by John-Paul Crofton | Nov 18, 2024 | Health and Wellbeing, diversity, Leadership & Decision Making, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Change
We spend a lot of our time trying to make sense of reality in healthcare and social services: we lean on data statistics, KPIs, spreadsheets to set standards and track progress. All to tell us what is the true reality we must manage. We build ever bigger systems...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 30, 2024 | NHS, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making
The NHS is broken according to the UK Prime Minister. The NHS is at a crossroads once again, with fresh discussions of reform and yet another plan being proposed aimed at ‘fixing’ what’s deemed a broken system. But will a plan work? Can we learn from how other plans...
by John-Paul Crofton | Sep 8, 2024 | diversity, Change Management, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, 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, 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, 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...
