Investing in ourselves again One of the many things that the pandemic has impacted is my own training and development so I have been researching courses I could take to restart investing in myself and preparing for taking up a new trusteeship in the autumn. This offering from NCVO caught my eye. How bias against…
Imagine if … festival (1 – 31 March) Ken Robinson died in 2020. This online festival has been designed to carry forward his work and to mark the publication of his last posthumous work. Lots for those interested in creativity and education. Why becoming a data-driven organisation is so hard …to a degree that is…
Alternative futures – Margaret Mead (and Gregory Bateson) ..when we study other peoples and their worlds, whether those are geographically close or far from our homes, anthropologists can uncover alternative futures in the making. Planning a short-term pain doesn’t always mean there’s a long term gain With planning somewhat on my mind, this piece from…
Before you take a look through this week, I just wanted to flag up that a couple of the features include issues of loss, death and dying. It’s obviously your choice if you click through but if you do please take care of yourself. New edition of a great toolkit The Centre for Charity Effectiveness…
Culture in Crisis: impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and where we go from here Some salutary findings, well worth the read. 19 things I learned from a stay at Burnout Hotel A very personal and insightful account. Even if you don’t read it all you might find the diagram of Prof. Marie…
It probably comes as no surprise that as teams are coming back together in person there is a lot of talk about mental health, and psychological safety. Over the last two years we have had to learn to be different kinds of teams at the same time as managing wide ranging personal challenges. We are…
A four day week is possible A six month trial involving about 30 UK employers including a number from civil society and the creative industries has just begun. Definitely an experiment to watch. The standard 9-5, 5 day working week is outdated and no longer fit for purpose. We invented the weekend a century ago…
Time to talk day – 3 February 2022 On 3 February the organisers of Time to Talk including Mind and Rethink Mental Illness are encouraging us all to have conversations about mental health. There is a wide range of activities including this great talk from Clean Break and WISH about the mental health of women…
Psychology Explains New Year Resolutions, Hits and Misses Some of the findings here will come as no surprise, but there’s some useful guidance on what works. I was very struck by the observation: New psychological perspectives suggest we need to also understand better why we tend not to look after ourselves on a daily basis,…
It’s that time of year – reflecting back on 2021 and imagining what 2022 might bring. New Year’s resolutions are flying around and unfortunately, we’re probably already setting ourselves up to fail. Some of this is driven by the many change models most of us have come across. Set a big ambition then move towards…
Thank you to all our readers for your time and for your encouraging comments throughout the year – it has been great to know that we are not just speaking into the void. Thank you to everyone we have worked and walked with through this challenging year; thank you for your trust and for the…
The January Challenge 2022 64 million artists are running their wonderful programme again. This year you can choose from ‘We are Human – 31 challenges to explore the senses, the natural world and what makes us human.We are Culture – 31 challenges to explore our identities, cultures and communities. We are Connected – 31 challenges to explore what happens…
Making hybrid work human New research engagingly presented from The Economist and Google that looks at hybrid working in its historical context and explores what it might take to make this latest forced innovation work. The success of hybrid work models depends on an organisation’s flexibility, the agency it affords its employees and its management’s…