What would OLD auntie AIDA do?

Observe Listen Define Attention Interest Desire Action Most of us are lucky to have had OLD auntie AIDA in our lives. She’s always there in our hearts and minds; the vivacious aunt you can never forget. She always got our attention and could make anything sound interesting. As children we...

Thinking outside the box – let’s get creative

“The mind that is driven by the urge of necessity, or out of love to create, develops more rapidly than does the mind that is never stimulated to greater action than that which is necessary for existence. The imaginative faculty of the human mind is the greatest piece of machinery...

How to turn an IT wilderness into a tech savvy workplace

Two years ago I came across a health care not-for-profit organisation that had bought a set of iPads with a vision of using them for better record keeping and communication.  They threw them in the cupboard.   Nobody wanted to use them.  They didn’t know how to use them.  The employer had a workforce...

The Wisdom is in the room

They say that the wisdom is in the room.  Never did this statement seems truer than what played out in a recent workshop I had the pleasure of facilitating. I was asked by a client to run a planning workshop for an arts group that had been operating for over...

Nine Rules of engagement for community partnerships

So you are planning to work with others for a community joint venture. Or you maybe considering working more closely with other groups to share resources and services. Everything seems fine at the start, but things can get complicated very quickly and you may end up disappointed or worse still,...

Community Research

When organisation approach us to carry out market research activities, one of the biggest challenges they face is that if relevance. There’s often a disconnect with what they are offering  and what their clients expect. There are others out there  offering the same services with more attractive propositions. Some of...