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CIVICA CONFERENCE 2009 (Ken Usman-Smith) you are going to this event http://civica.co.uk/UK/Conference/ on 29th and 30th January in Manchester give me a wave. I present at several conferences every year on issues, usually around innovation, for lots of national groups and I try to make ... Other labels: pdg, world, planning, civica, innovation

Achieving world class public services (Maura Brooks) New publication http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk//media/assets/www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/stra tegy/publications/worldclasspublicservices%20pdf.ashx on public service reform from the Cabinet Office.  The foreword from the Prime Minister says: "I want world class to mean what it says ... Other labels: prime, minister, reform, world, public, services

The End of Class (Peter Kawalek) I have a sneaking regard for AA Gill. Of course, he is rather too fond of having his photograph taken. He is rather too fond of wearing shades. He is also a journalist. But all these minor foibles can be set aside ... Other labels: social_class, aa_gill

Ian Curtis at the Kitchen Sink (Peter Kawalek) ER The Emotional Rubric Part Nine. Ian Curtis at the Kitchen Sink. Watching 'Control' http://momentum.control.substance001.com/ for the first time at the weekend, I was surprised to find myself thinking of how well the film fits in the British tradition of 'kitchen sink' drama ... Other labels: transformation, technology, social-networks, manchester, social-class, society, ian_curtis, control ...

Gordon of the Authentic and Small (Peter Kawalek) Guaranteed Neuron Ignition Effects: Track Three. There is a line in one of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares where the protagonist proclaims, "All great food comes from a small kitchen." This gem of an insight serves as a preface for me to argue that society ... Other labels: gnie, social-class, small_teams, gordon_ramsay, kitchen_nightmares, the_apprentice, social_mobility, kinsale ...

Perhaps, Maybe and If. (Peter Kawalek) Finally, concluding 'An Ethnographer in Paradise', a Politics of SenseMaking: a Strategy for a Northern City. Perhaps good strategy always stems from a good emotional sense of the world. Maybe we have learned a lot about limits. Maybe a lot of damage ... Other labels: polytechnic, paradise, social-class, technology, university, ethnographer, sense-making, society ...

France and Technology Part 1 (Peter Kawalek) Another Part of An Ethnographer In Paradise I am on the beach at Eze Sur Mer. The day is typically idyllic. Perfect light.  If I am honest, though, I might sometimes question the idyll. It's hot, very hot. Locals ... Other labels: social-class, will_hopper, david_howard, the_puritan_gift, paradise, manchester, devolution, france ...

France and Technology Part 2 (Peter Kawalek) Another Part of an Ethnographer in Paradise. There is a saying in French, "Pas besoin d'avoir fait Polytechnique pour comprendre ça". It is not easily translated into English. This is not because of any linguistic difficulty but because of the cultural context to which the noun "polytechnique" must be applied ... Other labels: ethnographer, paradise, garlicchewingrascals, will_hopper, polytechnic, the_puritan_gift, david_howard, france ...

Little Wilson and Big Technology (Peter Kawalek) Another Stubborn Part of An Ethnographer in Paradise.  To live in the West in the late twentieth and early twentyfirst century is an extraordinary gift of fortune. Though we like to complain, we would not swap our health and wealth prospects for those ... Other labels: paradise, celebrity, society, social-class, anthonywilson, anthonyburgess, devolution, manchester

Celebrity And Society (Peter Kawalek) nbsp; The First Part of 'An Ethnographer in Paradise' On the beach at EzeSurMer: Larry Ellison's yacht 'The Rising Sun' is moored out in the bay. Behind us are the houses of  Bono and The Edge of U2. Effectively, they share the same grounds. Bono's is the more forward ... Other labels: celebrity, society, bono, geldof, klein, hawken, theedge, u2 ...