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Workforce Design and Culture Development

Sun, 09/06/2009 - 16:57 — Hugo_Minney

A workforce that meets the needs of the patients, the politicians, the service, and of course the staff themselves - wouldn't it be wonderful? Motivating people to take pride - yes real pride - in the service delivered, and to tailor their own actions/ activity/ hours to deliver the very best within finite resources is the Holy Grail - find out more . . .

Capacity Planning

Mon, 02/08/2010 - 13:15 — Hugo_Minney

More allocated to womenAt Ask! restaurant in Durham, where we went on Saturday night with friends, the toilets are more discreet than most.

There are individual cubicles: perfect for  capacity planning. This means that, if you think that women will require more cubicles than men, you can allocate more cubicles to women. And they have done exactly this, four allocated women versus two allocated to men.

A letter for keeping Jobs

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 17:00 — Hugo_Minney

green_shoots.jpgLet's be realistic: this crunch won't last for ever. And when it ends, consumers will need new products. We're going to need innovation in financial services (after all, we can't reuse the failed products of last year and preceding decades). New delivery services (keeping food miles down, recognising more purchasing on the internet, even home delivery services from a trip down the high street so you can go on spending!).

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BOOK: John Thorp "The Information Paradox"

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:39 — Hugo_Minney

John Thorp's book "the information paradox" is probably the foundation on which future benefits realisation has been based. Although it is based around IT projects (notoriously, with a 70% "failure" rate), there is much that can be applied to all environments.

the DEMOS report - "Measuring Social Value"

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:31 — Hugo_Minney

The Demos report "measuring social value: the gap between policy and practice" asks a very important question 'is there a standard method of measuring SROI?'.

The answer is: that depends.

What is Social Return on Investment (SROI)?

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 08:56 — Hugo_Minney

Partners in the development of SROIWhen planning a new project, or evaluating whether an existing service has been successful, financial success is often the only thing that gets counted.  

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