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Father Christmas accused of a sham consultation

Take care when seeking changes to time-honoured traditions. It began as an innocuous proposal – similar to many in the world of public services. Father Christmas merely announced that henceforth, his organisation would accept online requests from children all over the world, but phase out traditional hard-copy correspondence. How could they have anticipated that this […]

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Appreciative Inquiry – Great idea for the NHS right now

Anyone who has followed the debate about engagement methods in recent years knows that Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is sometimes given mixed reviews. Indeed one reviewer in 2000 called it ‘too Pollyanna-ish’ and others claimed it relied too much on ‘warm fuzzy group hugs.’ (2006) But that was then and things have moved on, as illustrated in

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The Consultation Charter – The 7 Best Practice Principles

Taking important policy decisions today both in Public bodies and in the Private and Voluntary Sectors is a far cry from the traditional ways of decision-making. Two seminal trends drive the change. One is the steady growth in transparency, which is evident well beyond organisations, which are democratically accountable. The other is an increase in

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Memo to Liam Fox: Before offering more engagement to stakeholders, sort out the consultation confusion in your own department

So, Tuesday morning, Liam Fox goes onto the Radio Four TODAY programme and teases its listeners with the prospect of unprecedented consultation on trade matters. It’s worth recording his message: ‘We are entering an era where I think people will take a much bigger interest in trade agreements than they might have done in the

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99% of consultees oppose Fracking in Scotland – but what does this mean?

Apart from sounding vaguely like an election result from a Banana Republic, the headline figures following the Scottish Government’s Consultation are almost certainly correct. But is this the whole story? This consultation had a high political profile, coming after a moratorium on ‘unconventional oil and gas’ exploitation in Scotland, and considerable pressure from environmental and

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