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Why “agility talent” is prized elsewhere, but treated as a productivity problem in the NHS. In banking, IT and professional services, hiring temporary staff (contractors, consultants, interim specialists and contingent teams) is often framed as a smart way to buy scarce skills, accelerate change and stay flexible. In the NHS, “temporary staffing” is more often framed as a cost to be reduced - explicitly linked to productivity and financial recovery targets. On the face of it,

Reflections from a Director of Insight on a Year Working Side-by-Side with Artificial Intelligence. Over the past year, I’ve been asked three questions more often than any others about my use of AI. They usually land in the first five minutes of a meeting, sometimes in a slightly anxious tone, sometimes in a conspiratorial whisper, and occasionally with the energy of someone asking whether I’ve secretly joined a cult. So, here they are — the three questions — and a few reflec

Devolution has become a defining feature of this Government’s approach to public service reform. The direction of travel is clear: decisions about place, economic growth, housing, transport, skills, and public service integration should sit closer to the people and communities they affect. As a result, England is entering a new phase of local governance in which strategic authorities—combined authorities, mayoral authorities, and newly proposed regional bodies—are expected to