Our current landscape of organisations appear unable to change, are overwhelmed by the unpredictable and struggle with the current regulatory oversight. There are significant pressures in workload and workforce with toxic culture continuing to feature in serious case reviews and in wider national reports. The Patient Safety agenda which champions ‘Just Culture’ and ‘Being Fair’…

I was really excited to blog about dropping the job description and introducing job crafting and a job canvas

Choose a job you love, and you never have to work a day in your life                         Confucius In order for our teams and staff to achieve their very best, we can create a sense of fun and happiness in our workplaces. This is often referred to as positive psychology and encourages a strength based focus…

Making Change Happen My experience of being in a strategic leadership position, is that as a team, you have an idea which needs to be implemented but then gets stuck in roll out and fails to embed. The Ockenden review and many national reviews all show that there is a failure to change practice despite…

Building a team is a common area where mistakes are made as we recruit or choose skills and pick the ‘doers’ rather than recognise the wider characteristics which are important for a happy and productive team. We can always bring in individuals with specific skills and expertise later. There are a number of models which…

From my experience, we need to deploy a team with shared values which allows working together with a shared sense of purpose. Where values are in tension, there will be a difference of professional opinion and conflict ensues. Understanding the values of your team is critical. As a team leader. we must be able to…

Once you have thought about your wicked problem, you have brainstormed and explored the topic and spoken to lots of people to create a diversity of perspective, you are ready for next steps. You will have analysing the data, considered possibilities and can create a purpose statement. By identifying your vision or creating a mission…

What are the next steps when you have an idea for a quality improvement project, a business case or an entrepreneurial opportunity? We can all be that person who changes things for the good. I love this video that shows if children can come up with great ideas: we can too! Many of us feel…

I have always believed that we are learning every day. I take the opportunity to make small changes to my own practice if I notice something that we should be doing differently. I also encourage my teams to do the same. This requires us to be open to the concept that the world is not…

I love being able to consider the wicked problems in the world of health and the wider world. I have the privilege of listening to amazing people, ‘taking a thought for a walk’ and considering their perspectives to try and co-create new solutions. I would like to share one of the first challenges of a…