HeyJaredOn a Human Basis with Joe Badman
How do we sustain public services without losing their soul? We’re on a mission to prove that radical change is achievable even amidst financial constraints.
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Compassionate leadership: running outstanding children's services with Ian Dodds (opens the original)
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What if the key to leading outstanding public services wasn't control and rigour, but curiosity and kindness? In this episode, Ian Dodds shares hard-won lessons on running children's services with compassion, protecting prevention when budgets are under pressure, and building the kind of trust and psychological safety that lets teams do their best work. As joint Director of Children's Services for Richmond and Kingston - through Achieving for Children, one of the first shared children's services
Cutting through bureaucracy: building trust and getting things done with Peter Gadsdon (opens the original)
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What if the secret to transforming local government isn’t better business cases, but a culture of rapid prototyping and building genuine trust? In this episode of On a Human Basis , Joe sits down with Peter Gadsdon, who recently retired after an extraordinary 46-year career in public service and local government. Starting out at 16 repairing televisions in East London, Peter rose through the ranks to become a Corporate Director, pioneering human-centred design, digital transformation, and agile
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