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 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...
