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Blog posts about Workforce Scotland
My first week with Pioneer… Exploring new territory
My first week as Programme Manager for the Enabling Collaborative leadership Pioneer Programme draws to a close so I thought I’d share some thoughts in the spirit of inquiry! My initial thought –that’s a long title job title that leaves people…
Beginnings of a book group: first session on Frederic Laloux’ Reinventing Organisations
Last Thursday, nine of us – a mix of folk from across the third, private and public service sector - met to talk about Frederic Laloux’s book Reinventing Organisations (see http://www.reinventingorganisations.org). This was the next in a few ‘ideas’ events we’ve…
Reconnecting with East Ayrshire Vibrant Communities team…
This blog post is a copy of one posted to the new Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens blog at https://transformingpublicservice.wordpress.com --- Back in Spring 2013, two people told me, independently, that I 'had to go and talk to Katie Kelly at East…
Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens – Recovery Event March 2015
On 30th March, participants from Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens pioneer sites collaborated in hosting an event that asked ‘how might our public services be in recovery?’. A really diverse group of over 100 people came and experienced something of what…
Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens: July Update
Can you help design/host events leading up to and including a big SWSC ‘Ceilidh’ in Glasgow in February 2015? SWSC has established a pattern of regular Reference Group meetings. During our first year, these have been hosted by individual pioneer…
The Fruits of Good Communication (by Jean Byrne)
I attended the Dialogue Community of Practice in Edinburgh on 26th March. The theme for the day was The Dialogue Community of Practice Blossoms. In the morning, the metaphor of the dandelion’s seeds blowing in the wind captured the idea of…
Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens: November 2013 update
This blog is one of a regular series highlighting key events and developments with the Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens initiative. Please don’t hold back in offering suggestions, feedback or other comments… --- Whilst the focus of October was reaching out…
Community Assets Approaches to Workforce Development
Part of the work of the Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens initiative is sparking interest at events in our questions about how organisations can take a community assets approach to workforce development. Here's a story of a workshop we ran at…
Introducing the Skilled Workers, Skilled Citizens initiative… and an invitation to get involved
The Reference Group for this initiative have asked me to write this blog as a way to capture a story of our work together. The idea is that different voices can add/amend/comment. And we can embed some of the media…