Articles and Publications (in PDF format)
- The Civic Square & The Public Triangle, Institute for Government: InsideOut, February 2014
- Localising business rates: the case against, Local Government Chronicle, December 2011
- Tigers, hawks and sharks: re-imagining public leadership, ESADE, October 2011
- Better, Quicker, Cheaper, Public Management, ICMA, August 2011
- The Power of Proximity, RSA Journal, Summer 2011
- Are shared services really out of reach?, the Management Journal, June 2009
- Building trust in the community, the Management Journal, June 2009
- The shield of survival, Local Government Chronicle, October 2008
- Guide to decision making and the art of giving advice, Solace, May 2008
- Roots of cooperation and routes to collaboration, in The Collaborative State, Demos, 2007
- The Four Things You Need To Know, Public Policy & Administration, June 2007
- Making Assets Work, DCLG, May 2007
- The Three Rs: respect, reason and rights, Solace Foundation Imprint, December 2006
- The welfare of the people above all, in What is Public Management For?, PMPA, 2006
- Innovation in Local Democracy, Local Government Studies, June 2006
- Localising Efficiency: more than just saving money, Local Government Studies, November 2005
- Local government: the adaptive tier of governance, in The Adaptive State, Demos, 2003