Friday Selection Box: 7th October 2022
We’re back! This week’s batch of ideas, inspiration and events to look out for. Ranges from neurodiversity to consultation on dormant assets.
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Friday Selection Box: 29th July 2022
Charities reporting difficulties filling roles, think tank analysis highlights We’ve mentioned this in previous post but it’s definitely one to think in the coming months. Organisations in all sectors are struggling to recruit. Digital Access to Arts & Culture Report The report pays particular attention to the ‘pivot’ to online programming undertaken by many arts…
Friday Selection Box: 22nd July 2022
Charities update – Bates Wells A straightforward and useful piece on governance from specialist charity lawyers looking at five topical areas that we are certainly seeing in our work. Good material for an autumn board away day. DIY governance review Refreshing your constitution How and when to delegate The chair and chief executive Managing board…
Friday Selection Box: 15th July 2022
The next big challenge: Confronting the cost of living crisis A useful summary of how the cost of living challenge is shaping up from NPC. Whilst it is mostly aimed at funders it is helpful to have the key information in one place and there is also some advice for how charities should look to…
Friday Selection Box: 8th July 2022
Charity ethics All we all watch the damage that unethical behaviour inflicts it seems like a good time to signpost the NCVO’s Ethical Principles framework for charities which is centred on four principles Beneficiaries first Integrity Openness Right to be safe Changes to the annual return to the Charity Commission – have your say The…
Friday Selection Box: 1st July 2022
Early childhood inequality Latest piece of research from the IFS Deaton Review. Designing for diversity Really interesting set of ideas around physical access. It is an international selection so some of the language is not as inclusive as we would choose – always interesting to notice when language jarrs and what that tells us. Charities…
Friday Selection Box: 17th June 2022
The Metaverse A new report on the Metaverse from McKinsey that acts as good primer, albeit one in corporate language. We need a radical rethink of how we recruit and retain people – PwC Money will always be a major consideration, but organisations need to get more creative, more radical and a lot braver in…
Friday Selection Box: 10th June 2022
Mapping creative clusters in rural England New research looking at creative clusters in rural, as opposed to urban, settings. The overriding significance of this new research is that it establishes that rural clusters exist across England and that the factors behind clustering do not differ from urban settings, hence policy interventions could have a significant…
Friday Selection Box: 27th May 2022
Reframing management as a service to your team A short blog and a big idea. Collaboration, innovation and digital transformation: transforming the charity volunteer experience – 8th June An event (online and in person) with the Chief Executives of Girlguiding and the Scouts looking at how they are working together to transform the experiences…
Friday Selection Box: Friday 20th May 2022
What the Queen’s speech means for the social sector The lack of new detail in some areas could lead some to dismiss the speech as old news. However, with some big structural shifts, and a teaser of more announcements on the way, charities should be keeping their eyes off the robes and on the detail…
Friday Selection Box: 13th May 2022
Managers, what are you doing about change exhaustion? Great suggestions for four ways to reduce change exhaustion Pause to acknowledge change, and the discomfort that comes with it Adopt the mantra, ‘I am a person who is learning ______’ Make a plan from which you will deviate Invest in rituals On Tyranny: twenty lessons from…
Friday Selection Box: 6th May 2022
UK economic outlook PwC have just issued their new economic outlook report – not a fun read but essential for anyone working on/reviewing financial projections (and yes, this is one of Susan’s) Depending on the scenario, we expect UK GDP growth to average between 2.8% – 3.8% this year, compared to a previous consensus GDP…
Friday Selection Box: 29th April 2022
Do we still need teams? Thought provoking piece about the costs of making ’true teams’ work in our current context and how an alternative model – ‘co-acting groups’ – might work. Co-acting groups represent a loose confederation of employees who dip in and out of collaborative interactions as a project or initiative unfolds. Gresham College…