Strategic advice to decision-makers: Cornerstone Global Associates publishes 3 Blue Papers™ to make the case for collaboration and innovation on an unprecedented scale
On 12 July 2010
The main policy challenge for the UK government is not just reducing the structural deficit: it is squaring the circle between cutting costs, continuing to deliver quality services, engaging citizens in the choices that affect them, and building for recovery and renewal.
Cornerstone Global Associates has developed the rules of engagement and working tools to support collaborative leadership and teamwork, and accelerate and consolidate innovation.
Three Blue Papers™ that combine strategy and action, and are aimed at decision-makers and their advisers, and everybody who has a stake in making more with less resource, have just been published.
The Blue Papers™ bring together over 10 of Cornerstone's world-class team to offer the practical advice, based on decades of experience in the UK, Canada and other places who have in the past faced similar problems to those facing the UK.
They are:
Adapting the Canadian experience to help resolve the UK’s problems by Professor David Cook (Senior Consultant) et al
A new public service paradigm: innovation through citizen-centred collaboration by Lucian J. Hudson (Partner and MD), Mark Napier (CPI - Strategic Partner), Alex Plant (CSN - Strategic Partner) et al
Monitoring social media and networks: identifying keys to unlock collaboration and innovation by Dr Ali Fisher (Associate)
Ghanem Nuseibeh (Founder, Partner and Director) commented: "This triple-whammy of deep and hard thinking about the practical challenges of collaboration shows the richness and timeliness of Cornerstone Global Associates. All too often, thought and action are separated. We need to refresh thinking in private, public and non-profit sectors so as to improve the quality of delivery to citizens. These papers will stimulate debate, particularly to make better use of scarce resources."
Jordan MacLeod (Founder, Partner and Director) said: "This collection of papers provides a watershed for tackling the effects of the economic crisis and improving capability building in developed and developing countries. At a time of great uncertainty and apprehension in many parts of the world, Cornerstone Global Associates is finding creative and innovative ways to address complex challenges, and applying the tools of social media and the power of networks to provide sustainable solutions. Nobody is bringing out so clearly the connection between technology and the human-side of collaboration."
Blue Papers™ are regularly published by Cornerstone Global Associates Ltd on topics that Cornerstone's team are engaged in. They can be downloaded from http://www.cstoneglobal.com/blue_papers.html
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