My intention with this page is to provide you with links to interesting resources I have found or been made aware of on the web. The subjects reflect matters of personal and professional interest to me and I hope to build this page slowly over time. Do let me know of other resources you know about that might contribute to the overall body of knowledge.
I do hope you find this page useful.
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The growing focus on wellbeing and happiness in society and organisational life
I am intrigued by this development in the last couple of years and both excited and somewhat sceptical about motivations. Here are inputs that might be useful.-
With thanks to Zinta Krumins for bringing this to my attenton
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My sense is that this applies across the board - particularly the phenomena of presenteeism
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Growing your capability to innovate
I am always interested in helping communities and organisations innovate and make big shifts in their performance. Simple and fun ways I have found recently are shown here.-
Roselinde Torres takes her time to get to the point but it is worth listening to
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Ensuring real meaning in peoples' work
There is so much evidence that having real meaning in one's work substantially affects performance, I am always looking out for examples of this -
Resilience and learning from life
Ways in which people deal with what life throws at them, and thrive in ambiguity, uncertainty, rapid change and not knowing-
Don't watch this when you are expecting an important call!
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The Body and how it works with the mind
I am becoming increasingly interested in this topic - both from how the mind influences the body and the other way around-
With thanks to Tom Wardrop for pointing it out to me
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Meaningful performance measurement
Good guidance on how best to measure performance to create a sustainable organisation and examples of where that is done -
How the Brain works
I hope latest thinking and research about the way the human brain works which I hope will help me understand better how people learn and why they react in the way they do-
Makes me wonder whether we haven't got our teenage education process completely wrong - I wish I had known this when my kids were younger
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Alternative ways of structuring and leading organisations
Examples and articles about organisations that manage themselves in different ways from the command and control structures that exist in most organisations. -
Leader as listener and learner
I fundamentally believe one of the core competencies of a modern globla leader is to listen and learn. These are examples I have found where this is discussed.-
"I’m still a student. I am still learning today as much as I was learning 36 years ago when I started in this business."
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"Leaders of the future will also need to have a lot more empathy and sensitivity—not just for people from their own countries, but also for people from different countries and cultures. They are going to need global empathy, which is a lot more difficult.
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Remote and mobile facilitation and learning
I am really interested in how we can improve facilitation and shared learning "remotely". These articles help me open my thinking on the topic. -
Growing and transforming the social sector
I believe that social enterprises will be the vehicle for much of our future provision - whether it is public services no longer delivered by a decreasing central government or whether it be increasing shifts from commercial organisations to purpose-focus -
Community Proaction
Examples of communities taking proactive approaches to building connection, resilience and self-confidence -
Considering future possibilities
Interesting, exciting and sometimes worrying ideas and presentations of what is being developed for our future working and living-
What I really like about these ideas are that developing countries can create a modern, healthy lifestyle without costing the earth
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African/Developing Country Development
Useful material about the growth, enrichment and poverty reduction in Developing Countries, particularly in Africa where I have a special interest.