by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 22, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Leadership, Learning, Motivation, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Social Innovation
All too often a team groups together to do a brainstorming session to solve a problem. But despite the excitement the outcome is a disappointing failure: The ‘Minimum Acceptable Solution’, IntroductionWhat is Brainstorming and Group Problem Solving?The Excitement of...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 5, 2024 | Motivation, Engagement, Health and Wellbeing, NHS
Love is an essential part of healthcare. The National Health Service needs be managed with love and compassion to build trust in the services it provides. As any organisation providing a service needs to do it from a place of love. Yet, despite its mission to improve...
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...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 19, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Fundamentals, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, 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, 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, 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...
