Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:45 am
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Sad, Johnm, but sums it up pretty succintly.
I intend to live forever.... so far, so good.
johnm wrote:I think the real issue we face behind all this is the triumph of form over substance. In government both local and central, but especially local, it's about two things closely related:
Process compliance
Avoidance of accountability
Outcome is quite low on the list.
Professionals be they engineers, planners, building control, social workers, teachers etc. etc. are either constrained by management who are scared of their own shadows or outsourced into a tightly controlled contract seeking to minimise expenditure rather than deliver service quality.
They are also driven by simpleminded targets, that are mostly counterproductive.
It's a mess and it's getting worse not better.
The Emperor is naked and we need a regiment of tailors urgently.
Barcli wrote:Very good - I'll pop along to Subway head office with what you have quoted tomorrow
Flyingfemme wrote:I’d have described it as “damning”.
The question is, “how do we bring honesty and responsibility back into commercial and public life?” It seems that nobody will consider anything other than profits and their own backside while “public servants” abrogate responsibility and hide behind process. Box ticking is all that matters.........
and the hordes of bankers ending up in goal....
Flyin'Dutch' wrote:You seem to have forgotten the sterling work 'the markets' did in self regulating themselves and the banks and the hordes of bankers ending up in goal....