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New year’s resolution: make time for doing… nothing much

Originally posted on Humansinwork:
? Busyness is so yesterday…. Action for Happiness uploaded a great poster just before new year’s day, ‘Stop the Glorification of Busy’. What a great idea! It’s gone right to the top of my new year’s…

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Dan Price gets my award for best CEO!

Originally posted on Humansinwork:
This picture is of Robin Hood (well, it is of a scarecrow inspired by Robin Hood that was made by a schools project in Cornwall and exhibited in Tregwainton Gardens). Last week Dan Price, CEO of…

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Taking Stock

Originally posted on The Small Places:
I’ve just received the poster for this year’s Taking Stock conference in October.  It looks set to be really interesting; book your places now! You can download the poster from here.

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News on the #LBBill second draft

Originally posted on LB Bill:
It is now four long months since the 12 Days of the #LBBill Christmas; we know we’ve been silent in that time here (there has been some discussion on twitter and facebook), but we thought…

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Farcical inaccuracies

Originally posted on mydaftlife:
It turns out that now OCC have published this report without our knowledge, and shared it with at least one external organisation, I’m expected to go through all 21 pages and highlight the factual inaccuracies contained within it. [Warning:…

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Five headline changes in the Care Act 2014

Originally posted on rightsinreality:
It’s Care Act Eve (The Night Before Care Act?) and time to focus on the good the new legislation may bring. Yes, there’s not enough new money, with some councils issuing judicial review proceedings against the…

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That Risky Ol’ LBBill

Originally posted on Love, Belief and Balls:
Yesterday, I was remembering on Twitter the boxloads of risk assessments Steven had drawn up during his time in the Unit. Every activity, inside and outside the house was risk assessed. Every human…

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What can managers learn from poets?

Originally posted on Humansinwork:
Kathleen Jamie, one of my favourite poets, was recently asked about her approach to writing. I really liked what she said, and much of it resonates with my experiences of management. You can read the write-up…

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