Organisational Development and Simpson Implementation

This group will act as the programme board to take forward Simpson Review and develop approaches to support change and broader organisational development across the Welsh public service.  

In the Simpson context it will:

• provide oversight of the implementation of the full Simpson agenda, and drive forward an agreed set of priority actions to demonstrate tangible progress in key areas;
• ensure coherence to broad local government reform agenda arising from the Simpson Report and the specific reforms in education and social services;
• develop a clear model to reflect the consequences of the individual service delivery reforms on the roles of local authorities, their corporate functions and ways of working; and
• build coherence and identify opportunities for shared corporate functions across local government and the wider public service.

On the broader public service reform agenda it will commission task and finish groups to:

• support the development of Lean and systems thinking as opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness; and
• develop opportunities for new ways of working and identify any potential technological, asset and human resource implications.