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GHOSTS OF CREATION (Ken Usman-Smith) When we listen to a presentation from one of those special minds that can demonstrate innovation and capture the minds of the audience, we are thrilled. I have sat through them and felt honoured to hear such ideas given wings. But what about ... Other labels: creativity, thought

FREE TRADE COFFEE (Ken Usman-Smith) ROYAL SOCIETIES 350{}th anniversary. As the UK's oldest academy of science that anniversary is being celebrated in 2010. It was born out of a need for a place where the great thinkers of the day could meet to debate and share knowledge of the emerging cutting edges of scientific ... Other labels: fre, trade, management, leadership

ITS ONLY A WINTERS TALE (Ken Usman-Smith) Councils must give their area an 'economic health check' to work out what needs to be done to get them on the road to recovery' So says Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton today. There is new Government legislation http://www.communities.gov.uk ... Other labels: finance, economy, councils

ALLAH MADE ME FUNNY (Ken Usman-Smith) Castlemere Community Centre http://www.castlemere.org.uk/aboutus.htm on the 4th December hosted a fund raising evening featuring one of America's funniest comedians from 'Allah made me funny.\ http://www.facebook.com/AllahMadeMeFunny Mo Amer, is known to many as the World's ... Other labels: community, total, pace, 3rd, sector, leadership

JIGSAWS (Ken Usman-Smith) whole debate about efficiency and innovation keeps coming back to the right ICT infrastructure. Rochdale just had a half day meeting on remote working, hotdesking and the new corporate building to meet modern working ambitions in my Service ... Other labels: efficiency, ict

LAPDANCING CLUB (Ken Usman-Smith) Many of you are now regular visitors to a once exclusive club. Once the desk top PC dominated, but now the 'second machine' or home user machine which was the laptop has come to dominate. Wireless has removed bondage from ... Other labels: ict, change

ILLUSION OF EXCELLENCE (Ken Usman-Smith) Too much central control, targets and not enough front line innovation. Too many auditors and not enough trust in front line staff. The think tank Demos agrees and calls for power and money to be transferred to frontline workers. Labour's targetdriven approach&nbsp ... Other labels: politics, change, manchester

MANCHESTER INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 2.0 (Ken Usman-Smith) Association of Greater Manchester Authorities are once more taking on the mantle of the industrial pioneers who made the region what it is. They once drove our city region to produce the blueprints for the modern world in everything from trains, canals, factories and computing and the huge ... Other labels: manchester, climate, change, revolution, transformation

CASH COW (Ken Usman-Smith) Some of you may work for employers that have realised that ICT is expensive and adds a growing carbon cost to the organisation, to manage all those servers on the top floor where the IT support team sit.  Some of you may have started ... Other labels: software, transformation

THE MANCHESTER REPORT (Ken Usman-Smith) Manchester was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. It saw the birth of much of the technical infrastructure that underpins the world as we know it. It can claim the invention of (Thank You Peter) modern computing and (Drum roll): T he railway ,  Atomic theory ,  Splitting ... Other labels: climate, change, manchester