tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post9207584452226113814..comments2024-01-07T12:13:21.793+00:00Comments on Craig Dearden-Phillips: The Investment PrincipleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-70271468293655730242011-11-21T13:51:55.873+00:002011-11-21T13:51:55.873+00:00I like that term 'conservers' because it d...I like that term 'conservers' because it does effectively encapsulate a common scenario.<br /><br />My purely subjective suspicion is that the 'conserver' is the default position in most UK public services - especially at local government level.<br /><br />I don't suggest that this is solely because of any deficiency or innate conservative on the part of the officials concerned. <br /><br />Rather, I suggest that it 'comes with the territory' of always protecting your back from the wrath of elected officers or the dreaded media , should any innovation go wrong.<br /><br />After all, in public services the number of officials critised for not taking risks with a new idea must be tiny - whereas we can all probably cite examples of severe, often disproportionate critism fired off by politicians or the media (Minster Ed Balls. the media and Haringay Social Services?).Edward Harkinshttp://uk.linkedin.com/pub/edward-harkins/15/40/635noreply@blogger.com