21st Century Councillor – some thoughts on future skills and roles

By Michael Hyatt, previously of Shropshire Council and soon to be made Research Fellow at University of Chester @michaeljhyatt The excellent thinkers and bloggers @mangancatherine and @DrCNeedham at Inlogov’s thought provoking 21st Century Public Servant project have asked for contributions about what sorts of skills will be needed by councillors in the future. In particular,

Imagining the future Australian public service workforce

The Melbourne School of Government recently held an event to launch the report of the Australian component of the 21st century public servant research. In this blog post I set out an abridged version of the presentation that accompanied the launch of this work. For this research Helen Sullivan and I interviewed just under thirty

Steve Winterflood of South Staffs Council gives his thoughts on the report

Steve Winterflood Chief Exec of South Staffs Council had these words to say following the launch of the report.

What do councillors want from their future council officers?

Whilst writing an article for LGA’s First magazine, which pops through the letterbox of every elected member, we’ve been thinking about the implications of our 21st century public servant research for councillors. Councillors will know better than any of us that the behaviours and expectations of citizens are changing, as they become more assertive and