Why Clear Feedback for Neurodivergent Individuals Matters (and many others - nice piece from Radical Candor) www.radicalcandor.com/blog/feedbac...

A 'why' question is awesome in clarifying purpose. A 'what' question might be better at drilling down into understand people & events - what would a 5 WHAT technique offer over a 5 WHY ? eblingroup.com/blog/stop-as...

Navigate Narcissism "Conflict resilience does not mean tolerating harm, abuse, or manipulation. If every interaction chips away at your quality of life or leaves you emotionally exhausted, assess whether staying engaged is serving or depleting you" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mint...

Buurtzorg= 15,000 nurses, 0 managers -purpose & guiding principles, team-based building blocks, clear roles & responsibilities, transparent information flows, fair rewards. Watch the video & consider what these principles may look like in your context www.youtube.com/watch?v=61TT...

"I knew all about the NHS’s challenges and flaws. But then as a patient, I saw the love and the magic" Brilliant... despite how hard the system becomes the personal still matters, to my colleagues - thank you (not enough, all I have, truly meant) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fundamentals of Organizational Development (free course) all managers / leaders shoudl have an understanding of OD... alison.com/course/funda...

"Is there anything more terrifying than a sea of faces, nodding like drones, drooling at the mouth as their chosen speaker is delivering a feel-good speech" should leaders & perhaps leadership models come with a warning label... www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dark...

Have regrets... it is normal & healthy. There is a little decission making pattern at the end of this article that I think has relevance any time - build on your real regrets rather than fantasy resolutions... leadershipfreak.blog/2025/12/29/r...

This is an interesting experiment to view. Imagine your organisation if all the narratives about how others have treated us are actually stories about how we have treated ourselves !!! - it might look very different... www.facebook.com/reel/7598962...

Freedom has boundaries - it sounds paradoxical but is essential in understanding as a concept in our society - I am not free to trample on the freedom of others. Consider this within the organisation as we work to create inclusive workplaces - the collision of feedoms...

Would the need for isolated, one off, episodic, rushed & backward looking reviews evaporate if managers engaged in continuous coaching relationships with thier team? (image hr hacking)

Before you create the techniques of managing a challenging conversation consider what is making this exchange a challenge or difficulty? Your attitude, purpose, anxiety & exposure might not be fully masked by tools or techniques no matter how good they are...

If you took the 8 measures of success in the bottom half of this image & scored on a scale of 1 - 10 - hoe are your doing? where might you want to put some thought & action on 2026? (image 6seconds.org)

"Debunked: The Learning Pyramid Is 170 Years Old...and Still Wrong" the older I get, the more I learn, the less I am certain of... www.linkedin.com/posts/unlock...

"Caring together: A joint vision for the future of cooperation between adult social care & the NHS - Explore joint social commissioning teams across NHS ICB's & local government to deliver neighbourhood health, inc shared appointments & budget pooling" www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

Healthy Leadership (738) "Has the NHS already been privatised and we just didn't notice it" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...

"Inclusive Leadership in Health and Care Core Managers: Developing Inclusive Workplaces programme: Course 1" www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/programme-co...

"When It Comes to Exercise, Let's Be an Example to Our Patients" - We talk a lot about being an example, a role model in leadership - what about being an example in exercise, diet, attitude to the community we serve - improve health & wellbeing by example www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Communication brings clarity - sometimes !!! 😂

Clarity - knowing what is expected and being able to answer this powerful organisational diagnostic "who is responsible to whom and for what".... (image HR hacking)

Think about these questions - without meeting those in your team & discussing these, how many do you think you could accurately answer? (image HR hacking)

There are at least two sides to every story, often more, never less. Something isn't right with how we talk, share, engage and feedback. The message is speak up & psychological saftey but the response received carries risk... (image maurice duffy)

"Surgeons warn government’s waiting list pledge “near impossible” without investment in operating theatres and surgical staff" www.rcseng.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

The CQC is changing... maybe ! "Evidence on what works in regulating health and social care - Report from the scoping phase of an evaluation of the CQC’s regulatory model" www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

"Individuals persistently report feeling undervalued at work. Despite leaders investing time and money in recognition and appreciation, one thing is missing: affirmation, or having one’s unique qualities and impact noticed, named, and validated" hbr.org/2025/12/the-...

"Narcissists often behave in disagreeable ways. For example, they play games, lie, pick fights, disrespect or violate personal boundaries, and create chaos" what is the impact of the narcissist on teams? how do you respond? www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/find...

"Requisite variety - simply put, a system can only respond effectively to as much variability as it has options to respond with" Think about that when you consider your team, empowering them in a system that disempowers.... erm davehodges.substack.com/p/why-tradit...

"The loss of any self-defining aspect of our lives—a relationship, a job, a place called home, or the death of a loved one—may leave us with a sense of being lost and disconnected" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/inte...

"Caesareans overtake natural vaginal births in England for first time, NHS data finds" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"Silence often carries a hidden cost - The Upside of Arguing at Work - Why you should welcome conflict in your professional relationships" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/conn...

"The surprising truth about the generations that suffer loneliness the most - 33% of Britons aged 16 to 29 reported feeling lonely "often, always or some of the time" - the highest of all age groups (17% of over-70s said the same thing)" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Healthy Leadership (737) "Want conflict, blame and a reduction in psychological safety - ask WHY 5 times" www.linkedin.com/pulse/health...

I have been thinking about new emerging patterns of work in organisations - always helpful to revisit old consistent principles - Demings 14 is always a useful starting point deming.org/explore/four...

The 5 whys techniques - how it works and the start of a consideration of how it doesn't - this is a limted linear technique that can hide issues in complex multifactorial situations. www.imd.org/blog/strateg...

"The search for 'meaning' at work" www.bbc.com/worklife/art...

If you stand in my shoes I suspect your feet will hurt - mine don't. So how did that help... Don't get into my shoes, stay in yours. Hear me, respect me and then let me take some time to hear you - now we have muliple perspectives - we can create something (image all about life)

Some shifts and alterations to standard interview questions might help you recruit - it will certainly be clearer and more interesting in some of the conversations and exchanges (image HR hacking)

There are a few of these that have a real impact if you are working in the NHS at the moment. (image HR hacking)

If you take your time & move through these they might offer some thoughts & ideas - agree, disagree, reject, accept, dislike the language - but think, & see what happens... (image HR hacking)

CONFLICT - Free programme - Managing Conflict - Managing and understanding conflict in childrens healthcare www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/r...

You know those people in that other hospital 30 mins away - they are not my competetion they are my colleagues. Ranking aginst each other, having winners !!! - shift to 'how can I help you' it's what the N in NHS is all about... www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

"Securing the NHS workforce for the future: our recommendations for action" www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability in a specific area overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs. If you ever develop a system with a ‘self assessment’ designed in be careful. www.linkedin.com/posts/noor-p...

"The science of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) has transformed safety in a wide variety of high-risk industries from nuclear power to aviation to oil and gas, and – whisper it – is even starting to make progress in healthcare" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What a quote - Trust to mistrust - what is happening around you at work and what harm is being done. Do you trust the bosses, your colleagues, the explanations, the information, the processes... be careful, easy lost hard to regain.

If you do something that on paper improves things but the ripple impacts morale, trust, engagement, loyalty then people will stop going above & beyond. The imporvement made could be out weighed but what you lost.... (image HR hacking)

Formal organisational charts change by boxes & connecting lines - Real organisational experiences are much more complex (image integration trg)

All this talk of going further faster - right direction at the right speed might be better...

The power of introverts - TED Talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KY...

What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness - TED Talk - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkK...