Friday Selection Box: 23rd April 2021

Putting people with lived experience at the heart of what we do

Thought provoking blog piece and report. I am very struck by the point:

Avoid rewriting people’s words or speaking for them

Chairing Through Covid

The Association of Chairs have just released a timely report tracking the experiences of Chairs over the last year. If your Chair is not member, I’d really encourage them to join.

Charity Governance Code

The Code has been refreshed and updated, do take time to have a look. Interesting to see the main focus in the refresh is Integrity & Principle, and Diversity (now Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion).

Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus

Written a few years ago by Srini Pillay but perhaps more relevant than ever. How focus is exhausting and we need to be able to unfocus too. I like the notion of a Do Mostly Nothing brain network, but it seems we need lots of energy to have a healthy DMN.

Imagining a new art world: DACS

A very live and important debate. This roundtable debate featuring Harold Offeh, Tai Shani, Sally Shaw MBE and Gilane Tawadros and hosted by DACS can be booked via Eventbrite.

BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns

If data, networks, and digital work are your thing you might enjoy this.

The exhibition ‘BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns’ introduces the work of the physicist and network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his research laboratory. The focus of the exhibition is the development of network visualization over the past 25 years, which can be seen in the projects of BarabásiLab.