Rob Barnes
@donnyrob.bsky.social
Civil Servant interested in how complex systems work, part time runner and cyclist, trustee and dad to a crazy rescue dog!
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10 September 1930 | An Italian Jewish woman, Liliana Segre, was born in Milan.
In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944.
Liliana survived. Today, she is a Senator for life in #Italy and turns 95.
In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944.
Liliana survived. Today, she is a Senator for life in #Italy and turns 95.
September 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
10 September 1930 | An Italian Jewish woman, Liliana Segre, was born in Milan.
In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944.
Liliana survived. Today, she is a Senator for life in #Italy and turns 95.
In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944.
Liliana survived. Today, she is a Senator for life in #Italy and turns 95.
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This is without any evidence or data to support it. Cancer existed before COVID vaccines. The rise in early onset cancers- going on for decades- is not linked to COVID vaccines. Follow scientists & medical researchers. Not ppl selling snake oil. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is without any evidence or data to support it. Cancer existed before COVID vaccines. The rise in early onset cancers- going on for decades- is not linked to COVID vaccines. Follow scientists & medical researchers. Not ppl selling snake oil. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How can this be rolled out more widely?
Asylum seekers can now volunteer in Norfolk thanks to two local charities, New Routes Integration and Voluntary Norfolk.
Fantastic news for International Charity Day
Fantastic news for International Charity Day
New Norfolk partnership helps asylum seekers volunteer
In a win-win process, asylum seekers in Norfolk do great work as volunteers to help make their communities better
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How can this be rolled out more widely?
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Some regulatory failures may lie not in corruption or incompetence, but in "cultural capture".
Alexandra Chesterfield @lsepbs.bsky.social writes that regulators risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they’re supposed to oversee @lsebr.bsky.social
Alexandra Chesterfield @lsepbs.bsky.social writes that regulators risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they’re supposed to oversee @lsebr.bsky.social
Cultural capture threatens regulatory independence - LSE Business Review
When regulators work closely with industries, they risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they're supposed to oversee.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Some regulatory failures may lie not in corruption or incompetence, but in "cultural capture".
Alexandra Chesterfield @lsepbs.bsky.social writes that regulators risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they’re supposed to oversee @lsebr.bsky.social
Alexandra Chesterfield @lsepbs.bsky.social writes that regulators risk unconsciously adopting the worldview, beliefs and priorities of the very industries they’re supposed to oversee @lsebr.bsky.social
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: why it matters for #strategy and #change
www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-s...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-s...
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: why it matters for #strategy and #change
By Mike Jones and Steve Hearsum Organisations are obsessed with speed, so too is the rhetoric of change. A quick search reveals statements like: "the speed of change requires us to think fast, decide ...
www.linkedin.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: why it matters for #strategy and #change
www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-s...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/slow-s...
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🚨 6PM, WED 25 June 🚨
Join us for the seventh TGT at the MoJ or online, with:
* Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
* Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence
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Join us for the seventh TGT at the MoJ or online, with:
* Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
* Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence
lu.ma/jkd8jbzu
Please share! Thanks 🙏.
TransformGov Talks : Seventh event · Luma
Speakers
Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence
live stream will be here : …
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June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🚨 6PM, WED 25 June 🚨
Join us for the seventh TGT at the MoJ or online, with:
* Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
* Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence
lu.ma/jkd8jbzu
Please share! Thanks 🙏.
Join us for the seventh TGT at the MoJ or online, with:
* Antonio Weiss on his new book, "AI Demystified"
* Becky Miller, Defra, on designing policy with complex evidence
lu.ma/jkd8jbzu
Please share! Thanks 🙏.
#veday for those who served and those who didn't return. My Grandpa at Jo Kalkstein's grave who was killed parachuting into join grandpa in Operation Hardy France 1944.
May 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#veday for those who served and those who didn't return. My Grandpa at Jo Kalkstein's grave who was killed parachuting into join grandpa in Operation Hardy France 1944.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
January 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How we make a difference - read about our work on police perpetrated domestic abuse handling: www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications...
Police perpetrated domestic abuse - handling review | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
www.policeconduct.gov.uk
December 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
How we make a difference - read about our work on police perpetrated domestic abuse handling: www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications...
Interesting thread on how the public sector could access wider public discourse - do we need more independent (insert policy forum)?
Following on from yesterday's summary of the organisation and establishment of @independentsage.bsky.social in our @natprot.bsky.social article, here is the summary of the learning points we took from the process.
kityates.substack.com/p/what-did-w...
kityates.substack.com/p/what-did-w...
What did we learn from our experiences with Independent SAGE?
We recently published an article in Nature Protocols about our experiences communicating science. This article summarises the part of the article relating to the learning points from our development.
kityates.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Interesting thread on how the public sector could access wider public discourse - do we need more independent (insert policy forum)?
An amazing man who did amazing things in the war ...
December 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM
An amazing man who did amazing things in the war ...
Grandpa on the small screen soon
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sas...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sas...
SAS Rogue Heroes announces season 2 start date on BBC
Jack O'Connell and Connor Swindells will be back on duty.
www.radiotimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Grandpa on the small screen soon
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sas...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sas...
We've released a a package of support for policing to assist the drive for further change and are the culmination of more than three years' of IOPC focused work on race discrimination with over 300 cases analysed.
www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/iopc-pu...
www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/iopc-pu...
IOPC publishes package of race discrimination tools to support policing | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
www.policeconduct.gov.uk
November 28, 2024 at 11:22 AM
We've released a a package of support for policing to assist the drive for further change and are the culmination of more than three years' of IOPC focused work on race discrimination with over 300 cases analysed.
www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/iopc-pu...
www.policeconduct.gov.uk/news/iopc-pu...
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We are on @bsky.app.
Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.
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Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.
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November 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
We are on @bsky.app.
Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.
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Please consider following @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social where every day we commemorate the victims & educate about the tragic human history of Auschwitz.
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Sun Tzu for business strategy - who'd have think it!!
“Remember, all models are wrong but some are useful.“
Read “On being lost“ by swardley on Medium: medium.com/wardleymaps/...
“Remember, all models are wrong but some are useful.“
Read “On being lost“ by swardley on Medium: medium.com/wardleymaps/...
On being lost
Chapter 1
medium.com
November 16, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Sun Tzu for business strategy - who'd have think it!!
“Remember, all models are wrong but some are useful.“
Read “On being lost“ by swardley on Medium: medium.com/wardleymaps/...
“Remember, all models are wrong but some are useful.“
Read “On being lost“ by swardley on Medium: medium.com/wardleymaps/...