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On leadership, change and organisation development
Communities of practice
This week I’d like to share a resource that a client shared with me… (Thank you, Lee!) Community of Practice Design Guide The link above takes you to a practical and simple guide developed by Darren Cambridge, Soren Kaplan, and Vicki Suter (2005). It explains what a Community of Practice (CoP) is and offers practical ideas for designing and working with CoPs. This guide is focused on higher education, but many of the ideas can be applied in...
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coping with overload - self and time management basics
[9-minute read] This post starts out by talking about me, then moves onto talking about you… I’m saying this upfront, just so you know there might be some actual value in reading on to the end – it’s not all wittering about my packed schedule and how it got that way! Also, this piece focuses on a way of visualising and managing your work – and how that might make your life a bit more manageable (it worked for me)....
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A neglected question in process design [2-minute view + 3-minute read]   Aside from being a cute video, this is also a challenging one. It suggests that we should be looking for ways in which the changes we’re trying to make could be fun. Thinking about how they might appeal to the people’s desire for novelty, for intrinsic reward, for whimsy. In short, asking: How can we make change pleasurable in itself, instead of relying on pain (or...
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change management leadership competency
Change: a core leadership competency [4-minute read] Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about leaders and leadership. Sometimes, with feelings of fondness and admiration; often, with a certain wistful frustration. Of course, leadership is central to any change or organisation development (OD) effort: if the leaders (formal and informal) don’t really want change, it’s almost impossible to make it happen elegantly. And I do like a bit of elegance every now and then … change shouldn’t all be...
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[8-minute read] Debriefing, learning and accountability processes Why bother? Change is a constant. When we cease adapting to change we lose contact with reality – our strategy gathers cobwebs, our people go to sleep, we lose relevance. The only way to stay connected and working at our edge – and with excellence – is to place a serious emphasis on individual and organisational learning. This short article offers some practical ideas about how to begin building a learning...
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About these resources

These articles are for people who work with and in organisations of any kind – as leaders, managers, formal or informal change agents. If you are trying to work more consciously and effectively with change in your organisation, I hope you’ll find some ideas here that make your work (and your life) a bit easier, and your organisation a more effective, creative and positive place to be.

If you would like to engage around these ideas, ask a question or discuss the possibility of working together, please drop me a line.

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