From the blog….
Fresh thinking about connection,
collaboration and change
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Group Superpowers
I believe in the power of groups in a world where this belief is not widely held. We live and work in groups, and yet the mindsets and skillsets needed to work with groups intentionally are rare – it is a blend of art and science that only a few weirdos like me invest the
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Community – A Group of People
A community is a group of people The word, community seems to be more prevalent today in organisations, workplaces and in society. I see it on the walls of the leisure centre, in communication from my local council, in letters from school. In these settings community refers to people with a common interest, who share the
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Groups – why bother?
Why groups are so important In our lives, we are constantly surrounded by groups – from our families to our workplaces. Yet, it’s curious how learning to navigate group dynamics isn’t a core part of mainstream education. Our earliest experiences in groups, often within our families, shape our patterns of interaction. Unless we consciously work
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The Joy and pain of working in groups
As someone who loves groups and community, am lucky enough to have lots of positive experiences of groups but I realise this is not common for everyone. Working in groups can create mixed experiences – from the exhilarating joy of deep connection to the deep discomfort of unresolved conflict. The joy of group working Many
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Post Pandemic reflections on ways of working in organisations
Introduction In today’s fast changing, interconnected world, effective virtual collaboration is essential for high performing teams in all organisations. The ability to work together seamlessly across distances has become not just advantageous, but essential in navigating the modern world. In this blog I share my reflections on virtual collaboration, integrating my current thinking with insights
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What the world needs from us right now…
Our premise… The world is experiencing disruption on a global scale through the CV19 pandemic. You might have noticed? Stating the obvious aside, it’s broadly being recognised that this disruption creates the potential for us to rethink how we live, how we work together, how we exist on this planet. We believe that the application
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Vanquishing Meeting Monsters!
This week we came across Pilita Clark’s article in the Financial Times titled ‘Tackling the virus of bad meetings”. We were struck to read something so prominently placed in the National press about the prolific problem of poor meetings and poor meeting behaviours. Instead of just quoting the stats about how much time is wasted
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9 months in… how are we doing, virtually?
So here we are, seven months later, nine months into the pandemic, and… we do seem to be collectively progressing along the graph. After the initial scramble of coming to terms with CV19, pretty much everyone got onto Zoom or Teams or some other online platform and started to convert their face-to-face working practices into
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What does it take to change?
There is a lot of myth and legend about what it takes to make sustainable change in organisations and, as every organisation is different, it can be hard to tell what really works. So, we thought it might be valuable to put our combined 50 years of working in change to the task of coming
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Changing business culture through meetings
I work for all kinds of large organisations. They are all fascinatingly different — that’s why l love my job! And yet, I’ve not yet met an organisation that’s got it cracked when it comes to harnessing the power of people working together in a consistent and scalable way. I see impressive facilities and infrastructure, talented