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Matt Ross
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Work in communications, journalism & research. Specialise in management, public policy and digital. Escape in cycling, mountains and music.
Fascinating speech by John McCarthy, Chief Economist of Ireland's Department of Finance. His 'four Ds' capture the biggest challenges facing western economies - & in a striking example of Irish productivity, had grown to six Ds by the end of the event. 🧵 www.globalgovernmentforum.com/the-four-ds-...
The ‘four Ds': Ireland’s chief economist spells out the major challenges governments face
At the Global Government Finance Summit, Ireland’s chief economist John McCarthy listed the ‘four Ds’: the structural challenges weakening growth and public finances both in Ireland and in other advan...
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
January 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Two millenia ago, Hippocrates devised an oath to bind practitioners of the emerging practice of medicine. Now we need a similar vow for the people developing AI, says Jeffrey Saviano of @harvard.edu @mitofficial.bsky.social Boston Uni School of Law & EY
www.globalgovernmentforum.com/the-case-for...
The case for a Hippocratic Oath for artificial intelligence
A modern equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath is required to address the transformational arrival of AI, top digital leaders heard at a Washington DC roundtable.
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So refreshing to hear leadership expressed as the task of inspiring people, rather than managing them - and from someone who's shown the power of this approach: Ed Garratt's ICB has won plaudits as the best-managed in England #integratedcare A quick 🧵
www.miphealth.org.uk/news/intervi...
"Showing kindness and trust creates a virtuous circle – people respond well to that" - MIP
As chief executive of Suffolk and North East Essex, one of the England’s most highly rated integrated care boards, Ed Garratt has pioneered a radically different approach t0 leadership – one based aro...
www.miphealth.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Steve McManus of @royalberkshospital.bsky.social runs big hospitals - but, like Wes Streeting, he wants to “move the point of delivery upstream, into a more preventative” approach to health built around GPs & community services. Quick thread 🧵1
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We need to give managers reasons to join the profession — not risks to avoid
Interview: Steve McManus, chief executive, Royal Berkshire NHS trust
www.miphealth.org.uk
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Chris Wormald - the balance sheet. In favour:
1. vastly experienced (much, much more than Case). Run two v big budget depts. also held senior role in what is now MHCLG; done time at the centre as head of EDS and heading Clegg office. former head of policy profession.
December 2, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Chris Wormald is a smart choice for Cab Sec. I first met him in 2013, when as DfE perm sec he'd delivered Michael Gove's 'zero based review' of the dept - balancing political pressure for radical cuts with a pragmatic defence of essential functions. www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art... 🧵1/3
Interview: Chris Wormald
Chris Wormald, the education department’s permanent secretary, is leading organisational changes that go well beyond the Civil Service Reform Plan....
www.civilserviceworld.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
When the chair of a public body talks of the crucial connection between civil servants & ministers as feeling like "a domestically abusive relationship", it's obvious that something has gone badly wrong in government. Quick 🧵 @instituteforgov.bsky.social www.globalgovernmentforum.com/turning-the-...
Turning the tanker: rebuilding public trust in government
Over recent years, public trust in politicians and governments has taken a pounding. Last week, some of the key players in the debate over public standards discussed how the new UK administration can ...
www.globalgovernmentforum.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Well this is refreshing. Twitter is now like being trapped at a pub table with a friend of a friend who - recently dumped by their girlfriend - is drunk, embittered, & desperate for a sympathetic ear.
November 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM