Essays
554 posts
March 2025 Reading Journal
Big sad stories packed with perspective
Society
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What's worth more than money?
Creative value under extractive capitalism + an urgent plea to reclaim sovereignty over your attention
Change
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For when it feels like you can't change anything
Everything is connected. Once you see it, you can shift it.
Prepare for disaster
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. When have things ever gone exactly as you planned?
Keep the dream alive
Plans are predictions about how we think we could achieve our goals. They’re a hypothesis, an experiment ready to be run.
Alicia McKay named Top 25 Thinker in Local Government by the LGIU
Alicia McKay has been named one of the world's top 25 thinkers in local government by the UK's Local Government Information Unit.
Start with strategy
Our hopes, dreams, and plans live in an unpredictable future. We can’t read tomorrow’s headlines, but we can position ourselves to achieve our goals.
Press
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Future Local Lab interview
Future local leadership, challenges and solutions - an interview with LGIU.
Strategy
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Why strategy is a survival skill this year
Winging it is a death wish. If you don’t know what you want, the next 10 months are going to swallow you whole. Never fear: strategy will save you.
Are you having the wrong argument?
Learn to have better arguments for fuller, fairer, and more focused decision-making.
Quizzes
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Local Legends strategic audit
Audit the strategic capability of your Council and find out where to focus your efforts.
Responding to community requests: a guide for Councillors
A guide for Councillors on dealing with incoming constituent requests
So nothing right now
Feeling overwhelmed by clutter, commitments, and chaos?
How to be popular with voters and achieve nothing
Hint: its being a rock-throwing jerk.