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

July 30, 2013 By Fiona With Comments are off for this post

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

July 1, 2013 By Fiona With Comments are off for this post

– 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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Imagine Anfield attracts international attention

June 13, 2013 By Fiona With Comments are off for this post

The Appreciating People team is in the middle of a great community engagement project alongside the Anfield Breckfield Community Council in North Liverpool, working with the community there to develop its own change. The project, which is part of the Imagine Anfield programme, is helping residents create the change they want to see in their

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Away days that work

June 5, 2013 By Fiona With Comments are off for this post

Approaching away days from a different perspective I thought it was worth sharing a recent experience working with a local organisation, demonstrating a different focus on changing team working culture and workplace change… Appreciating People was commissioned to work with a city-wide business support service to facilitate a process to encourage team working and identify

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