What’s going on in partnership working when we feel hesitant? How might radical kindness help?
What’s going on in partnership working when we feel hesitant? How might radical kindness help?
What if our creative practices get in the way of purposeful social change? What if we’re – unintentionally – ‘othering’ the future? What if our belief in the power of future action, gets in the way of change today? How can we change our practice to be better in the light of this evidence.
We think of stranded assets as locked in oil and gas commodities. But what if we think about our own assets that are locked in. How can we reclaim them?
Prof Amy Edmondson gave a talk about intelligent failure at the RSA on 26 September. Why we need to pay attention more and be curious. Lessons for our ‘future for work’.
Thinking about the future can be either so scary or seem so futile that we don’t ever do it in meaningful ways. When we look at the world around us, we assume we don’t have the power for change.
Futures tools don’t take these dilemmas away. But they offer us ways of working constructively with them.
Co-production remains on the margins, not because we don’t care enough. Our policy systems don’t require it. But co-production is the natural state in which networks thrive, and healthcare can’t be fixed by hospitals and social care on their own.
Working with uncertainty is unsettling. We all need points of reference. Futures frameworks can help us ‘read the compass’. Here’s 4 insights from our recent ‘Everyday Futures’ learning sessions.
Three Horizons is one of those simple Futures tools that works really well in making sense of complex issues. It can be used in the background, when we just want to be more informed and intentional about change. It can also be widened and deepened in working explicitly with groups of people. At its core, it’s… Continue reading Three Questions for Three Horizons
There’s a balance to be struck by all of us between working on the thing that’s in front of us, and building the foundations for what we need to work on next. When you’re ‘running to keep up’ that foundational work can feel like a luxury. But oh my goodness there’s nothing like a pandemic… Continue reading The Innovation Blog: Using your wing mirrors
Perhaps it’s not in vogue to write about the difficult stuff. But I’m always wrestling with work which, no matter how long I’ve been doing it, is still hard. It’s emotional energy, there are no short-cuts. It is real though, and there are good reasons why I’m doing it. So I’m writing about… Continue reading Working on the Difficult Stuff: March Practice Notes
