Rob Barnes

Can confirm nothing happening here either

MAGA > MENA

Quick reaction to Darren Jones’s speech
- good stuff - min leadership, risk appetite, reducing approvals, new models of doing things
- worried about - leaving fundamental reform for later. Structures in centre, depts and public services need addressing now. Danger this is all a bit sticking plaster

Looks like a hollow way - knew my degree would come in handy at some point!!

Well worth a read and also worth checking out the cynerin framework www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/tools/jobaid...

This multiplied by every single public sector process. Expect demand to skyrocket and lots of hallucinations

Race in the Equality Act

Discriminating against someone with a protected characteristic is illegal.

The Equality Act safeguards nine characteristics, including race.

Race can mean colour, nationality, citizenship, ethnic or national origins.

Discover more 👉 https://orlo.uk/vD9hI

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

More of this in 2026

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Happy Hanukkah

More of this in 2026 please
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng?...

www.policeconduct.gov.uk/hillsborough... a huge piece of work to produce this report on the investigation into the Hillsborough disaster. Everyone should take the time to read this.

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Certainly the native Americans would agree with his sentiments

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I'd challenge and say usually no best way in these contexts more 'better ways' to then adapt to the local context - see Cynefin model Dave Snowden. But generally ... put the person who makes the key decisions at front of the process is better way of doing than constant rounds of admin and triage.

How to lose Special Forces operatives in one move

King in the Norf (London)

I should perhaps have made the footballing analogies a bit stronger and maybe a 😉 face!!

You can't use Falklands as an example, even though it was an away fixture the Argentinians had poor form going into the war and we're weak in most positions. One a premier league outfit would have been very much expected to win.

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Hillsborough Law, now. The introduction of Hillsborough Law marks a turning point in the relationship between citizen and state in the United Kingdom.

Hillsborough law now:

open.substack.com/pub/alisonmc...

Black and white photo of a smiling man holding a young child, both dressed in light-colored clothes.

Elderly womanwith white hair wearing a black blazer and a light pink scarf, posing against a neutral background.

10 September 1930 | An Italian Jewish woman, Liliana Segre, was born in Milan.

In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944.

Liliana survived. Today, she is a Senator for life in #Italy and turns 95.

Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’

This is without any evidence or data to support it. Cancer existed before COVID vaccines. The rise in early onset cancers- going on for decades- is not linked to COVID vaccines. Follow scientists & medical researchers. Not ppl selling snake oil. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How can this be rolled out more widely?

I think you need to go and speak to young people about where they want to hang out and make it safe. These also may not be the places we want them to hang out! We did a project many years ago on this in Norwich which involved going and speaking to groups of teenagers at night - was a real eye opener

Today we publish our report on annual deaths during or following police contact in 2024/25. | Independent Office for Police Conduct Today we publish our report on annual deaths during or following police contact in 2024/25. Commenting on this year’s figures, our Director General, Rachel Watson said:    “Behind every death is a hum...

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Trust: From Deficit to Default It feels as if there is a significant deficit of trust in our world. Whether that’s at an individual, organisational or institutional level.

Trust:
From Deficit to Default

www.linkedin.com/pulse/trust-...

Cultural capture threatens regulatory independence - LSE Business Review When regulators work closely with industries, they risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they're supposed to oversee.

Some regulatory failures may lie not in corruption or incompetence, but in "cultural capture".

Alexandra Chesterfield @lsepbs.bsky.social writes that regulators risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they’re supposed to oversee @lsebr.bsky.social

I've been watching Washington State for a while to see how they are delivering against the Governor's strategic goals - interesting to see now how reporting has developed around a clear narrative on missions and reasonably accessible to all: results.wa.gov/measuring-pr...

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: why it matters for #strategy and #change By Mike Jones and Steve Hearsum Organisations are obsessed with speed, so too is the rhetoric of change. A quick search reveals statements like: "the speed of change requires us to think fast, decide ...

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: why it matters for #strategy and #change
www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-s...