chancellor’s additional £1.3 billion for councils for the next financial year, which...
Andrew Laird
Nov 14, 20244 min read
Catch up on our webinar: Achieving inclusive local growth - the role of District and Borough Councils
Catch up on our on-demand webinar Achieving inclusive growth - the role of District and Borough Councils , held on Tuesday 29th October...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 31, 20241 min read
Silos, Bubbles and Radical Place Leadership
At Mutual Ventures, we talk about Radical Place Leadership. It can seem quite a nebulous concept. Andrew Laird says that when you boil it...
Andrew Laird
Oct 29, 20244 min read
Creating the conditions for inclusive growth - what can we expect in the Budget
Mark Bandalli and Sally Dickens consider some of the levers available to the new government to ensure economic growth in inclusive and...
Mark Bandalli
Oct 28, 20243 min read