Blog Posts

  • Data and research – valuable resource. Do we all understand its value?

    A challenging meeting today with a senior member of our research team. We forget how important to a large organisation data and information is. I guess we are used to searching google and expect to see it. The trouble is when we are trying to workout the most effective intervention point in say, reducing time… Read more

  • Cambridgeshire Community Services – visit to unplanned care team

    A  really good look at CCS today. I spent some very valuable time discussing re-ablement with the team, in Cambridge, before going on to visit a service user. The lady we visited lived in sheltered accommodation, in Cambridge. At 91 this lady  would put a few people I know, who are a lot younger, to… Read more

  • Busy day

    Today has been tied up with the recruitment process for the vacant Executive Director post in Communities and Adult Services directorate. Lots of interviews, presentations, tests etc etc for the candidates. A really thorough two day selection process put together by HR. Day one ran like clockwork despite me throwing curved balls into the process.… Read more

  • A14 Near death experience – for the motor cyclist

    Driving back from Liverpool on Sunday, on the A14, I was astonished to see a motorbike coming towards me against the flow of traffic on the meter wide verge. The rider was not wearing a helmet and must have been travelling at 70 mph plus. If he had hit anyone at the closing speed of… Read more

  • 2030 Vision for the Cambridge sub-region

    It was my privilege to be invited to attend a 2030 Vision for the Cambridge sub region debate to discuss business and retailing. This was a serious group of people from business, universities and politics. I was one of the four speakers and my subject was “politics and Business”. At the start everyone spent 2… Read more

  • Cabinet

    Yesterday was full cabinet. This is where the majority of formal decisions are made. The other place is full council. We had a full agenda including a number of petitions. We also had guests from Indonesia, who were hosted by the World Bank. They wanted to see our democracy in action which they seemed to… Read more