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RBS contractors – spare me the righteous indignation

There will be a lot of HR people thinking ‘there but for the grace of God’ after reading about the Hays employee who accidentally sent the details of contractors’ day rates to 800 RBS staff. I’ve never done anything quite that...

Published 26 Aug 2011 10:32 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Is blogging dead?

Going by the frequency of posting on this blog recently, you could be forgiven for thinking so. I have the usual excuses, pressure of work etc, plus the impending evacuation of me and mine from our house due to flooding. … Continue reading →...

Published 25 Aug 2011 12:43 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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The Lullaby of Threadneedle Street….

….or the Mervyn King Blues. A musical interlude to cover the recent lack of posting on this blog. As sung by Doug Shaw. Read More...

Published 24 Aug 2011 8:39 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Time to rethink those police cuts

A couple of weeks ago, the government’s police cuts were looking like a done deal. Now, after three days of the worst rioting Britain has seen in decades, people are wondering whether this is really a good time to start reducing police … Continue...

Published 12 Aug 2011 9:56 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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NHS in efficiency shocker

With everything else that has been going on, this has been a bad week for burying good news. The NHS making £4.3bn efficiency savings in the last financial year doesn’t have the same wow factor as riots and looting. According to … Continue...

Published 11 Aug 2011 2:28 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Putting a price on political stability

America suffered a blow to its prestige at the weekend when Standard and Poor’s downgraded its credit rating, removing its AAA status. President Obama’s opponents are blaming him for running up a high debt, as if the country’s debt problems...

Published 9 Aug 2011 9:52 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Why I don’t buy the 10 percent tipping point

Paul Herbert reckons HR people are sweating too much over culture change. His argument runs like this: Here’s the truth… you’re working too hard to change culture. Recently, Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute found that when...

Published 4 Aug 2011 2:06 PM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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HMRC – not very nice but a lot more efficient

I know I keep banging on about this but I’m still not sure the penny has dropped for many people. More efficient public services won’t necessarily be better from the end user’s point of view. Given the scale of savings … Continue...

Published 2 Aug 2011 11:01 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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Does the public sector need discipline and fear?

Oliver Letwin is a very clever man who sometimes says some daft things. He had public sector employees around the country spitting feathers over the weekend when he suggested that “some real discipline and some fear” were needed to make them...

Published 1 Aug 2011 11:36 AM by Flip Chart Fairy Tales

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August 2011 - Rick

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RBS contractors – spare me the righteous indignation

Is blogging dead?

The Lullaby of Threadneedle Street….

Time to rethink those police cuts

NHS in efficiency shocker

Putting a price on political stability

Why I don’t buy the 10 percent tipping point

HMRC – not very nice but a lot more efficient

Does the public sector need discipline and fear?