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Transformation has to be about long-term financial thinking

Transformation has to be about an organisation rethinking how it operates, how it works with its communities and partners, and changing outcomes, says Adele Taylor.

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While waiting for more detailed announcements around local government, many of us are still looking at how we can prioritise our resources to keep delivering the services we need to. Many of our medium-term financial strategies (MTFS) include that phrase ‘transformation' as we look to change the way we do things as much as changing what we do.

The cynical among us can see transformation as interchangeable with efficiency or as an experienced councillor once said: ‘Is that a cut by any other name?'

Adele Taylor

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