by John-Paul Crofton | May 19, 2025 | Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Purpose & Wellbeing
The big career decision is one full of anxiety and stress. It can feel overwhelming, it feels your whole life and future depends on it. The fact we are considering a change in a career means we don’t know what the outcome will be. How do we navigate this stressful...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 24, 2025 | Budgeting, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Cost of living, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Measurement, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
As we try and create a positive social impact through people and communities, why are we continuously fighting and undermined by the decisions by our governments and organisations that don’t value people? Modern Accounting Standards Values People as...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 23, 2025 | Leadership, Budgeting, Change Management, Engagement, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making
The NHS is having to cut costs, to save £6.6 billion, but why is the approach of Wes Streeting the Health Minister acting as a terrible role model and leading the health service down a dangerous path? The NHS Budget Cutting CrisisCuts to Local Systems.A Rotten Role...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 20, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership, Motivation, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making
The spiral of control and power explains a common psychological pattern of how even well intentioned managers such as those in healthcare, find themselves focusing on control and power. Controlling Managers in Healthcare.The 3 Big Shifts in the NHS Require...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 16, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Budgeting, Change Management, Motivation, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation
As the latest generation of politicians vow to cut bureaucracy to make the state more efficient, one thing remains clear: cutting bureaucrats is the wrong way to do it. Cutting Bureaucrats is Always PopularRecent NHS Bureaucratic CutsBureaucracy: A Misunderstood...
by John-Paul Crofton | Mar 14, 2025 | NHS, Budgeting, Change Management, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation
This week it was announced that NHS England is going to be abolished, well, at least in two years’ time, which, in bureaucratic terms, is lightning fast. But why did it fail? I argue that it was evolution. NHSE did not change the system, the system changed NHS...