The value of good practice experience sharing: the local government shared services programme

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The value of good practice experience sharing
the local government shared services programme

• Tom Raggett
• Chief Operating Officer
• BuyIT Transformation Network

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BuyIT Transformation Network

• The value of experience sharing

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• First a few questions

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BuyIT Transformation Network

• BuyIT is the UKs leading transformation
  experience sharing network.
• BuyIT has ten years expertise in managing
  structured experience sharing programmes which
  uniquely enable senior executives to exploit the
  experience of transformation.
• The power of the programmes derives from
  combining the knowledge and experience of public
  and private sector practitioners and leading
  service providers.
• BuyITs experience sharing model helps members
  to make better decisions, spend their money more
  wisely and deliver greater value.

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BuyIT uniquely brings together the 3Ps Public
sector, Private sector and Service providers
Private sector
Service providers
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BuyITs current programmes cover transformation
and supply chain issues across sectors
Private sector
Public sector
Service providers
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The core of BuyIT programmes is a structured
sequence of thought leadership, experience
sharing and best practice dissemination
Thought leadership
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Benefits for network members

• Learn from and share with the best
• Make better decisions
• Thought leadership development
• Regular engagement with key
• individuals
• Organisational positioning
• Personal development

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Outputs

• Good practice, developed in collaboration

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Local government shared services programme

• Local authority thought leaders
• Chief Executives
• Finance directors
• Departmental heads
• Directors of resources
• Leaders / councillors
• Policy departments
• Communities and Local Government
• Cabinet Office
• OGC
• Global thought leader service providers

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Emerging issues for local government shared
services

• Message coming out Get shared services, save
  money and then re-invest in the front line
• What does this mean?
• How to generate a sensible vision across the
  range of services provided?
• Common language
• Business case almost always says invest up-front
  and then reap the benefits later
• hard for local authorities with little ability to
  raise investment cash
• Does it need private sector investment?
• Choose what to share and then find who to share
  with
• Advice on procurement / use of contracts across
  the public sector
• Need to have a burning platform if you are to
  drive through change.

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• Contact
• Frits Janssen, CEO (frits.janssen_at_itworld.co.uk)
• Tom Raggett, COO (tom.raggett_at_itworld.co.uk)
• 020 7828 7300
• www.buyitnet.org.uk