How to Disappear Completely
Rather than seeking more control to wrangle your stakeholders, it often pays to disappear, if not completely, then just…
Overcoming the inertia- just try stuff
Perhaps just ‘trying stuff’ (and living with a degree of uncertainty) can overcome that frustrating feeling that we…
Trusting the data in co-design
....they had been focused on the data, and rather than the less obvious contextual issues that were also critical to…
Take a different viewpoint
the importance of seeing more than one viewpoint when tackling a complex situation to build a clearer and more complete…
Just Try Stuff….
“Just try stuff” was about recognising that a key characteristic of a complex situation like a pandemic is uncertainty…
Turn rejection into collaboration
.....an example of ‘weaponizing’ rejection or disagreement..... And while rejection is frustrating, it’s still an…
When it comes to the jab, is there a vaccine against my own righteous certainty?
Even when I am feeling right, when my opinion seems self-evidently the correct one, I still have the choice to put my…
When the Bark is worse than the bite
I was fearful of having a hard conversation. But my fears were unrealised. I found the interaction actually useful and…
Tackling the relationship “elephant”
The reluctance for staff to reveal how they feel about working with others can often drive dysfunction rather than…