Ideas, inquiry and practice
Latest Thinking
Some pieces develop BTVR directly, while others explore related questions around benefits, value, governance, organisational behaviour and public systems.
Value realisation
The Quiet Gap Between Intent and Value
Why successful delivery and realised benefits do not always resolve the question of intended value.
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Where Does the Value Go?
Exploring how value may weaken, transfer or be captured elsewhere as implementation unfolds.
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What Organisations Choose to Notice
How measures, signals and governance shape what becomes visible, legitimate and actionable.
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From LinkedIn
Shorter reflections, practical examples and public discussions that sit alongside the developing work.
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Practice note
The Sweetcorn, the Badgers and a Very Determined Gardener
A practical story about delivery, intended value and who ultimately captures it.System behaviour
When People Carry the Weight of System Misalignment
A reflection on what happens when people absorb the consequences of conditions they did not create.Public value
System Behaviour and Public Value
Exploring how apparently reasonable responses can gradually move a system away from its intended purpose.Organisational reality
Operational Truth and Strategic Misalignment
What becomes visible when operational experience no longer matches the strategic account.Systems thinking
Information Integrity and Public Value
Why the quality and movement of information matter to the value a system can protect.Organisational behaviour
The Cost of the Safety of Silence
A reflection on the conditions that make silence rational and the consequences organisations carry.Programme management