The first of our series of speakers at The Silent Launch has been revealed! We are proud to announce that we will be joined by Jo Horton, Program Manager at Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program & Director of Go Jo. Currently…
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What I Now Know About Lighting Fires
The Fire Starter Festival 2017 drew to a close last month after 35 events which attracted around 1500 participants. Over the coming months we’ll reflect on the evaluations, and have many conversations about what went well, what could have been better, what…
Dialogue Update
The National Dialogue Community of Practice (DCoP) met and had a productive session on the 15 November at the COSLA Conference Centre, Edinburgh. Sharon Millar, Principal Lead Organisational and Leadership Development at NHS Education for Scotland, opened the session, reviewing the DCoP…
A festival of fire and ice
As winter arrives, many of us are drawn to the magic of making fires. Personally I love this time of year. There is something about the stark beauty of the landscape, stripped back and illuminated by winter sun, with breath…
Why host a Fire Starter event?
As you may now know, between 23rd and 30th January 2017, Workforce Scotland will be hosting and supporting the Fire Starter Festival, a week-long festival of collaborative learning events, illuminating creative, disruptive and innovative ways in which we can all…
How do you light your fire?
This is a question that seemed to dominate my holiday with my new (to me) camper van as my partner and I weaved our way through the Highlands. Lighting fires isn’t just a lovely addition to a camping holiday, it’s…
Workforce Scotland Newsletter – Fire Starter Festival
The latest Workforce Scotland Newsletter is now out! Click here to sign up for the newsletter, or read below to catch up on all our latest events and offerings. Fire Starter Festival 23 - 30 January 2017 Between 23rd and…
The Revolution will be improvised
Recently the stewardship of the Workforce Scotland work streams transferred to a new team at The Scottish Government, and along with it my role as Programme Manager for the Enabling Collaborative Leadership Pioneer Programme and Chief Fire Starter for the Fire…
‘Beyond U.Lab’ – a Firestarter Festival event
Performance Bonfire
“Performance management feels like something that is done to us – with no benefit for us” "We need the courage to create, permission to innovate and feel like it is ok to fail – above all reward curiosity." Chris Bruce,…