Category: ThoughtPieces

A few years back, I worked closely on a project with an officer who had a famous two-word catchphrase: ‘So what?’ The work was a burglary reduction initiative with a forcewide project team, and in its early stages no idea or task could be presented without the officer’s customary quip in response. ‘Ma’am – we’re…

I was one of the lucky five people to be given a Golden Ticket to attend ‘commscamp’ in Birmingham last month. It was an event for public sector communicators and labelled as a ‘unconference’ with no agenda set beforehand. I was quite sceptical about the whole approach at first, but having attended I’m convinced that anyone…