The RSA has just published a report entitled; “Beyond the Big Society – Psychological Foundations of Active Citizenship”. You can download it here: http://www.thersa.org/projects/social-brain/beyond-the-big-society. It’s a fascinating read, making a … … / continued
 
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 By Graham Wilson, on January 11th, 2012 By Graham Wilson, on December 30th, 2011…to make a big difference to your work or to your senior executive job hunt? As some of you know, I’ve written a few times in the past about New Year’s Resolutions. For example: Keeping to your resolutions Resolutions, goals, happiness and engagement This year, my inbox seems to have been full of messages … / continued By Graham Wilson, on December 29th, 2011BLOG: What exactly is an entrepreneur? I’ve been doing a lot of work around the nature of entrepreneurism lately, and thought it might be a worthwhile topic to explore with a wider group of people too. Mention the term ‘entrepreneur’ to the public and you’ll get very different definitions. Probably because of programmes like … / continued By Graham Wilson, on December 20th, 2011OD is the art of organisation development – the application of behavioural science to turn work into a positive and successful place in which people are fulfilled. As a discipline, OD emerged in the 1950s as a product of an initiative in the United States known as the ‘quality of work life’ movement. The … / continued By Graham Wilson, on December 17th, 2011I have learned something today. According to a debate on another social networking platform, apparently, if a customer wants something that is beyond their full understanding, then if they fail to learn enough to be able to explain to the person who is going to supply that thing what it is they want, then … / continued By Graham Wilson, on October 16th, 2011THIS IS NOT A WHINGE. Many of us seem to be spending more and more time working, or doing work-related things. The days of the 9-to-5 are a nostalgic dream. Work-style forms of communication along with the demand for 24/7 fast response seem to have permeated our social lives too. These days, you’ll … / continued By Graham Wilson, on September 4th, 2011It was a sad day this week, when I learnt of the death of an old colleague, John Macdonald. This isn’t an obituary, there are times and places for those, but I would like to reflect on one of his key messages. In ‘retirement’, John was an author and speaker, and it was as … / continued By Graham Wilson, on August 19th, 2011A long time ago, I was asked to give a talk at a leadership conference on the theme of ‘Developing Gravitas‘. To accompany most of my talks, rather than hand out copies of any slides that I use (which I don’t often do), I prepared a ‘brief guide’. This has proved to be one … / continued By Graham Wilson, on July 19th, 2011It’s interesting how a random question from someone who doesn’t know you, can make you sit up and think for a moment. I’m a facilitator, but that probably means all kinds of different things to different people and maybe it’s time to explain what I mean by it? I don’t normally find it very … / continued By Graham Wilson, on June 30th, 2011I realise that there are lots of other factors involved, but it’s a serious question: “Would you choose a coach for their ‘credentials’ or their personality?” And, if your response is a “bit of both”, then which comes first? A while back, I wrote something about the need for coaches to be appropriately qualified … / continued 
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