employee engagement

Is the NHS Cost-effective?

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:55

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Commonwealth Fund chart

What is the best way to know if NHS is effective and efficient?  And in particular, how do we know what reforms are needed and how we should bring them about?

I've pulled out a number of reports which compare NHS historically, and with other countries, to decide if it is effective and if not, what we need to do about it

BOOK: Employees First, Customers Second by Vineet Nayar

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:56

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Vineet Nayar: Employees First, Customers SecondA fascinating case study of success in some of the most challenging times in the last 200 years, the author Vineet Nayar describes his journey turning HCL Technologies from a company being left behind to a world leader.

There is so much to learn from this case study, and so much to apply to many other business situations too.

What sort of Project Manager are you? Lessons from 1066

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 12:55

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Detailed stitch workHow is a project like a war?  Well, there's the politics, of course.  and the unexpected, and the different characters who plan / command / just do it / run away.  There's the rich embroidery of different parts of the project coming together to produce something beautiful.

I went to an Association of Project Managers' meeting by the North East branch, where one of my favourite speakers Stephen Carver (of Cranfield University) used the Battle of Hastings to illustrate.  Read more . . .

From the Bottom Up - Employees leading change

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 14:17

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Employee EngagementThe relationship between employer and employee is at its most strained at the moment, as employers face difficult financial times and look to cut costs.  But now is the time that you most need input from your employees.

Quality is the new buzzword

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 22:31

medium_QualityMark.jpgQuality is the new buzzword (HSJ 25 June 2009). I return to my original thesis, that all care is delivered by people and therefore innovation, and quality, is predicated on the motivation of staff, volunteers and carers.

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If I were running the country - encouraging business

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 09:33

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Minimum wage

Fantasy government - what would I do if I were in government?  Well how about reduce corporation tax, increase income tax, increase minimum wage and invest in job creation in the regions?  That would be a good start - create jobs where there are workers, then make sure that the right amount of tax is collected and at the same time reduce spend on benefits which are only used to increase profits of selfish organisations.

Would it work?  Have your say.

PwC Report on the Current State of Project Management

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:44

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PwC Project Management ReportPwC found that successful companies are getting more mature in their project management ability.  This raises the game – successful companies have lower costs from fewer failed projects, and less successful companies have to work harder to catch up.  There are some important lessons to take this report for everyone – Read more…

Joy instead of tedium

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 21:04

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The Office

Every office has them - the tasks that have to be done that nobody likes doing.  Whether it's the audit, the wages, standard letters, whatever it is - someone has to do it and it feels like a waste of time and money.

Why should you care?

So you employ somebody, so why do you care about how tedious the task is? Well they are costing money, to do something that could be done far more effectively.

Learning from the Past

Submitted by HugoM on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:27

Evidence for service improvement

Many public service changes have little basis in evidence. Their success (or otherwise) does not appear to depend on how 'good' the policy itself is, but rather on how it has been implemented. This relies on staff attitudes and relationships. My research falls into a number of broad categories: finding out what is currently happening; what people think about it; and what people think it will mean.

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculator for SROI

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:05

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CPI components

When calculating a Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation or SROI forecast , sometimes you have to rely on published figures from reports.  But if these are from a few years ago, then they probably need adjusting for inflation.

There are calculators on the web to do this for you, but I found them cumbersome and it was difficult to keep a record of what calculator I'd used, and how, for which value - auditability and transparency is vital for SROI.  So here's a spreadsheet to do this properly!

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