my blogposts

Capability is not an abstract concept. It only has meaning in relation to the priorities and purpose of the organisation. I prefer to use...

The 10 key characteristics of successful public sector leadership teams

The one constant in my employed life in the public sector is the amount of time I spend in dull and unproductive meetings with a vague...

Tony Blair's Prime Ministers Delivery Unit (PMDU) is one of the most successful and imitated UK civil service reforms. But it wasn’t...

Can lessons from the UK’s reform experience help others countries to improve the effectiveness of their government? Reforming government...

Listening to today’s leaders, advisers and commentators talk about the parlous state of the civil service, and the faltering progress of...

"I hadn’t worked this way before – it forced us to focus on important things without long winding explanations – you can see the scope