Tom Bell

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Tom Bell

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Captives or customers? 08.04.2022 5:37

Do we want choice in our public services, or do we feel like captives without the ability to vote with our feet? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospitals... 01.04.2022 6:42

...a horrific, yet entirely predictable and logical result of trying to deliver healthcare by the numbers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Some poetry about pallets and a free event... 25.03.2022 4:28

I like to make things out of pallets, and I'm running a free event on improving public services; see you there! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

I don't want choice or competition in Public Services... 18.03.2022 5:43

...but how do we create cultures of innovation in the absence of competitive forces? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

This week was international women's day.... 11.03.2022 5:41

Our world needs more women in positions of influence, but not women who want to mimic the men who went before. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

We are where we are because of decisions made previously... 04.03.2022 5:14

It may not be comfortable to acknowledge, but the West has questions to answer about Ukraine. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Fighting emerges from the avoidance of conflict... 25.02.2022 5:18

...if you ever doubted the value, of positive, constructive conflict, then I hope after this week you won't anymore. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

What does post-truth and post-trust era mean? 18.02.2022 4:27

I think it actually translates into a post-honesty era, and we all have a role to play in shaping it... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Targets, what are they good for... 11.02.2022 5:26

That's right, absolutely nothing...say it again! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Rory Stewart is right, so what now? 04.02.2022 4:41

If improvement begins with understanding, then we need to make the issue visible. Here is my suggestion for how... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

The little things matter... 28.01.2022 5:37

This week we received a letter from a public service in which they referred to "his" death in relation to my sister Alison; reassuring?! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscr...

Who really is the customer of public services? 21.01.2022 5:11

I am hosting a free online event this Wednesday 26th January at 7pm GMT - come along and share your thoughts... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Who is Tom Bell? 14.01.2022 12:00

I've been podcasting for a year and never really explained who I am, what I am trying to do, and what drives me to do it... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Real life really is stranger than fiction... 07.01.2022 5:38

...I've been watching the documentaries on Hillsborough and Four Lives on ITV - and nothing surprised me; what a strange place to inhabit! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/sub...

Have yourself a very merry Christmas 24.12.2021 6:28

We buried my sister Alison 30yrs ago today... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Trust not targets... 17.12.2021 5:39

The tragic and horrific deaths of two children in the pres this week are further evidence that targets, box-ticking, and regulation, are harming public services. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at th...

Thirty years of hurt 10.12.2021 4:30

This Monday the 13th of December it will be 30yrs since my sister Alison took her life following a period of abuse in an NHS mental health hospital. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substac...

The weekend of the radicals... 03.12.2021 5:53

...and a man chasing a terrorist with a Narwahl tusk on London Bridge; real-life really is stranger than fiction. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

The elephants in the public sector room... 26.11.2021 5:28

What really are the unacknowledged challenges facing public services? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Fighting is the avoidance of conflict... 19.11.2021 5:34

What if Gavrilo Princip had been able to have an open candid conversation with Archduke Franz Ferdinand? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

It's the hope that kills you... 12.11.2021 5:25

Staff at the Attorney Generals Office are due to meet shortly and decide if we can have a fresh inquest into Alison's death. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Should we have a "No Vote" option on ballot papers in the UK? 05.11.2021 5:36

The real story of the state of politics and democracy in the UK is the number of people who are disengaged... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Are we patients or customers? 29.10.2021 5:00

Patient feels passive, customer equates to choice, what's the right word for users of NHS services... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

Politeness and deference is stifling improvement... 22.10.2021 5:29

Can we make room for robust conversations in the public sector? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe

It will be World Values Day on the 21st October 15.10.2021 5:35

Will it mean something, or will it become an excuse for all those without values to shout loudly? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe Get full access to ThatTom. Com - Tom Bell’s Substack at thattom.substack.com/subscribe