Overcoming the inertia- just try stuff

Perhaps just ‘trying stuff’ (and living with a degree of uncertainty) can overcome that frustrating feeling that we…

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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…

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Take a different viewpoint

the importance of seeing more than one viewpoint when tackling a complex situation to build a clearer and more complete…

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Just Try Stuff….

“Just try stuff” was about recognising that a key characteristic of a complex situation like a pandemic is uncertainty…

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Turn rejection into collaboration

.....an example of ‘weaponizing’ rejection or disagreement..... And while rejection is frustrating, it’s still an…

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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…

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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…

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Tackling the relationship “elephant”

The reluctance for staff to reveal how they feel about working with others can often drive dysfunction rather than…

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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.

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