The three quarter point is a thing
(Originally published on Medium.) I wrote a post about the feeling of frustration and pointlessness I experience in retreats and… Read More »The three quarter point is a thing
So much
(Originally published on Medium.) There’s so much to do in the world. There will always be more than we can… Read More »So much
Public service operating principles
(Originally published on Medium.) Last month I drafted a table contrasting the traditional command-and-control approach to public services with the… Read More »Public service operating principles
About salmons and whooping cranes
(Originally published on Medium.) Somewhere along my biologist training or my subsequent cross-disciplinary meanderings, I picked up that you can… Read More »About salmons and whooping cranes
On movement building
(Originally published on Medium.) It’s an asymmetrical game, with tons of behavioral research working against each of us – the… Read More »On movement building
What we measure is secondary to why we measure
(Originally published on Medium.) I have been having many conversations about Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) lately, and often when I… Read More »What we measure is secondary to why we measure
Trust enables magic at work
(Originally published on Medium.) Krulak’s Law states that the future of an organization is in the hands of the privates… Read More »Trust enables magic at work
![Photo of part of the page of a book, which reads: I tend, however, to agree with Dixon (2000). One myth, observes Dixon, is that (starts quote): [T]he exchange of knowledge happens only in organizations that have a noncompetitive or a collaborative culture. It follows that the first thing you have to do is fix the culture and then get people to share. But I have found that it's the other way around. If people begin sharing ideas about issues they see as really important, the sharing itself creates a learning culture. I have, of course, inserted an important caveat in that sentence: "about issues they see as really important."](https://noreen.wales/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2024-05-30-204447-930x620.png)
Sharing ideas creates a learning culture
(Originally published on Medium.) Fix the culture in order to get people to share…? Not so. Create the mechanisms for… Read More »Sharing ideas creates a learning culture
Everything exists only in relation to everything else
(Originally published on Medium.) Relationships are the organising principle. Reading Michael Fullan — Leading in a Culture of Change (2001)… This book… Read More »Everything exists only in relation to everything else
Art produces citizens
(Originally published on Medium.) Lifted from Austin Kleon’s list of unschooling posts: If you’ve never heard of Black Mountain College,… Read More »Art produces citizens
Thoughts about adding not substracting
(Originally published on Medium.) I’m always inspired by Austin Kleon’s blog posts. You’ve got to be kind I revisited this… Read More »Thoughts about adding not substracting
Co-production in public services: a complex journey of change
(Originally published on Medium.) “Co-production is an asset-based approach to public services which enables citizens and professionals to share power… Read More »Co-production in public services: a complex journey of change