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This is an excellent, MUST READ article by the Guardian. Check it out!

via Too much, too fast: the government’s ‘welfare revolution’ starts to unwind | Politics | The Guardian.

For me, as an expert in transformation management, this is an all too familiar story, especially in the UK Public Sector with:

• Moving targets
• Political interference
• Absence of cohesive strategy
• Ineffective risk management
• Poor leadership
• Unwieldy governance
• Excessively mechanistic program and project management
• Ineffective stakeholder management
• Excessive dependence on big consulting firms, outsource providers, and large recruiters
• Too many contractors
• Demotivated staff because of austerity

I look forward to reading Margaret Hodge MP‘s view – she’s the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee; I totally respect her objectivity and trust her judgement.

I suspect that the Cabinet Office and the Treasury will have been faffing around in the background too, adding little of real value.

Any thoughts?

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