Thought Leadership
13 Nov 2025
Is outsourcing investigations the strategic advantage the Public Sector has been overlooking?
Rachael Simpson challenges the public sector’s instinct to keep workplace investigations in-house, exposing the risks of delays, bias, and strained relationships. For employees, outsourcing offers impartiality, quicker resolutions, and confidence in fairness. For employers, it safeguards trust, ensures legal robustness, reduces hidden costs, and signals strong leadership by valuing investigations as a strategic lever for culture, not just compliance.
13 Nov 2025
Leading in the Age of Emergence
Matthew Hotten explores how leadership must evolve in an era where change is constant and unpredictable. Traditional step-by-step frameworks no longer fit a world shaped by disruption and the pace of BANI. Leaders must shift from managing change to leading through it—embracing ambiguity, fostering adaptability, and supporting teams in real time. Emotional intelligence, sensemaking and trust are now core tools. For organisations, the challenge is to build cultures that thrive amid uncertainty, where adaptability is a way of working. In today’s world, change isn’t managed—it’s lived.
13 Nov 2025
We don’t need more AI hype, we need each other - especially in local government
AI isn’t about shiny tools — it’s about people, culture, and confidence. Local government doesn’t need more hype, it needs shared learning. The Festival of AI in Practice will spotlight real stories from councils using AI with purpose, collaboration, and care — proving that transformation is built from the ground up, not bought in.
16 Oct 2025
More Change to Support “The Change”
Lorna Wells highlights how menopause support has shifted from a workplace taboo to a strategic priority. For employees, this means recognition, adjustments, and a culture that enables them to thrive through a natural life stage. For employers, it’s a reminder that the stakes go beyond compliance: supporting menopause effectively reduces litigation risk, retains experienced talent, strengthens wellbeing, and reinforces the public sector’s reputation as an inclusive employer of choice.
16 Oct 2025
Small actions, big impact -Inclusion at the WMJobs Public Sector Careers Expo
Lucy Hall highlights how inclusion is built through small human interactions rather than policy alone. For jobseekers, it means feeling seen, heard and supported. For employers, it’s about adapting language, pace and approach with empathy. For organisations, it’s proof that genuine inclusion happens face-to-face, turning curiosity into confidence and breaking down invisible barriers.
16 Oct 2025
Tri-sector Challenge 2025: Collaboration, Competition and a Glimpse of the Future
Matthew Hotten highlights how the West Midlands Tri-sector Challenge shows leadership in public services moving from siloed approaches to collaborative, cross-sector problem solving. For participants, it means stepping outside their comfort zones, leading under pressure and building the skills needed to navigate uncertainty. For organisations, it’s a reminder that leadership development must keep pace with the realities of modern public service: complex challenges, shared responsibilities and the need for trust-based collaboration.
18 Sep 2025
Beyond Pay Scales: How a Strong EVP Can Transform Public Sector Recruitment
Chloe Herrmann highlights the central role of an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) in effective recruitment marketing. For job seekers, this shows what makes public sector careers different and worth considering — from meaningful work to genuine work-life balance. For employers, it’s a reminder that the sector already has a strong offer (security, pensions, flexibility, impact) but needs to communicate it more powerfully to attract and retain the right talent.
18 Sep 2025
A Call to Action: Transforming Public Services through Veteran talent
Rachael Simpson argues that veterans bring vital skills — resilience, leadership, and adaptability — to strengthen public services at a time of rising demand. For veterans, this means meaningful second careers where their experience makes a difference. For public sector employers, it’s a call to adapt recruitment, development, and culture to fully unlock this talent.
18 Sep 2025
Disrupting Leadership: How Oxfordshire’s Mentoring Pilot Sparks System-wide Change
Samantha Darby highlights how reciprocal mentoring is disrupting traditional leadership models and driving culture change. For aspiring leaders, it creates space to share lived experiences and be heard. For established leaders, it’s a challenge to reflect, listen and act differently. For organisations, it’s proof that mentoring can build inclusion, resilience and system-wide transformation.