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The White Paper was published yesterday, so I decided to write about Gordon Brown and Clement Attlee. An alternative take on yesterday: forumstrategy.org/a-firefighting…

“Autonomy cannot sit quietly in the background as an assumption like it once did. It has to be exercised deliberately and explained clearly” Sir Steve's take on the White Paper and a look ahead to what will be a timely #TrustLeaders Symposium this Summer forumstrategy.org/sir-steves-tak…

🚨Trust strategy We've shared some of the implications of the White Paper for the strategic development of trusts. There's also further useful reading and resources that will help boards and execs develop greater clarity and more tangible 'next steps': forumstrategy.org/separating-the…

This is a fantastic example of genuine sector-level system leadership in action. Thank you for bringing this to the national CEO network, Phil. We will continue to support and hope more #TrustLeaders get involved, contribute and benefit as a result.

“It’s like patching up the leaks on an ancient dam, important in the short term, but you need to be building a brand new one behind it” The new White Paper doesn’t come close to the zeal of Labour's great social reformers- Attlee & Brown. It’s management forumstrategy.org/a-firefighting…

I know I may be old fashioned and a stickler for process, but why aren’t the details of the white paper being presented to Parliament first? I can’t be the only one who thinks this isn’t at all democratic. British values?

There will be a lot of noise and conjecture in the coming days. #ThrivingTrusts (defined in 2023) are about, in essence: forumstrategy.org/thriving-trust…

Our partners @SchoolsAdvisory have such a long track record, going back over many years Their commitment to championing & supporting the wellbeing of those who serve pupils, day in, day out, runs through their work. Find out more at: schooladvice.co.uk #PaidPartnership

We are extremely proud to have had an article in last week's @ForumStrategyUK's Resource of the week! This article showcases the work we do as a trust, with @Forward2Employ, for young people facing barriers to employment. Read the article! #Employment forumstrategy.org/fortis-trust-c…

@ForumStrategyUK are delighted to be working with author & experienced COO, Jennifer Geary, to offer members of our National Operations Leaders Network access to this quality course👇Join our network & access a huge range of benefits including this course: forumstrategy.org/trustleaders-c…

What are #ThrivingTrusts? Take a look at our framework and extensive body of thinkpieces and resources, here: forumstrategy.org/thriving-trust…

🌍 Today is World Mental Health Day! 💚 #WMHD25 This year’s focus is on the impact of repeated exposure to news coverage of crises and conflicts. Read more from @mentalhealth 👉 mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/publi…

A great COO conference today in collaboration with @PaulIanTaylor, Innovation Coach at the Bromford Flagship (one of the country's largest housing associations). Our messages around cross-sector collaboration, power of place & community participation so aligned 🙏🏻

Our partners @SchoolsAdvisory are hosting this important live webinar at 4pm on 21st October. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth Find out more⬇️

Our warmest congratulations to @joevansstc , who is one of this year's recipients of the '#TrustLeaders Special Recognition Award'. Jo recieved the award at this year's National #TrustLeaders CEO Conference.

"There's a truth and honesty to Forum that I've yet to find in any other part of our sector" Some truly lovely feedback shared with us over the last few days from our national CEO conference in Nottingham & some great moments captured here in our highlights video 👇

In my speech this morning I spoke of how rather than government encouraging trusts to get bigger and bigger - focused predominantly on financial efficiency - they should seriously consider community ownership model: with communities as members. And with a clear community identity. Why? because it would give communities a stake, it would give communities influence, it would generate the power and potential of #pureaccountability, and it would encourage greater participation and social capital that our public services desperately need and would benefit from. The Co-op is a shining example of how a community member organisation thrives and helps enable its communities to thrive. We should carefully consider how this could be applied - with care - to the academy trust model. Let’s harness community, it is the cornerstone to everything trusts and schools are trying to achieve.

Delighted that @joevansstc received a Special Recognition Award from @sirstevelanc @ForumStrategyUK CEO conference. I have learned so much. Thank You Jo

"Looking for where the values are being lived out and reflecting it back to the organisation is a subtle but crucial part of the role of CEO" A powerful reflection by @curlsnickb on #BeingTheCEO, but also on being the human being in the role too Thank you for your wisdom, Nick

"We need to understand we are accountable to the centre, but also to retain a very clear sense of our own agency as leaders and organisations." An afternoon of wisdom continues, as we hear from another longstanding former Chief Executive, Sian Hampton OBE. Thank you, Sian.