by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 29, 2024 | NHS, Community & Social Challenges, Health and Wellbeing, Neighbourhood Health
The National Health Service (NHS), has famously been labelled as ‘broken; by the new Minister for Health. This sentiment reflects widespread concern about the effectiveness of the system, but what is the real reason behind its struggles, and how can we fix it? The...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 8, 2024 | diversity, Change Management, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Social Impact
For many organisations, diversity has become a buzzword. The reality of organisational diversity is that it is often reduced to a box ticking exercise. While businesses and media are eager to showcase diverse representation, diversity is often mistaken as simply...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 6, 2024 | Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership & Decision Making, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Impact
It’s one thing to want to make your organisation diverse it’s another thing to do it. Our recruitment process discriminates at every stage against diversity. Whilst we talk about making our organisations more diverse, our main tool for change prevents diversity by...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 27, 2024 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Complete Guides, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Learning, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making
The edge of possible is an approach that unlocks new opportunities for individuals and organisations. Whilst empowering us to navigate challenges with agility. It also breaks us out of cycles of fixing problems. Encouraging us to recognise and seize the opportunities...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 24, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, Purpose & Wellbeing
What kills the performance of teams? Why is it that teams of excellent people can massively underperform? IntroductionA Team of Excellent Individuals Can Still be Poor PerformersFear and Team PerformanceThe Problem with Facing Your Fears.Unconscious...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 19, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Tools For Change
Why do we have comfort zones? For us all to have them they must have a strong evolutionary purpose. We can find that in the science of ecological niches. This approach can give us a fresh perspective on resistance to social change and how we can make it more easier...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 19, 2024 | Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, Stakeholder Engagement
People are so passionate about team sports. Can leaders harness a similar passion and motivation in their organisation? When we think of passion we tend to think of team sports. But we rarely if ever see any of this passion in our organisations. What can leaders...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 14, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, Stakeholder Engagement
Change is inevitable in any organisation striving for growth and improvement. Traditionally, change has been orchestrated vertically. Going from the top down. The leaders at the top decide on a strategy, craft a change plan, and cascade it down the ranks for employees...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 12, 2024 | Change Management, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Impact, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
Elliot Rogers explained his Diffusion of Innovation Theory through a psychological model of change that is now long out of date. How can a modern understanding of psychology be applied to the diffusion of innovation to speed it up? Introduction to the Psychology...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 10, 2024 | Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, Social Change, Stakeholder Engagement
A few people have the core relationships of an organisation and have a disproportionate impact on organisational change. But that core not only defines the organisation, they are defined by the organisational relationships that they have. Meaning it’s hard to...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 8, 2024 | Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Social Impact
Our relationships define how we perceive our organisations. These perceptions colour everything that we think shape and do. Meaning that when leaders create change they need to understand the relationships will affect perceptions that will significantly impact the...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 6, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Change, Stakeholder Engagement, Tools For Change
Diffusion of Innovation Theory is the most widespread and important theory about how technology and change is spread throughout society. But it is more than 60 years old. Is it outdated? What’s wrong with it and what can we do about it? IntroductionWhat is the...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 5, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Stakeholder Engagement
We normally focus on the wrong things for organisational change. Instead of looking at the parts such as processes, products, or people that make up the system understand the way that it is connected up can be the key to unlocking change. The Typical Approach to...
by John-Paul Crofton | May 22, 2024 | Change Management, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making
Ashby’s law of requisite variety can often explain why organisations fails, especially when they change. Organisations often have evolved to survive in their environment. But when they change it becomes a risky time especially when they follow overly simple...
by John-Paul Crofton | May 20, 2024 | Change Management, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation
I view organisational change is an act of caring. Whilst staying the same is an act of neglect. Change as a ProblemWhy Organisations See Change as a ProblemWhy Staff See Organisational Change as a ProblemWhy Organisational Change is Seen as a RiskHow I See...
