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gillkernick.bsky.social
Complex change practitioner. Author. Devoted to post-Grenfell truth and change.
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Steel erectors working on 30th floor steelwork at Red Road, Glasgow. Then the highest flats in Europe. (1965)

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Important substack from @peteapps.bsky.social on Trepsa HPL cladding. peteapps.substack.com/p/the-trespa... #Grenfell #FireSafety #Learning

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Exclusive (and very worrying): More than 200 blocks around England built in a way which makes them potentially vulnerable to collapse still have a gas supply and may not have had strengthening work www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/reveale...

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Here's our big @bennettinstitute.bsky.social news - we are becoming the fully-fledged Bennett School of Public Policy this autumn: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/bennett...

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Join @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social in conversation with @gilliantett.bsky.social about her new book—The measure of progress - counting what really matters—at @waterstones.bsky.social in Cambridge on 29 April, 6pm. Book your ticket: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/an-ev...

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1:30 today Government response to Inquiry recommendations. My thoughts aew with the #Grenfell community www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/rayner-...

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What 3 words describe the current culture in the Built Environment in a post-Grenfell context. A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated an industry event at Arup, one of the questions we asked was this, what do you think? #Grenfell #Change #BuiltEnvironment #Culture #Safety #FireSafety

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#Grenfell 92 months. Thinking so much about our failure to really hear those impacted by disasters. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

submitted 117 days ago • 566 comments

The demolition of Grenfell, lazy thinking again causing so much pain. How I wish we’d used all our brilliance to curate unthought solutions that honoured each and every one impacted. open.substack.com/pub/gillkern...

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A total of 136 firefighters who were exposed to toxic smoke at Grenfell are now suffering from life-changing health effects, a new study has shown #UKhousing www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/one-in-...

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V. Interesting In an apparent (& unintentional) own goal, the government disincentivised councils from recovering money for remediating as awards go to the government, but legal costs are borne by the council. @reuters.com #Genfell #firesafety #compensation www.reuters.com/world/uk/gho...

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Great essay

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The simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and that those who lived in the tower were badly failed…in most cases through incompetence but in some cases through dishonesty and greed. Moore Bick Grenfell Inquiry #90months #Foreverinourhearts

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This article examines the systemic failures that led to the Grenfell Tower fire and argues that complaining about the (very real) teething pains in implementing the Building Safety Act misses the point and won't restore trust. #FireSafety #Learning #Grenfell

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Ominous #Grenfell

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I wonder how much this would change if we were all a little kinder and more mindful of the impact of our decisions. #healthandsafety #kindness press.hse.gov.uk/2024/11/20/h...

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Snow from #Trellick. 💕

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Why is AI-driven productivity a decade away in the UK? @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social dispels the notion that artificial intelligence is a quick fix for Britain’s productivity problem in the latest episode of @bloomberg.com's Merryn Talks Money. Listen: archive.ph/xcAoe#select...

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