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Imitating US Healthcare

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 06/15/2012 - 08:25

Health Leads - a vital link for basic health and welfare in USA. We SHOULDN'T need it! but we may!We have a lot to learn from US.  We can see inspiring use of data to design new patient pathways for community healthcare, and fantastic use of the charity and voluntary sector to deliver real improvements in quality of life.

I argue here that we can also learn from the sub-text - that in a society that needs such radical interventions just to deliver basic health and welfare, we can see where UK is heading - and we can do something to save ourselves!

Analysis & Feedback

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 22:34

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All this paperwork, and cleaning up, and ..."Sometimes I hate my work" – so said a nurse to my wife, whilst looking after a friend of ours.
How can someone been such a caring profession get to feel this way? Surely, seeing sick people is enough to bring those feelings of compassion that they felt 20 years before, when they made the decision to become a nurse?
 
So what should we do?

Not motivational - inspirational

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 04/18/2010 - 21:35

Chicken Soup - alignmentDeepak Chopra once described Jack Canfield and Victor Hansen's "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books as 'Not Motivational' 1
Motivation is something imposed from outside, the traditional 'rocket up the backside', the manager or change agent pushing people with threats and bribes to change the way they work.

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Judicial System - If I were running the country

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 05/27/2013 - 22:22

Scales of JusticeHow do we make the courts run more smoothly?  Cases take too long and are too expensive, mired in endless argument and counter-argument that are the hallmarks of our adversarial system.  What if we were to set time limits?  Would that work?

Well, let's try it.  Each side presents their best evidence, and if magistrate or jury isn't convinced, they can ask for more time from each side.  If it works for Cricket, that most venerable of British institutions, it should work for courts.  Who knows, they may even become spectator sports?

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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