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Barry Quirk

Barry Quirk

Barry Quirk is chief executive of Lewisham LBC

Articles by Barry Quirk

The Risky Business of Local Government

By Barry Quirk | 03 July 2014

Barry Quirk explains why the public sector’s approach to risk management should be one focused on...

Creative solutions require lots of perspectives

By Barry Quirk | 01 May 2014

In the next four years, Lewisham LBC needs to find savings of £95m from our net budget.

Stepping up to success

By Barry Quirk | 30 May 2013

There was a day when chief executives boasted of their council's well-crafted vision and value st...

Hard disciplines for design

By Barry Quirk | 13 March 2013

Central government could do a great deal to raise the profile of design-led innovation and to p...

From grand designs to the better use of design

By Barry Quirk | 26 September 2012

The challenges ahead are significant, but how can we use design to make councils more effective a...