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As the founder and CEO of the Core Solutions Group, I spend a great deal of time thinking and speaking about mediation, negotiation, conflict management, leadership and communication. I am told I should write some of these thoughts down… so, here goes…
Both the Public Service Reform and Finance and Public Administration Committees of the Scottish Parliament have made calls for views about “Pre-Budget Scrutiny for 2027-28” and the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending …
The “bill for public inquiries is now running at more than £230 million.” Are costs “out of control?” I was asked this question by Michael Marra, deputy convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration …
This is an expanded version of the article which appeared in The Times on 6 January. To address fully the challenges in the provision of health care and social care in Scotland, I sense that we …
To address fully the challenges in the provision of health care and social care in Scotland, we may need a paradigm shift. In other words, a fundamental change in our way of thinking about how …
One of the difficulties which the Scottish Parliament has encountered is that legislation has on occasion been found, after passage through Parliament and in some cases implementation, to be in some way ineffective, inadequate or …
“I predict Scotland’s NHS will not last until it is 100 years old.” The chair of BMA Scotland, Dr Iain Kennedy, has again called for a national conversation on the future of the NHS, urging …
John Sturrock has contributed the following reflections, on leadership in the NHS, to Reform Scotland’s excellent NHS 2048 initiative: “The key to doing well lies not in overcoming others, but in eliciting their co-operation.” (Robert Axelrod) “…whatever change …
I was interested to read Andrew Stevenson’s article in these pages (Monday 9 October) in which he raised concerns about proposed changes to court rules and, in particular, the apparent erosion of “the principle that …
The breakthrough in the UK’s relations with the EU over Northern Ireland demonstrates yet again that there is no substitute for conducting negotiations with respect and dignity, building relationships with counterparts, being honest and frank …
“Our problem is there always seems to be someone else to blame. The tram inquiry is about to reach £13m. The other ongoing inquiry into the Pandemic will also cost millions. ... Huge sums of …
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