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Are Jury trials a form of co-production?
… juries share quite a lot of characteristics with good practice in co-production. For example, members of a jury are paid for loss of earnings and can claim travel and refreshment costs. Jurists are involved from the start to the finish of a trial. Juries are advised and supported by the judge and other court officials. Juries even have their own ground rules in the form of the oath they take at the beginning of the trial.
Remembering Judy Scott – paying people on benefits expert
This Sunday I attended a wonderful and moving memorial event for Judy Scott the user payments expert and campaigner. It was organised by her son
Beyond the usual suspects: Co-production and Casablanca
“Round up the usual suspects”. So said Captain Renault, the policemen, played by Claude Rains in the closing moments of Casablanca. Often professionals I meet
Why do I sometimes use a hula hoop in my co-production training?
Co-production; the in and the out group Co-production is essentially group work. Two groups of people, staff who work in a service and citizens that
What’s going on under the surface of organisations?
We spend most of our time on the rational ‘surface’ of our organisations. Getting things done, making decisions, responding to internal and external pressures. And most of the time this mind set gets us through. But sometimes there’s a problem that doesn’t respond to our usual approach.
Learning from Experience
Learning from experience or put more simply learning on the job is one of the most important ways in which we learn. This is because when we learn from experience, we are dealing with the reality of our working lives rather than something which is abstract or theoretical.
What is group sentience and how can it help us understand why co-production is anxiety provoking?
Accounts of co-production often talk about issues such as power imbalances, inequality and how to level the playing field. These discussions are key to comprehending what is going on in co-production. However, this blog seeks to understand resistance to and anxiety about co-production using the concept of group sentience which was developed by Eric Miller and A. K. Rice in 1967.
How Reflective Practice Groups can support Co-production Specialists
The co-production, engagement, participation, or public and patient involvement role in organisations is challenging. At times it can feel overwhelming and lonely to be leading or managing co-production. Reflective Practice Groups are a well established and powerful approach to supporting people doing complex and demanding roles.
Pay What You Can Consultancy
…the problem is charities just can’t afford to employ consultants. That got me thinking how can I, a freelance organisational consultant address this issue. And that’s how I came up with the idea of ‘pay what you can’ consultancy.
Reflecting on problem solving
Where and how do we have our best ideas? Archimedes famously had his eureka moment in the bath and then ran naked through ancient Syracuse.
Reflective practice
What is Reflective practice? Sometimes when I engage with a piece of art, listen to some music or become aware of the natural world around
What happens to trust in organisations responding to budget cuts?
Right now, the pressure on public sector organisations is intense. Many organisations will have been through several restructures aimed at making staff redundant and achieving
The troublesome personality or the troubled organisation
We often have a very individualistic way of thinking about problems in teams and organisations. Sometimes a problem can get located in one person, or
The Primary Task
A group is a collection of people who have come together for a purpose. But in the demanding reality of organisational life, it can be
Introducing ‘A Place to Think’ specialist consultancy for public and voluntary organisations
We may think that organisations are, rational, logical places and can get very disappointed when they don’t live up to these expectations. In reality organisations are profoundly human and emotional places.
Evaluating co-production and measuring outcomes by Sam Callanan
Two main reasons are put forward for using co-production to improve existing services and design new ones:
Co-production gives people a genuine opportunity to influence the design and delivery of the public services that they use and pay for
Co-production works is delighted to join the TAPPI 2 programme
The Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI) project aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people. Led by