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I think Labour may be screwed - the corporate-brand-speak people have taken over
Exclusive: Labour general secretary unveils new party structure to staff
In the presentation, Evans said Labour would be “voter-centric”, i.e. “serving the needs of voters first”, as opposed to engaging in “transactional behaviours”, i.e. “telling voters what they should think or do, or asking questions on our terms”.
The general secretary specified that this would involve developing “winning, voter-centric policies”. He also stressed that Labour needs to be “lean and agile”, which it will achieve using a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model to “meet the needs” of voters.
On the model, the presentation states: “This helps to aggregate and specialise core functions in the “hub”. The “spokes” – which cover the regions and nations – enable our vital citizen-facing activities to be delivered as close to voters as possible.”
It goes on to say Labour will work “collaboratively” in “multidisciplinary teams”, which will “adopt a product-mindset using agile ceremonies, be empowered to make decisions and encouraged to focus on rapid prototyping, deployment and iteration”.
https://labourlist.org/2021/08/exclusive-labour-general-secretary-unveils-new-party-structure-to-staff/
In the presentation, Evans said Labour would be “voter-centric”, i.e. “serving the needs of voters first”, as opposed to engaging in “transactional behaviours”, i.e. “telling voters what they should think or do, or asking questions on our terms”.
The general secretary specified that this would involve developing “winning, voter-centric policies”. He also stressed that Labour needs to be “lean and agile”, which it will achieve using a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model to “meet the needs” of voters.
On the model, the presentation states: “This helps to aggregate and specialise core functions in the “hub”. The “spokes” – which cover the regions and nations – enable our vital citizen-facing activities to be delivered as close to voters as possible.”
It goes on to say Labour will work “collaboratively” in “multidisciplinary teams”, which will “adopt a product-mindset using agile ceremonies, be empowered to make decisions and encouraged to focus on rapid prototyping, deployment and iteration”.
https://labourlist.org/2021/08/exclusive-labour-general-secretary-unveils-new-party-structure-to-staff/
As a friend (and Labour Party member) said, do "agile ceremonies" involve sticking your head up you own arse?
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