Do you know where your smalls are?

Regular readers of my ramblings will know I run two blogs: this one (about leading change and development from a whole systems perspective) and the other about the small & creative ideas that are making a difference in the public & third sectors.

I am posting this - just to remind people of my second blog which now has over 300 ideas for how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local services.

http://smallcreativeideas.blogspot.com/

The blog is:

• Totally free
• Totally searchable
• Totally open to more ideas being added!

In these stringent times - there may just a few small ideas in there to help you reduce costs while still maintaining or even improving services.

The blog also stands up for public service organisations 'home growing' their own improvements rather than spending buckets of dosh on consultants who borrow your watch, tell you the time, keep the watch and slip a needle in to carry on drawing blood too.

And this links back to my other abiding interest: leadership. What are leaders doing or should be doing... (apart from not signing cheques for large consultancy contracts that add no value) to foster the necessary levels of engagement / verve / commitment / creativity (even in these austere times) amongst public service staff?

Answers on a postcard - or better still - please post them below >>>

Thanks