May 24, 2022
Overcoming the inertia- just try stuff
Perhaps just ‘trying stuff’ (and living with a degree of uncertainty) can overcome that frustrating feeling that we…
March 15, 2022
Trusting the data in co-design
....they had been focused on the data, and rather than the less obvious contextual issues that were also critical to…
February 16, 2022
Take a different viewpoint
the importance of seeing more than one viewpoint when tackling a complex situation to build a clearer and more complete…
October 20, 2021
Just Try Stuff….
“Just try stuff” was about recognising that a key characteristic of a complex situation like a pandemic is uncertainty…
September 27, 2021
Turn rejection into collaboration
.....an example of ‘weaponizing’ rejection or disagreement..... And while rejection is frustrating, it’s still an…
September 20, 2021
When it comes to the jab, is there a vaccine against my own righteous certainty?
Even when I am feeling right, when my opinion seems self-evidently the correct one, I still have the choice to put my…
August 25, 2021
When the Bark is worse than the bite
I was fearful of having a hard conversation. But my fears were unrealised. I found the interaction actually useful and…
August 23, 2021
Tackling the relationship “elephant”
The reluctance for staff to reveal how they feel about working with others can often drive dysfunction rather than…
August 16, 2021
More data doesn’t solve the trust problem
When at daggers drawn, what is most needed is some real listening, authentic curiosity and genuine vulnerability.