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I’m a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity about life. I love travel, good food, and good company. I’m happy to share what I know with others….even the interesting stuff! My outlook on life is pretty well captured in this quote from a book about the legend of King Arthur: “You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn!” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future King
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Demos and Mysociety

Stephen DaleApril 22, 2006October 10, 2020

Came across an interesting web site the other day – Demos – which provides a refreshing perspective on e-democracy and empowement of us ordinary citizens. Was thinking of popping along to an event they are running on Thursday 11 May (Demos, 136 To…

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Myspace

Stephen DaleApril 18, 2006October 10, 2020

Briefly checked out a new (? – well, new to me anyway) community web site at www.myplace.com. looks pretty neat and has some rich functionality – blogs, etc. I’m sure it could be adapted for business purposes, e.g. for developing public sector com…

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Stephen DaleApril 15, 2006October 10, 2020
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Government web site rankings

Stephen DaleApril 15, 2006October 10, 2020

Interesting fact: eGMS – so much for the government’s “mandatory” metadata requirement; 73% of central and 42% of local government websites fail the requirements on every single page, including important sites such as direct.gov.uk, the Cabinet Of…

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New TALK web site

Stephen DaleApril 8, 2006October 10, 2020

An interesting new development courtesy of the ODPM – the TALK web site (Transferring Across Local Knowledge). The blurb says “this will go beyond key products, manuals and reports, to investigate and publicise local knowledge and know-how to help…

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Public sector improvements

Stephen DaleMarch 26, 2006October 10, 2020

Interesting quote heard at the KIN conference: Public sector improvements due to knowledge work are one third of those in the private sector. Attributed to ‘Friedman’ – not sure if this would be Ken or Thomas (or someone else altogether?) Need to …

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Tax, tax, tax

Stephen DaleMarch 19, 2006October 10, 2020

Interesting – or may be worrying is more appropriate – article in today’s Sunday Times about record tax levels. Mr Brown’s budget next week may ead us into the highest tax regime on record. Tax revenues will total 490 billion this year, up from …

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Another day…another paper

Stephen DaleMarch 16, 2006October 10, 2020

Well actually…it’s the same paper, but still strying to get it through the convoluted Governance process. Currently awaiting feedback from the directore of finances….can we afford to implement a strategy that will only deliver improved collabo…

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The last leg?

Stephen DaleMarch 14, 2006October 10, 2020

Not much to say today really. Have spent the day putting the finishing touches to the KM Strategy paper for my (public sector) client. Not quite sure that local government is quite ready for collaboration across the sector for identifying best pra…

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More writing

Stephen DaleMarch 11, 2006October 10, 2020

Another day spent writing a report to enable the KM Strategy project to proceed. When I look back over the past 8 months, I think I’ve spent about 80% of that time writing reports and proposals. There has been some limited movement forward on the …

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