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Regaining Initiative improving services & identifying efficiencies using ‘systems thinking’  Steve Johnson Chief Executive, AdviceUK
Systems thinking applied to advice helping advice agencies do what they should always have been doing – by providing them with a  method   for:   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Background 1   VCS advice Sector: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Background 2  25 years of losing initiative: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Background 2  25 years of losing initiative: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
  Nevertheless: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Government knows best    Community Legal Service 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Government knows best    Community Legal Service 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Fighting back with ‘systems thinking’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
So what is ‘systems thinking’? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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‘ Systems thinking’ – process ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Process – wider benefits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Taking the initiative in Nottingham ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Taking the initiative in Nottingham ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
But...... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
If you’re curious...... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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