Everyone from Simon Sinek to Socrates will tell you at some point that leaders have to be humble and listen and seek help. While they are right and their advice is excellent, few leaders listen. Why? Because most leaders value self-interest first and foremost. A couple of weeks ago I Read more…
Over the past few months regular readers will have realised that there are certain themes to these posts. I talk a lot about participation. I talk about concepts that sit within systems thinking and complexity; and I’ve now added access to the list. These four ideas form the core of Read more…
In the past few months I’ve talked a lot about ‘Access’ and why it is becoming so important. But how do you use the concept of Access in designing your services and interventions? Most of our work is driven by wanting to solve a problem for a particular group: creating Read more…
It isn’t an overstatement to say that we are living through times of significant change. There are times when it can feel overwhelming when you think about everything that is going on in the world today: Covid-19, economic recessions, climate change, rise of populism and nationalism, eroding civil liberties, shrinking Read more…