Massive structural change not worth candle
I was Minister of State Services from 1999 – 2005. Did some pretty big changes. Education, MSD and MED. Along the way I lost faith in the power of structural change to either release funds or improve...
View ArticleReflections on Key’s speech
John Key’s speech this afternoon focused on three things: setting yet another set of targets, lowering the cap on the number of people employed in the public service, and creating a new...
View ArticleRestructuring for the sake of it
Restructuring for the sake of it, without a clear sense of what you’re trying to achieve and where you’re going can be expensive, it can destroy morale, and it can totally de-rail progress on the...
View Article$12 million on redundancy, more to come
The fact that the various entities being merged to form Steven Joyce’s new ‘mega ministry’ had already spent over $12 million on redundancy payments under National, even before the latest merger gets...
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