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‘Innovation’ is key, or is it just a buzz word? | Brett Sadler
https://brettsadler77.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/innovation-is-key-or-is-it-just-a-buzz-word
Digital Self Service in #ukhousing (and beyond). Innovation’ is key, or is it just a buzz word? Who doesn’t like the word innovate? In #ukhousing and beyond it’s become a fairly common used word. Meaning of Innovation (Cambridge dictionary):. The use of) a new idea or method. There seems to be a growing consensus that using the word innovation so liberally has effectively watered down its meaning and its effectiveness. I well remember when starting a new job, telling my new managers that one of my key ai...
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Where next for #hseparty15 ? | Brett Sadler
https://brettsadler77.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/where-next-for-hseparty15
Digital Self Service in #ukhousing (and beyond). Where next for #hseparty15? On boarding the train from North Wales to Manchester at 7am on the Wednesday (the second day of the event) I had high expectations I had been to the inaugural House Party event last year, had a blast and even blogged about it here. For those who don’t know, this was the second year of House Party with the following summation of the event by the organisers:. Quite a lot longer than it should have! In the session we were challenge...
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Housing Customer Self Service Survey Results | Brett Sadler
https://brettsadler77.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/housing-customer-self-service-survey-results
Digital Self Service in #ukhousing (and beyond). Housing Customer Self Service Survey Results. Back in March we set off to learn more. About online customer self service in housing. After crunching the numbers we can now share the results and findings. We think this is just the start of opening up collaboration, conversation and action to move forward. Below is the executive summary, our interpretation of the findings. You may have other views and that’s fine too. Housing is shy to shout about services.
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Windows 10… first impressions | mmitII
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A generation of being digital. A generation of being digital. July 30, 2015 /. Windows 10… first impressions. So here’s the narrative:. Windows XP was a storming success. So successful that people didn’t need to upgrade from it. And certainly weren’t going to upgrade to Windows Vista, which was widely accepted within and without Microsoft as a dog. With three legs. And mange. I then spent a bit of time playing with it last night. Here’s what I thought. Sure, there’s a stack of stuff within Windows ...
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Where is your passion? | John Popham's Random Musings
https://johnpopham.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/where-is-your-passion
John Popham's Random Musings. Just trying to matter. The PowerPlayers Digital Makeover. Social Housing and Digital Inclusion. Can I do something for you? Engaging communities and public. Video for Social Good. Bringing Events to the World. On TV and Radio. Where is your passion? August 3, 2015. While walking the dog this morning I heard an interview on Radio 4’s Today Programme. Where was their desire to save children’s lives? There are oh so many factors behind the Rotherham situation, but a good part o...
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We need to encourage organisations to seek risk – and forgive failure | Paul Taylor
https://paulitaylor.com/2015/07/09/we-need-to-encourage-organisations-to-seek-risk-and-forgive-failure
We need to encourage organisations to seek risk – and forgive failure. 8220;I’ve focused on the idea of failure being the engine for innovation. Not being afraid of failure but seeing it as a learning opportunity, and the value of getting out into the world and testing things earlier rather than later.” – Astro Teller. Captain of Moonshots, Google X. Risk is still a toxic word across much of the public sector. Taking considered risks has to become part of our everyday roles. This was not to create a cult...
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The Godfather part II – Kevin Williams
https://kevinwilliamshousing.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/the-godfather-part-ii
I think therefore I blog. A bit about me. The Godfather part II. July 14, 2015. July 19, 2015. So firstly, a great response to my first ever blog yesterday. Thank you so much to those who took the time out to read and comment. As I went to bed last night though, I couldn’t sleep as my mind was swirling with various points people had been making on Twitter in response. It got me thinking. Is our issue that the problem is also the answer? I read a blog by Paul Taylor ( here. If we are going to do the ̵...
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Back to the future – Kevin Williams
https://kevinwilliamshousing.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/back-to-the-future
I think therefore I blog. A bit about me. Back to the future. August 2, 2015. August 3, 2015. Our own Prime Minister recently referred to immigrants as a ‘swarm’. They are people, not insects. But anyway, that’s enough on immigration, I’ve gone off on a tangent. I mused whether it was because of the growth of the internet and the constant daily bombardment of ‘bad news’ from around the world? Jacqui said she had been thinking about the same issue and was wondering whether what is happening is actually a ...
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The Godfather – Time to make them an offer they can’t refuse – Kevin Williams
https://kevinwilliamshousing.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/time-to-make-them-an-offer-they-cant-refuse
I think therefore I blog. A bit about me. The Godfather – Time to make them an offer they can’t refuse. July 13, 2015. August 25, 2015. I’ve been contemplating starting a blog for quite a while but just haven’t got around to it. As an avid user of Twitter, I finally realised that 140 characters just isn’t sufficient to do my thoughts justice. On Thursday morning I read Nick Atkins piece in Inside Housing ( here. I guess I knew our house was rented but that was as far as it went. Anyway, continuing with t...
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A new dawn for #ukhousing ? | Brett Sadler
https://brettsadler77.wordpress.com/2015/07/13/a-new-dawn-for-ukhousing
Digital Self Service in #ukhousing (and beyond). A new dawn for #ukhousing? It can’t have escaped the attention of any #ukhousing professional that last week’s budget announcements dealt a serious blow to the sector. Not that it was totally unexpected. Longer term though, we’ve proven that as a sector we can unite together and this gives me hope for the future. This all culminated in last weeks’ budget announcement which effectively means that Housing Associations in England were suddenly informed that t...
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