Partnership vision andits focus for 2014/15
23 April 2014
Alan Tomlinson Strategy and Change
Salford City Council
Aims
Agree what to put in a vision for the City Partnership
Agree what the Group will focus on in 2014/15
Preliminary contributions - what should be the vision’s nature and purpose?
• Part of core business• Overarching strap-line• Articulated - now needs delivering• Divergences and convergences • Shape changes in culture • Statement of intent as city leaders• Deliverable and measurable progress• Take risks - do things differently• Make things better with less
Preliminary contributions - what should the vision focus on?
• What aspirations will people have?
• Values – equality – sustainability – cooperation
• Assets• Wellbeing• Education and training
• Employment• Attracting business
– social value
• Generating wealth• Growth
Preliminary contributions - how should we pursue the vision?
Partnership• Make vision relevant to everyone • Demand top level commitment • Reframe thinking • Hold to vision • Overcome silos
Leadership• Use authority • Take decisions and make things
happen • Engage and enable staff• Drive changes in culture
Public engagement• Seek out those we hear badly • Help people to improve their
experiences and realise their capacities
• Buttress community resilience
Nature and purpose? What? How?
• Part of core business
• Overarching strap-line
• Articulated - now needs delivering
• Divergences and convergences
• Shape changes in culture
• Statement of intent as city leaders
• Deliverable and measurable progress
• Take risks - do things differently
• Make things better with less
• What aspirations will people have?
• Employment
• Wellbeing
• Values• social value• equality• sustainability• Cooperation
• Assets
• Education and training
• Attracting business
• Generating wealth
• Growth
Partnership• Make vision relevant to everyone• Demand top level commitment• Reframe thinking• Hold to vision• Overcome silos
Leadership• Use authority• Take decisions and make things
happen• Engage and enable staff• Drive changes in culture
Public engagement• Seek out those we hear badly• Help people to improve their
experiences and realise their capacities
• Buttress community resilience
Summary of preliminary contributions
Main points from preliminary contributions
Some ideas on public service development
So, what’s it to be?
Sharing views
• Set of post-it notes with the top five elements from the preliminary contributions written on them
• Blank post-it notes to add additional factors that you want included in the vision (one per post it)
• Order these on the board ranked from most important
Elements of a vision
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
>5th
Applying views
• All of the elements from preliminary contributions and from the discussion will be used to generate a vision for sharing with the Partnership Forum
• In 2014/15 the Group will focus on the top three or four elements