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Dr Andrew Larner

Dr Andrew Larner

Articles by Dr Andrew Larner

New Year wishes

By Dr Andrew Larner | 13 January 2021

With a difficult year ahead of us iESE is renewing its commitment to public service transformatio...

Lessons learned in 2020, make for a better 2021

By Dr Andrew Larner | 09 December 2020

Sharing best practice across the public sector is even more important now than it was before the...

Responding to the threat of ransomware

By Dr Andrew Larner | 20 November 2020

Following recent local government ransomware attacks – and a warning from the cabinet office – Dr...

Terminating transmission: emerging best practice in COVID adaptation

By Dr Andrew Larner | 30 September 2020

As a sector we need to lead the adoption of best practice on managing the risks from coronavirus ...

Has the pandemic depreciated climate change?

By Dr Andrew Larner | 10 August 2020

As we head for the second wave of the pandemic, Dr Andrew Larner says we must not take our eye of...

A time for vigilance as ransomware threat still looms

By Dr Andrew Larner | 14 July 2020

Among the many recently identified threat vectors that should concern local government is a malwa...

Covid-19: Recovery or Adaptation?

By Dr Andrew Larner | 17 June 2020

In response to the challenges posed by COVID-19, adaptation rather than returning to the ‘old no...

Creating the rainbow together

By Dr Andrew Larner is chief executive of the Improvement & Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), which supports public sector transformation | 21 April 2020

Councils' response to COVID-19 has been phenomenal, says Dr Andrew Larner - and he hopes that Gov...

Defending our communities in the digital age

By With Dr Andrew Larner | 21 January 2020

It is now possible to put cyber defence on the front foot; you don’t need to have seen the type o...

A fair care package at a fair price with fair wages

By Dr Andrew Larner | 05 June 2019

Dr Andrew Larner says it is more important than ever to understand whether a fair price is being ...