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Passion and enthusiasm: why they’re the key to strategic planning

‘Passion is more than fun. It’s more than just an interest. I think it’s something that speaks to your values and to your gut: something that really propels you forward. For myself, I’m passionate about all things career.’   Carol Ceniza-Levine, Founder of Six-Figure Start. For me, the key human skill you’ll need to create and develop

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Encouraging simplicity and creativity in reports and plans

For some strange reason – and I‘m convinced it’s serendipity (another future blog) – on a number of occasions when a potential blog theme emerges, there’s some quote or article relevant or thought provoking in the UK Sunday newspaper The Observer. In the business leader, under the title Time British bosses started engaging posteriors, too the

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The value of ‘tweaking’: the real learning from best practice

In all my years of urban regeneration, working in the community and in organisations I was encouraged to learn from best practice, and often tried to transfer it wholesale into the day job or project. Often this was from pressure of Government policy, senior management and requirements from funders for the publication of best practice

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The importance of thinking time: tips for working more effectively

– Plato Recently, I was preparing a workshop on organisation development using the OD philosophy Appreciative Inquiry, that builds on the strengths and successes of organisations. A key part of the workshop was the importance of co-creating and co-designing solutions to challenges. As I thought about the content and approach, I began to reflect on the

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