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Going beyond command and control management




@tobyjlowe @JohnWSeddon You both might enjoy this Zoom with Ben Taylor tomorrow (Monday): twitter.com/MatthewMezey/s… What can Vanguard offer to Systems Conveners? What does Human Learning Systems offer?




Zero based budgeting has found its way onto my radar. Can see the intent; no tweaking budget, have a reset. If we’re doing this, might we do a zero based values exercise first? What REALLY matters, specifically? How do we want to feel about what we do? Anyone done ZBB like this?


@JohnWSeddon Measures become targets, and targets are gamed. Always.

I often hear "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it" in the context of "data-driven." That's a convenient elision. Deming actually said "It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth." Makes much more sense to me.




"They're looking at you through their specialist lens - which is governed by their budget." In this week's interview, we sat down with @JohnWSeddon, originator of the Vanguard Method, to talk social care reform & the importance of narrative in governance: lght.ly/411i2fn