The team I work with had a fantastic workshop a couple of weeks ago with Margaret Wheatley. She was visiting the UK and whilst here she spent a day with us looking at how we build meaningful community. It was an inspiring day. One phrase has lingered with me long after the workshop: Edge Walkers … Read more
It’s been a long time since that first time when I heard the music of Brian Eno and was completely captivated – and there began a lifetime obsession. We are talking the mid 70s. Of course, I had heard Roxy Music before that – but it was his solo work that really began the journey. … Read more
A few weeks ago I blogged about online learning and how incredibly interesting the current developments are in that field. I mentioned MOOCs and some of the online platforms providing opportunities to join virtual conferences, webinars etc. All fascinating stuff! This week we have been thinking about ways in which to take some of the … Read more
I have found a way to get free coaching advice and support from some of the famous people, key influences in my life. I can choose anyone I want to give me that support – and they don’t have to still be alive. If they are alive, I can guarantee that I will get help … Read more
I have the sort of job where the best comes from conversations with people I come across in the day to day muddle of meetings. A lot of the meetings I have with people are very focused and clear. There is a set agenda of items or issues to be discussed. But sometimes – when … Read more
Facilitation as an Extreme Sport – Open Space Technology (OST) This is another guest post by Su Fowler-Johnson. A couple of weeks ago Su was the Facilitator for a one day event which my team ran in the North West of England. It was an amazing event – Su talks about the way it was … Read more
“the more willing I was to hang out in the unknown and show up with a clean slate, an empty bucket, and a blank piece of paper, the more likely it was that something fresh and new would come through me and out into the world. ” Michael Neill Remarkable to realise sometimes, but just … Read more
The picture with this post is a fragment of a huge canvas produced by the team I work with from a project we did with the Manchester Camerata earlier this year. If you key in “Creative Learning” into the search box on this blog you will find a series of posts written over the last 18 months … Read more
Another observation from Tom Peters. This time he is borrowing from Seth Godin. I love the way Seth Godin pushes my thinking with the provocative things he says. So, the formula in the title – RPOV 8 – stands for: Remarkable Point of View in 8 words or less. What is the remarkable point of … Read more
In the NHS in England we have had several years worth of initiatives which are designed to encourage innovation. For a monolithic entity that spends £110 billion a year and has 1.3 million staff, the rhetoric around the NHS began before the global economic crash with some approaches which were aimed at encouraging modernisation and … Read more