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Amber’s 5 Lessons in Public Sector Transformation
Service delivery improvement, organisational turnaround, capability uplift, decision-making effectiveness, and leadership behaviours - these are a snapshot of some of the areas I have had the privilege of working on across the UK public sector at my time at...
Refreshed Perspective – 4 Strategic Choices for High-Performance Policing
For policing and many other public services, the reality is that demand will almost always outstrip supply. If you’re a chief constable, the force’s limited resources mean that you won’t be able to catch every shoplifter and deal with every report of anti-social...
Information is Power – 5 Steps for Driving Data-Led Decision-Making
Public service performance depends on millions of decisions – from those made in the boardroom to those at frontline. At all levels, decision-makers need information to help them make smarter choices. And, as we’re always told, data really is everywhere today. With...
3 Visions for the Future of Police Collaboration – Tom’s View
With another tight spending round for forces across England and Wales and a much more reform-minded Home Office, policing is undoubtedly facing a fresh wave of major change. We’ve written before about what this might mean for how policing is structured and...
4 Tips for Police Leadership in the Age of AI – Leapwise Associate Wayne Parkes’ View
At Leapwise, we’re lucky to have an experienced in-house consultancy team with a range of specialisms to help us meet client needs. But we also draw on a wider network of experienced Associates, ranging from leadership consultants and senior ex-government officials...
Supporting the London Borough of Hounslow’s Serious Violence Strategy – A Leapwise Case Study
In 2022, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act introduced the Serious Violence Duty. This legislation required local authorities and other public services to work together to prevent and reduce serious violence in their communities. In 2023, like many...
Why engaging with the frontline is crucial to making change work – Joe’s view
At Leapwise, we know that the best change and transformation programmes balance the need for strategic thinking with efforts to engage closely with those delivering services to the public. That’s why, for so many of our projects, we place a real emphasis on working...
5 Tips for Shifting from Operational to Change Leadership Roles – N&S Director of Transformation David Skevington’s View
One of Leapwise’s most exciting current projects is our work with Norfolk (1) and Suffolk (2) Constabularies. As part of a Joint Transformation Programme, Leapwise is partnering with the two forces to improve their capabilities and collaboration, with the aim of...
Refreshed Perspective – Seven Pillars of Public Sector Turnaround
For all that negative stories about policing seem to get the most airtime, some pieces of good news are so big that they’re guaranteed to cut through. Case in point: the recent announcement that HMIC has decided to remove the Metropolitan Police Service from...
Why a Nine-Day Fortnight Really Can Work – Amber’s View
Since May, Leapwise have been working a nine-day fortnight – you might have even caught our previous blog from when we started trialing it on a six-month basis. It’s undoubtedly been a big change and one that we think others might be interested to learn more...