Keynotes & Presentations

2017

• City of London, CELC seminar - “What’s next, and what’s after what’s next?"

June 2017

 

• NLGN conference

February 2017

2016

• Ethics: The truth and the demands of public reason

Solace Summit, Gateshead. October 2016

 

• Future skills for London leaders

March 2016

 

• UK local government overview

February 2016

2015

• Re-imagining Birmingham

November 2015

 

• People Management at LGA

October 2015

 

• 10 Leadership Lessons

Belfast, October 2015

 

• Social Diversity at ICMA in Seattle

September 2015

 

• LGC Summit

Sept 2015

 

• Annual Leadership Institute Seattle

September 2015

 

• High Performing Councils in Cardiff

July 2015

 

• Performance at London Fire Brigade

April 2015

 

• Public Leadership in Melbourne

February 2015

 

• Re-imagining Government in Hobart

February 2015

2014 and before

• Local Leadership and Risk

CIPFA annual conference, July 2014

 

• Doing things Differently

Cardiff Public Services Summit, June 2014

 

• The dynamics of London & people based approaches to organisational change

A talk to London chief executives at IfG, March 2014

 

• Managing the Gap

Keynote presentation to SOLGM conference, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2014

 

• Skills for the future

A presentation in Wellington, New Zealand for SOLGM, November 2013

 

• Sources and sites of economic growth

A presentation on local economic approaches to growth, October 2013

 

• Peer based learning & improvement

A presentation for local government peer review teams, October 2013

 

• Using design to remain relevant

A talk on service design and local government at the LGA, September 2013

 

• A stance for leading others

A talk on the essence of public sector managerial leadership, Solace at Sunningdale, July 2013

 

• Be good to do good

A talk on performance improvement at the LGA, June 2013

 

• Solace Master Class: Public Sector Leadership

February 2013

 

• Using the Public Triangle to Build Trust: Barry Quirk & John Nalbandian

ICMA, October 2012

 

• Leading and Managing in the "New Normal"

Cornwall Council, Truro Cornwall, March 2012,

 

• The Geography of Governing

LGA Leadership of Place conference, Birmingham, February 2012

 

• Public Leadership in Challenging Times

LGA Leeds Castle leadership programme, Birmingham, October 2011

 

• Design and service supply in local government

Design for Growth Summit, Design Council, London, June 2011

 

• Risky Business

LGA Annual Conference, Birmingham, June 2011

 

• Progress carefully, but always progress

Chief Finance Officer Summit, CIPFA, London, June 2011

 

• The Character of Change

Further Education Leaders' Conference, London, April 2011

 

• The defining characteristics of high performing public service organisations

Holyrood conference, Edinburgh, March 2011