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Anfield proud, passionate and strong: Imagine Anfield Flourishing – community development best practice

Imagine Anfield Flourishing is about people and how the people of Anfield will determine what’s best for them and their community development. The journey started with a conversation in June 2012, which has led to 100s of conversations being held across Anfield since. All of those conversations are contributing to the emerging actions for a

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Fun, passion, knowledge and interest: why they’re vital – not just nice to have – for great teamwork

As I exchanged Christmas best wishes via email with my fellow AI practitioner Christine Sanchez Whitney, she shared her recent AI project with a US engineering company, which explored company values. One of the agreed values was the importance of fun. This comment stayed with me – partially because I found it unexpected and unusual.

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The importance of learning from mistakes in business strategy

Quality management research and practice indicate that successful 21st century organisations need to foster learning cultures, encouraging openness and a willingness to learn from errors and mistakes to develop a positive, strong strategy. Unfortunately, the reality can be often very different… The issue is exemplified in the political and media debate on the UK National

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Leadership: the conversational and appreciative general

‘When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take, choose the bolder’  Field Marshall Bill Slim, British Army In 2011 the UK National Army Museum conducted a poll to identify Britain’s greatest general. Bill Slim was nominated –along with the Duke of Wellington – as Britain’s

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