Friday Selection Box: 18th June 2021

For smarter decisions empower your employees

A good and timely piece from McKinseys on how to delegate decision making with two very useful frameworks around identifying different kinds of decisions and different kinds of management behaviour.

This piece is part of a wider selection of short articles on decision making that are well worth a read.

Sustainable change through community based participatory design

Kimberley Crofts’s research in Australia was triggered by the realisation that support for greater environmental sustainability does not automatically translate into people voting for green measures, specifically opposition to coal mining.

Trust, power, and collaboration: Human Learning Systems approaches in voluntary and community organisations

A very pertinent and relevant report from IVAR, Northumbria University and the Tudor Trust’

There is a widespread view among VCS organisations, ‘that if they collaborated rather than worked in silos then real change could happen.’ (p.11)

Exploring the art of the Lascaux caves

Stunning visual fly through of the famous Lascaux caves and their paintings.

e-flux: The Collective Body

An enlightening series of articles by female contributors exploring what the collective body means  as the world has adapted to Covid-19

Project Art Works: family stories

Do take a look at this latest work from project art works

Family Stories is a series of films that share the perspectives of neurodivergent people and caregivers.