Ctrl + Alt + Govern
Reflections, questions (mostly hypothetical), and the occasional policy rants on governance.
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Multi-agency governance feels like a tango. It requires coordination, trust, timing and an agreed set of steps. Everyone has to move together, anticipate one another and stay in rhythm. When it works well, it looks effortless. When it doesn’t, it’s awkward and someone ends up with a bruised toe. In the public sector, we are…
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Well, it’s been a while! Time got away from me over the festive period BUT it did give me a lot of time for reflection – and I’ve been reflecting on AI. In the last post, I talked about the value of solid administrative skills in supporting and enabling governance within organisations, however it would…
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Governance audits often emphasise the role of leadership within effective governance. Understandably so, leaders provide the highest level of authority, with ultimate responsibility and ensuring strategic direction and oversight. However, I think we are missing an equally important contributor to effective governance – the role of the administrator. While I was completing my dissertation, I…
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In my last blog post I reflected (or ranted?) on why business efficiency and governance are often conflated, referencing several tasks which often sit under governance but are actually business efficiency and management tasks (performance management, budgets and operation). In a moment of self-doubt, I asked myself “where does risk sit?” – if governance is…
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When people think of governance, they often think of business efficiency – discussions around streamlining operations, cost savings, reducing waste. From the outside looking in, that’s what the general public would think but as we know, dear reader, they are wrong. So, the question is, what’s the difference? Governance is a framework of rules, relationships…
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