Friday Selection Box: 19th January 2024

Dispelling common myths about charities

A really useful summary of ten common myths about charities and how to respond to them.  

Charity Fraud Report 2023

Is the risk of fraud increasing in the charity sector?

Over a third of charities said they had experienced more instances of fraud in 2023 than in the previous year, and 67% of charities think that the cost-of-living crisis increases the risk of fraud in the sector.

The Mindera Handbook

An interesting way to express an organisations values and behaviours. What would your organisation’s handbook include? Please share if you have one, or something similar.

Unlearn Management, Relearn Being Human

Useful reminder that we are leading humans, not managing employees. We need to stop talking about humans as resources, capital, or assets.

Association of Chairs: support for Chairs

The AoC is offering a co-mentoring scheme, initially for London Chairs.

Albrecht Durer’s material world at the Whitworth, Manchester 

Gorgeous 

This week’s questions…?????

How can our employment practices evolve to support people better throughout their working lives from people doing their first jobs to others planning their retirement?

Why is some form of supervision (like clinical supervision) the exception rather than the rule in the cultural sector given the work so many do to support others?

Machine learning and generative AI is going to be a part of how we work.  How can board and senior teams begin to talk about the benefits and the risks?

Why do we find it so hard to factor breathing space/thinking time into our work?