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Category Archives: public sector
If it’s too complicated to understand it’s probably total nonsense
I stand on the periphery of “improvement activities” going on elsewhere in the organisation. I see things second and third hand through organisational gossip, i.e. people mentioning phrases or names of IT companies doing work elsewhere, somewhere. I’ve got no involvement … Continue reading
Posted in clarity of purpose, command and control, public sector, systems thinking
Tagged clarity of purpose, IT projects, simple
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Thor describes my purpose
I sit next to the photocopier at work. About 3 times a day somebody printing some papers off will ask me if I have a stapler they can borrow, to staple their papers together. This is a question I am … Continue reading
Posted in command and control, public sector, purpose, systems thinking
Tagged performance management, performance reports, purpose, thor
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The Law Of The Instrument
I can’t stand digital by default. -How about analogue by default instead? I can’t stand digital evangelists. -How about analogue evangelists instead? I can’t stand Head of Digital. -How about Head of Analogue instead? I can’t stand digital offering. -How about … Continue reading
Posted in all wrong, command and control, public sector, systems thinking, tools
Tagged digital, digital by default, IT, TECHNOLOGY
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Reality has a liberal bias
This is a quote from an American comedian, taking the mickey out of imaginary Republicans complaining that reality itself is as biased as the liberal-elite media against Republican beliefs and actions. It is a joke about how people convinced they … Continue reading
Posted in command and control, public sector, statistics, systems thinking, targets
Tagged Chuck Finley, mental models, targets, troubled families
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This mug cost £224,000,000
Well the mug itself didn’t but this is the only visible sign left in this building of a SIMPLY HUGE national computer system built at the cheap cheap rate of a quarter of a billion pounds. It was a database of every … Continue reading
Posted in all wrong, public sector, systems thinking
Tagged contactpoint, mug, public sector, systems thinking
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Are you a policy fashion victim?
I’m a big fan of Nassim Taleb but clearly he’s no fan of the likes of me. My one saving grace? I do deadlift, 127.5kg for 6 reps, Mr Taleb. He’s never heard of me, but he knows my type. I’m a … Continue reading
The Systemsy Policy Officer takes a bow
There’s loads of models of work hanging around. Everybody has one. There’s the dopey triangles with important people at the pointy end… There’s the more credible, though no less hopeful, model of a sensible organisation designing their system around purpose … Continue reading
