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Blog posts about Workforce Scotland
The Development of ‘One Thing at a Time’
By Janet Whitley, Team Lead for Collective Leadership for Scotland Our small team works to develop leadership practice around complex issues, recognising the critical importance of working collectively in pursuit of complex outcomes. In more normal circumstances, we are out…
Learning in the Lockdown
A guest blog by Raymy Boyle I think it was the week beginning 13th March when it happened, although familiarity has blurred the days! We were all beginning to realise the true extent of the coronavirus, the schools would close…
What if I don’t have to strive?
Guest blog by Sam Pringle This was the theme of todays poem at a weekly mindfulness group I have joined with Connect Mindfulness. I join Veronica every Monday and Friday – well not every Friday and Monday because I don’t…
Mindfulness and Photography
Guest blog by Justine Murray Image: Saltire and Sunset over Anstruther Harbour, Fife Hi there, I’m Justine and one of my favourite ways to relax and be mindful is taking photos of what I see around me. What does mindfulness…
Three Tips on Creating Mindfulness at Your Home
Guest Blog by Denise Langan Undoubtedly it’s one of the most challenging times that we have all been through. We’re forced to adopt a new way of living in recent months owing to coronavirus. Nearly 1/3 of the world population…
Walking Together, the virtual way
In our previous blog post, we talked about how we can keep connected while social distancing. One of the suggestions was to take your online meeting outside. In this post, we are going to build on this by introducing you…
Learning to Stop
Guest Blog by Paul Gorman, from Hidden Giants. Find this blog article on the Hidden Giants' website here. It probably took me ‘til Wednesday to figure out no matter how many 6am runs I did, I had to address some…
Social distancing, closer relationships
Blog by Keira Oliver, Collective Leadership for Scotland Like many others, I often start a presentation, workshop or piece of writing with “we live in unprecedented times of change.” That statement, which I used only last week, seems too tame…
What is in a Name?
By Janet Whitley It can sometimes be difficult to think of the most appropriate name to describe a piece of work which is cross-cutting and complex. My experience of working in support of change in complex systems across public services…