by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 21, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Fundamentals, Health and Wellbeing, Neighbourhood Health, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
Defining the problem is usually the very first step in most public sector projects and initiatives. However, starting by creating a fixed definition of the problem often leads the work to failure. Why? Because this approach limits decision making thinking agency and...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 15, 2025 | Healthcare AI, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, Neighbourhood Health, NHS, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation
AI has the potential to be an enormous force for good. Transforming lives and our public services for better. But it could also be a force that creates a negative social impact and a dystopian world. What is AIsolation?AI is Not Bad, But How We Use it Might BeThe Why...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jan 7, 2025 | NHS, Change Management, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, Social Impact, Social Innovation, Social Innovation
How do we stop yet another NHS plan from failing? The plan is not the solution. What matters most is HOW it is delivered. A New NHS Plan For Change?Sadly the Other NHS Plans Failed to Make an ImpactNHS Planning Implementation ProblemsHow Can the NHS and Healthcare...
by John-Paul Crofton | Dec 20, 2024 | Community & Social Challenges, Health and Wellbeing, Leadership & Decision Making, Neighbourhood Health, NHS, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change
Why is the UK. Government’s new plan for devolution of power in England to local mayors is like a reinvention of feudalism. In this review we look at rather than being a modern path to a better future, the UK government plans for reform are positively medieval....
by John-Paul Crofton | Oct 1, 2024 | NHS, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Health and Wellbeing, Neighbourhood Health, Social Change, Social Innovation, Social Innovation
It is not ‘The NHS’, it is ‘Our NHS’. The relationship between the NHS and the society it serves is one of deep interdependence. When people talk about the NHS as a separate thing they are ignoring its and our health is dependent on each other. The phrase “our...
by John-Paul Crofton | Jun 24, 2024 | Change Management, Engagement, Leadership & Decision Making, Motivation, Neighbourhood Health, 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...
