Friday Selection Box: 3rd November 2023

A different kind of leadership

Chief Executive of the Red Cross calls for a different kind of leadership within the charity sector.

  1. Embrace individual and collective humility
  2. Be curious about adjacencies and leave your organisational baggage at the door
  3. Think bigger
  4. Don’t just say everyone else needs to change
  5. Broaden our leadership outlook

Resources for better endings

The Decelerator is a support service for civil society organisations. We offer information, tools and hands-on support for better endings….We exist because endings are inevitable, but bad endings don’t have to be.

Cost of living crisis 

A campaign and resources from NCVO for a crisis that is not going away as the Bank of England forecasts no economic growth until 2025 and inflation above 2% until the end of 2025.

Can Archaeology Dogs Smell Ancient Time?

Working with canine researchers.

Some of the police cases Andrea has worked on are 30 years old,” explains Glavaš. “We both wondered how far back in time her dogs could smell.” What they did not expect was that the dogs would lead them to remains buried in the eighth century B.C.

Museums around the world wonder how—or if—to respond to Israel-Hamas war

A considered reflection on the complexities of culture and war.

This prompts the question as to whether museums, which have the means to increase cultural and historical understanding, should remain silent or address the ongoing crisis.

Chisenhale Gallery: Slumber Party (until 14th November 2023)

Well worth a visit if you are able.

Slumber Party – Piéron’s first solo exhibition in the UK – applies a vital softness to the harsh uncertainties of life and death, and supplants the often distressing, stale and clinical atmosphere of hospitals with a sense of possibility and renewed imagination.