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an ethical #unconsultancy for public services dedicated to doing ourselves out of a job – working together to give you the ability to transform
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Commissioners rarely have all the answers inside one organisation.
The National Commissioning Academy creates space to learn with people from local government, health, public health, and the wider public service system.
Register now:
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How do you move from ‘learning something interesting’ to actually changing what happens?
Every National Commissioning Academy participant develops a 100-day plan focused on a pressing challenge in their system or locality.
Join our November cohort:
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Regular PSTA facilitator and RedQuadrant consultant, Jon Harvey, has released a new edition of his stories about hope and civic engagement for children.
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Action. Process. Knowledge.
That’s the approach behind the National Commissioning Academy: apply ideas to your priorities, learn collaboratively, and use proven practice to spark new thinking.
Our next national cohort begins in November:
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Commissioning increasingly means working across systems rather than within organisational boundaries.
The Commissioning Academy helps you explore whole-system design, relationships, citizen outcomes, innovation and practical change.
November cohort:
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Associations & Institutions: Two Powerful Operating Systems for Social and Economic Change. Cormac Russell. buff.ly/7aYVz3w
Mike Barker, We Cannot Cut Our Way to Prevention. Inside the System. buff.ly/rGKelS3
Benjamin Taylor offering two workshops online (open to all) due to missing #SysPrac26 this week.
Systemic consulting: helping without taking over - Wed 30 Sep, 12:15-13:45
Making relational, place-based public services ordinary - Thu 8 Oct, 12:30-14:00
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You don’t need ‘commissioner’ in your job title to join the National Commissioning Academy.
If your work involves shaping services, partnerships, systems, markets or outcomes, the programme is designed to be relevant to you.
Find out more:
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Commissioning across organisational boundaries is difficult.
That’s why the Commissioning Academy brings together people from across public services to learn from each other, challenge assumptions and apply new thinking.
Join this November:
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The National Commissioning Academy is back this November.
Developed by the Cabinet Office and now delivered by the PSTA, it helps commissioners and change-makers build the insight, confidence and practical tools to improve public service outcomes.
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Systems practice - practice the technical aspects! Alpha version. buff.ly/4N8mcQJ
Got a real commissioning or transformation challenge you need to tackle?
Bring it with you.
The National Commissioning Academy combines learning, peer challenge and practical application – including your own 100-day plan for action.
November cohort:
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Good commissioning is about much more than contracts and procurement.
The National Commissioning Academy explores how to work with whole systems, communities, partners and services to achieve better outcomes.
Next cohort starts November 2026:
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The next National Commissioning Academy starts this November.
Our flagship PSTA programme is for commissioners, transformation leads and public service colleagues who want to improve outcomes by working with the whole system.
Register your interest:
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Back to term with an inspiring example of #publicservicetransformation that shows how hard the work is!
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Back to term with an inspiring example of #publicservicetransformation that shows how hard the work is!
The consultant is in the system. The system is inside the practice. I’m doing two workshops at #SysPrac26; a slightly alarming pair... They ask the same awkward question from opposite ends: how do you change a system without pretending to stand outside it? buff.ly/yoQWDBm
Ironic that we expect OpenAI to have control over their models when apparently they're unable to see, understand, or control their own billing/payment acceptance processes!
