by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 19, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Leadership, Social Change, Tools For Change
The Cynefin Framework is a powerful decision making tool for managing change strategies. Creating social impact can be a challenging task. The traditional strategic approach is to ‘create a big plan to solve a problem’. This approach to project management often falls...
by John-Paul Crofton | Feb 5, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Social Change, Social Enterprise, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Tools For Change
The Adaptive Cycle helps empower with insight to how to best manage a strategy for a social impact project throughout it’s lifecycle. Delivering social impact is rarely a straight line path through an unchanging environment. The reality is that change is a part...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 29, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Social Change, Social Innovation
This guide defines what is a project as well giving you a deep understanding of what is different about a social project. What it means to be different from other types of project, as well as providing examples to inspire you. What is a Social Project: Key Takeaway....
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Leadership & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Social Innovation
Creating social progress through survival of the fittest is a core idea at the heart of our Western societies. We are told it is a natural law that we must follow or escape from. But it has failed time and time again and is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Leadership, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Stakeholder Engagement
Technology is empowering people to connect and join together in new ways through social movements. Is leadership still needed for social impact? Will it just evolve naturally through unleashing the power of social movements. Movements for Social Impact Social...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 28, 2022 | Community & Social Challenges, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Innovation
How can leaders help address inequalities through inspiring role models? Even if you are not like the people you want to inspire. I wanted to share this story and my observations on the powerful role of role models in changing group dynamics and inspiring social...