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@nfpdbconsult.bsky.social

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On a journey from being a digital/change consultant working with not for profits (for 30+ years) to something new to do with complexity, uncertainty, sense-making, adaptive spaces, learning, human connection, diversity, dissent, wayfinding and much else

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nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Love this from Virpi @ businessillustrator.com. Sort of sums up what I am interested in - how to work with that entangled real world of organisational politics, people learning & changing their minds and much else. There are ways of doing this. Happy to share.

Its a messy world outside. Cartoon by Virpi from https://businessillustration.com

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Feb 20

As always @tanmayvora.bsky.social gets it right via @helenbevan.bsky.social . Particularly like panel on curiosity. Too many people are 'insufficiently curious'. Curiosity about what others know builds both understanding and genuine connection

Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · Feb 20

There's a growing appreciation of the power of "empathetic leadership". Yet 52% of study respondents felt their organisation's efforts to be empathetic were dishonest. This suggests that while leaders are trying, many of us may be going about it wrong: t.co/2D5QlGLL4b. By tanmayvora.bsky.social

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nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Yup.

Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · Dec 7

Simple rules can be a powerful way to enable change in a complex system. They're a set of principles that everyone agrees to & help us move forward in a consistent/shared direction. See hsdinstitute.org/practice-hsd....
Simple rules for leaders from Goran Henriks & I: blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/20...

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Front line managers are critical to any change project but are easy to forget. My experience is that the teams that get the most from a new digital system are those where the team manager 'gets' the new system. We need to provide more resource to mentor those managers who find this more difficult

Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · Dec 1

NHS managers at (Agenda for Change) bands 6-8a line manage up to 80% of NHS people. These “frontline” leaders have an outsize influence on NHS performance. See eg: bcg.com/publications... by BCG.
I'm spending tomorrow with 4 NHS systems seeking ways to unleash the potential of frontline managers

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nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Absolutely.

Helen Bevan @helenbevan.bsky.social · Dec 4

Collaboration & co-creation aren't the same thing. If we want to do things differently in future, collaboration (working with others who might not share our goals) isn't enough. People need to be near the creation process (co-creation) to work in creative ways. lnkd.in/gA2sB4Z9. By Dennis Hambeukers

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Yes, please. HT #gapingvoid

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

Slightly belated repost but it was a great day. So many interesting people and discussions.

UKCharityCamp @ukcharitycamp.bsky.social · Nov 28

And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who came along to #UKCharityCamp today.

We hope you got as much out of it as we did. Keep an eye out for some blogging coming your way. Keep in touch!

Safe journeys home 🙏

A group picture of some of the folks who came along to UKCharityCamp today

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Dec 10

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Nov 20

This book helped me work out who I am?

Kenneth Mikkelsen @kenmikkelsen.bsky.social · Nov 19

On being a #neogeneralist - and why we need them.

nfpdbconsult.bsky.social @nfpdbconsult.bsky.social · Jan 26

It was great to see you too, Ian. It was a great end to a great day. Hope to see you at future events.

PS: my surname is Collings - not that it particularly matters

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