by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 4, 2024 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Leadership, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Project Funding, Social Change
As a new financial year looms, it is a common time for leaders start renewing their plans to make a bigger impact, with the resources we have. Yet, history shows us that the future seldom unfolds as anticipated. Last year’s defining moments were likely those...
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 4, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Community & Social Challenges, Complete Guides, Fundamentals, Leadership, Social Impact, Social Innovation
This practical guide is based on the science of creating social change and aims to give you everything you need to know to start, manage and grow community and social projects that make a difference. After reading this guide you should be able to avoid the most common...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 22, 2023 | Problem Solving & Decision Making, Fundamentals, Leadership
What is a project? What if I told you that the way you think about projects could be limiting your social impact? The traditional approach to projects, with its linear planning and isolated nature, can often lead us down the path of project failure and frustration....
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 15, 2023 | Creativity & Innovation, Leadership, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Tools For Change
Learn How to Create a Social Project. The Social Project Compass is a tool specifically designed to help you create social projects. Social change can often be an unpredictable journey. This tool gives your project the flexibility and resilience of navigating social...
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 29, 2022 | Tools For Change, Community & Social Challenges, Leadership, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Impact, Stress
Many organisations take a the bureaucratic approach to change management. Resulting in the low success rate of change in most organisations. (Such as the 30% failure rate reported by McKinsey. The Planning Stress Cycle shows a common pattern for failure. It is also...
