Changing, Ourselves
Stories from the Learning and Organisational Development team
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Life in the Pod
Imagine a world… Your team is a small, autonomous unit, a “pod” with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds. Your manager spends most of their time attending to human relationships, coaching, trust and communication. They’re no longer the gatekeeper of rules...
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Celebrating Leadership: What do you notice?
At a recent leadership network session, a reflective question emerged: “What more can we do to recognise and celebrate leadership?”. This led to a conversation about what great leadership looks like, and how we notice it in action. Leadership can...
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We’re Better Together
I was at a training course recently and in one of the breakout discussions we were asked to identify a time when we had worked in a great team, and to explore exactly what made it great. We came up...
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Feel the change
Recently, a colleague took a few of us from the team on a Deep Time Walk. It was a long walk, with stops that gave us some brilliant information about the state of the planet and somehow brought it all...
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Dear Co-pilot.....
A while ago my manager, Ed, set us a challenge – what’s the most creative way you could use AI? I’d been scratching my head on this one – using it to draft outline lesson plans is pretty basic. But...
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Bringing my best
I’m sure we can all relate to a time when we, a colleague, or family member have been away from the workplace for a while. Whatever the circumstances, life events that pull us away from the workplace can mean there’s...
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Warm Communities?
We have an air source heat pump. We were faced with the need to change from our oil system a little under a year ago when the oil tank was condemned. We needed to choose whether we were going to...
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Where do I begin?
The Christmas break is just around the corner, and along with anticipation of the feasting, presents, celebrations, joy and sparkle, I confess I feel a bit exhausted at the mere thought of it all. Alongside the nourishment and joy I...
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Sit down and listen: I’m talking about control
“Theme of the month: Co-ordination and control mechanisms.” So began this month’s email from the European Organisation Design Forum. Note to self: renew subscription because these guys always bring interesting stuff, like: “Control in organisations. A phenomenon nearing extinction in...
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“What did one autumn leaf say to another?”
“I’m falling for you!” Well, the leaves are certainly falling, and we are truly into the season of changing colours, reducing daylight and wearing warm jumpers. Whilst my favourite season is spring, I do harbour a soft spot for autumn...
