Tom's 5-Minute Friday Podcast

Why is it that our healthcare services have some of the worst, least joined-up, least user-friendly IT systems? Someone make a decision, please! --- 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.co...

The sweet spot of living is when you can combine what you love, what you are good at, what you can be paid for, with what the world needs. --- 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/subs...

…and generally, they are all correct; but context is key. --- 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

Regulating public services is costing us all a fortune, and it's not working, so what should we do? --- 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

Why don't the regulators of public services speak with the people that actually use them? --- 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

Would you like free access to an online course; all I am asking in return is feedback... --- 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 podcast describes the symptoms of TOD and its close cousins, SSS, and ITS; enjoy... --- 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

Whistleblowing is done by passionate people who want to make things better for everyone... --- 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 Friday's podcast contains the best quick win you will ever hear about, (he would say that wouldn't he) but yes, you are going to love 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.co...

...and some observations on how a focus on arbitrary targets is harming our 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

We are where we are today because of decisions made yesterday... --- 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

When you are not sure you can keep going, just keep putting one foot in front of the other... --- 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

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, than to the praise that deceives them. --- 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

In the wake of Dominic Cummings revelations, we have to ask, should secrets be kept between chums in the publicly funded services we pay for?   --- 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...

A positive letter from the Attorney Generals Office and a visit to Mum in Doncaster --- 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 think we should say adios to the PR and communications departments in our public sector services. And I think we should say hello to newly formed information departments... --- 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 S...

The difference between theory & experience is the difference between knowing what dog s**t smells like & having your face rubbed in it. Take it from someone who is still washing the dirt from his face and trying to get the smell out of his nostrils... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Bell’s Subs...

Feedback is the breakfast of champions, so says every personal development coach and private sector business consultant in the world. So why does the public sector not respond to feedback, and why are the passionate people who want to make positive changes forced out? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cormetis/message Get full access to ThatTom. Com - That Tom Be...

The story of the week as covered by the media was of course the guilty verdict returned on the killer of George Floyd. The murder illustrated the concept of wilful blindness on so many levels and it highlighted the collaborative nature of it; it's easier to carry on doing nothing and then rationalize our inaction later when everyone else is doing nothing, as humans we take our subconscious cues fr...

Targets have defaced, dehumanised, and demoralised our public sector services, its time to call time on them... --- 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

If we want Public Sector Services to be accountable, then we have to acknowledge our collective humanity and make room for forgiveness. --- 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/subscri...