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Redeploying our efforts.
Why a rapid and ambitious devolution policy means making better use of what we have.
Thinking Out Loud
This is where we share ideas and insights and think through the concepts and contradictions we’re working with.
Redeploying our efforts.
Why a rapid and ambitious devolution policy means making better use of what we have.
More Hut 8 than Number 10
Manchester may yet have another lesson to learn from Alan Turing.
Notes from the place-based state
I think consultancy is closer to haulage than most people imagine.
Designing Strategic Authorities: culture, capability and a compelling story
Mayoral Combined Authorities (MCAs) have never truly been designed; they’ve evolved.
Writing the future of combined authorities
Combined Authorities were created by local authorities for local authorities.
Devolution and the Radical How
Hearing Tom Loosemore tell the story of Universal Credit made a big impact on me.
Place *is* the mission
It was a wise Director of Public Health that described me as a magpie, hunting for shiny policy concepts.
Catalysing place-based working
I braved the trains recently, heading over from Manchester to Liverpool for a seminar on place-based working and collective impact organised by Place Matters and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, writes Quest…