by Barrie Wyatt | Aug 26, 2014 | Change, Vision, Voluntary and Community
Many of us in the VCS are concerned about the future; where will we get our funding from, will we be able to continue delivering services to our clients, will we survive? When the future seems bleak, it can help to re-envision the future; to me this is really about...
by Steve | Dec 11, 2013 | Change, Guest Blogs, Steve Bowbotham
Rolling out the change Previously we have developed ideas to help you roll-out your change. In “Change brings opportunity” we recognised and defined the need for change. This was linked to strategy, and was informed by internal and external surveys, and PESTAL and...
by Barrie Wyatt | Jul 25, 2013 | Change, Property, Strategy, Voluntary and Community
Before I took early retirement in 2011 I was seconded to the Cabinet Office to lead a project in Bristol with the aim of rationalising the office accommodation of Central Government. It was an interesting challenge, and Bristol (along with London) were the pilots for...
by Steve | Jun 12, 2013 | Change, Guest Blogs, Steve Bowbotham
Do you ever hear comments like … Very few of us like working in chaos. However, organisations are often poor at clarifying what we should do or should expect of each other. Introducing change makes things even worse as with little experience of new...
by Barrie Wyatt | Apr 7, 2013 | Change, Coaching, Personal Development, Strategy, Vision
The idea of categorising the world into hedgehogs and foxes has a long and distinguished past. An ancient Greek poem (possibly written by Archilochus) concluded with: The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In this poem, a cunning fox wants to...
by Steve | Mar 1, 2013 | Change, Guest Blogs, Steve Bowbotham
Practice makes Perfect Step 5 – Helping to Design, Develop and Test New Capability You have a plan, so now you need to work through it – easier said than done. Step 5 takes a lot of effort, ability and determination to complete to time, cost and quality. Here’s...
