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 Is it outdated?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 15, 2024 | Community & Social Challenges, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Impact, Stakeholder Engagement
Diversity and inclusion requires variation in organisational decision making. However, from the moment an organisational change is created, very often it is simplified to gain acceptance, approval and spread. This simple decision bias hinders consideration and...
by John-Paul Crofton | May 8, 2024 | Leadership & Decision Making, Leadership, Learning, Neighbourhood Health, Problem Solving & Decision Making
Decision Making is the art of learning to make better choices. Making a good decision is not about making the RIGHT DECISION. This leads to the most common mistake in decision making, the Einstellung Effect: getting stuck repeating the same old ‘right’...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 13, 2024 | Complete Guides, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Social Impact
1. Introduction to Social Impact Leadership Your Guide to Making a Difference. It’s easy to want to make the world a better place, to create a ‘social impact’. It’s much harder to do in practice. Most people have limited success that...
