"50 years of NHS inquiries: why they matter and what we can learn from them" www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive...

Terms like workplace culture, wellbeing, staff engagement can fall into the believing the issues is being addressed because good things are being done - free pizza is a good thing, it just isn't an engagement strategy (image justin wright)

Tuckman - you might not know its name but someone probably mentioned it in some regards - 'oh yes they are storming' there is a lot more to Tuckman - here is a starting point (image sean mcpheat)

Gemba Walk - classic imporvement terminology, the physical place work is done. Designed in the 60's, what about now - work online, from home, in your thinking etc. Perhaps 'gemba walk' needs to just be 'gemba' - a curiosity about how activity is undertaken in a modern work context (image peter weis)

Gaslighting - not always a nasty malicious method to diminish someone - lazy habits, defensive responses and uncomfortable moments sneak in quite often - some options to shift language... (image julia snedkova)

A range of bitesize programmes from the NHS leadershipnhs.uk

"Guidance on recognition of experience gained outside of the NHS" www.nhsemployers.org/publications...

"Performance problems get blamed on people - We coach the person, write them up, put them on a plan - And the same problems keep happening with the next person in the seat - W. Edwards Deming said it plainly: a bad system will beat a good person every time" www.linkedin.com/posts/perfor...

"Hospitals in England ranking highly for empathy ‘have better patient outcomes’ - Research suggests NHS trusts with higher empathy ratings also benefit financially and have improved staff wellbeing" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"500,000 NHS staff to get new artificial intelligence tools to help free up more time for patients" www.england.nhs.uk/2026/06/5000...

The new and the shinny, the fantasy in innovation and the quick disappointment. Where do we really need to place some energy to make an impact? seths.blog/2026/06/you-...

How organisations come up with their values - hoe did yours come up with the poster on the wall ?? www.facebook.com/reel/8379382...

Why does your brain go to worse case scenario www.facebook.com/reel/1521830...

"Teams are a critical part of today’s workforce — but they’re often unsuccessful. One... study looking across industries found that 75% of cross-department teams are dysfunctional. Some of the reasons for failure include problems with coordination, motivation & competition" hbr.org/2019/02/asse...

"We’re easily seduced by scoreboards, competition and dark patterns - easurememnts are sticky, contagious, and relentless" seths.blog/2026/06/valu...

"Healthcare coalition tells UK government not to enforce 'chilling' NHS censorship on Palestine" www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi...

"Visionary jerks: believe vision justifies walking on people" Can you link items on the list to anyone you work with? are any items on the list you as seen and experienced by others ? leadershipfreak.blog/2026/06/24/2...

"Why the gray zone feels so uncomfortable - Patients crave certainty, and so do physicians. Yet, medical decisions often live in probabilities, not absolutes" kevinmd.com/2025/12/what...

New starters - onboard them don't overwhelm them... hbr.org/2024/04/onbo...

Healthy Leadership (759) "The downstream process is the customer" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...

"The crisis of doctor suicide in Australia - we would never turn a patient away, no matter how advanced their pathology. It is now time to look at the pathology in our own profession, and now is the time to fix it" kevinmd.com/2025/12/the-...

"NHS investment in AI gains momentum after Health Secretary visit" www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/articles/nhs...

"Performance reviews leave third of workers feeling less motivated, research reveals" www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1962...

"Dismantle the “good news factory” logic" one of several reccoemndations for change from a report into the NHS as an organisation. This is a good summary, what stands out for you? www.linkedin.com/pulse/forgot...

"Confusion becomes opportunity when you show up stupid - pretending you know is self-sabotage" show up stupid as a way to address confirmation bias but be aware that this will test your culture - you won't leave stupid... leadershipfreak.blog/2026/06/19/s...

"Want to feel happier at work? Take a five-minute walk" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The Copenhagen Fallacy: copying the visible scaffolding of someone else’s success without their underlying conditions" If only the NHS was more like; John Lewis, The Army, Google, Amazon... spare me thecynefin.co/complexity-s...

"Falling nurse numbers leave people with learning disabilities behind" www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

"One of the most important factors in delivering safe and effective health care is Psychological Safety. Psychological Safety is created in workplaces where it is safe to speak up" leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/bitesize/vid...

What is the question training & development is the answer to? We race to training to answer questions that may have a different need, then research comes along to let us know training lack s impact - but we do it again anyway... www.linkedin.com/posts/seanmc...

"FabStuff Podcast - Series 2 Episode 4 Andy Burnham - Mayor of Manchester" (not anymore) what does he think about healthcare... www.buzzsprout.com/2489623/epis...

"Talking about men’s health" www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

"What does EDI mean in everyday leadership" www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9wQ...

"Acceptance isn’t endorsement. Some say, “This is who I am. I’m not going to change.” They expect people to adapt to them, while they refuse to adapt to others" leadershipfreak.blog/2026/06/22/w...

"Calendar of national campaigns National campaigns, awards and awareness days to help you plan activities for the year" www.nhsemployers.org/events/calen...

What is the best size for a team? what id that team there to do? when managing teams how many relationships (and sub groups) are you taking care of? which ones are health? which ones are toxic? (image liam darmody)

The answer is not always a training course - it appears the answer to so many things so often. Then we start to see all the reseacrh on how ineffective training can be. How do you grip this cycle and ask better questions of what we want to achieve...

To disagree without being disagreeable - that is it, that is the measure of effective teams. communication, psychological safety and the rest... that one measure metters.

Who? How Many? What Skills? - getting the team balance right matters and sometimes, no matter what all the articles say about how fantastic teamwork is, sometimes it is better just to get it done yourself... (image work chronicles)

Who? How Many? What Skills? - getting the team balance right matters and sometimes, no matter what all the articles say about how fantastic teamworks is, sometimes it is better just to get it done yourself... (image work chronicles)

"The downstream process is the customer. Just-in-Time is not just about timing. It is the discipline of treating the next person in the value chain as the customer who must not receive a defect" www.linkedin.com/posts/olaf-b...

Healthy Leadership (758) "Tools plus (insert magic here) make improvement happen" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...

Sustaining excellent staff experience www.nhsemployers.org/case-studies...

"ShiftWorks by The King's Fund - Affordable, high-quality, CPD-accredited leadership development" www.kingsfund.org.uk/leadership-d...

"NHS England unveils supplier list of AI notetaking tech to boost take up by practices" managementinpractice.com/news/nhs-eng...

"Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings" help people - make it easy to be healthy, sounds like a lot of money but... active, healthy population & meaningful work in building this - hope it is genuine www.gov.uk/government/n...

"NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"Pressuring people is the lazy leader’s method of motivation - anticipate disengagement once you begin pressuring people" leadershipfreak.blog/2026/06/16/i...

"5 ways confident leaders create clarity - create the clarity your teams need by using direct language and defining expectations" www.smartbrief.com/original/5-w...

"Govt pledges £20m to roll out AI X-ray tools across NHS by 2029" www.digitalhealth.net/2026/06/govt...