Disruptive, Diverse and Dispersed Teams
Norwich City sporting director Stuart Webber made disparaging comments about women’s football. He was asked about his experience of attending his first women’s football game,
Disruptive Learning- Creative and Adaptive Learning Model for the Emergent Future
Introduction Society is evolving rapidly and it feels like often we can’t keep up. Our children will be doing jobs that we’ve never heard of. Business will be conducted in ways which for many of us are unimaginable. So if we don’t know what our world will look like in the next 5, 10, 20 […]
Learning and Development and Your Emerging Future
Organisational learning is rapidly changing. It concerns both the methods and processes used by the organisation and processing at the individual level. However, if we accept that we have no idea what the world will look like in the next 5, 10 or 20 years, what does learning and development need to look like to […]
Disruptive Learning – a learning method to help your intended future to emerge
Introduction Society is evolving rapidly and it feels like often we can’t keep up. Our children will be doing jobs that we’ve never heard of. Business will be conducted in ways which for many of us are unimaginable. So if we don’t know what our world will look like in the next 5, 10, 20 years, […]
This year taught me…
My team asked me what has this year taught me. The answer is sooo much. There have been many moments of brilliance, passion and just humanity at it’s best. Unfortunately the opposite is also true. While keeping it real, I need to ensure you want to read to the end. So here’s what this year […]
Making Basketball more inclusive and diverse: AKD Solutions and BWB
AKD and BWB making Basketball more inclusive and diverse. We are really proud to announce our newest client, British Wheelchair Basketball. We are working with them to explore how to make the sport even more diverse and inclusive. Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced and fast-growing sport that allows non-disabled and disabled people to compete […]
This Year Has Taught Me…
This year taught me… that the work we do is making a difference. I had to think carefully about this as I wanted to ensure it is taken in the right context. It is not written from a sense of pride or arrogance but from humility. At the beginning of the year, we embarked […]
Can you do culture via Zoom?
Many people have returned to an office this week for the first time in 18 months, but for others their roles are now a hybrid mix, or they’re working permanently from the kitchen table. Across the pandemic it’s been amazing to see how people have demonstrated agility and developed new work patterns. We’ve seen […]
Building a Better Society
It’s the third-largest building society in the UK and in August celebrates its 157th birthday. Despite its age and reputation, Yorkshire Building Society has never rested on its laurels. It knows that to stay relevant and retain and grow its market share it has to be a proactive and forward thinking organisation. And since 2020 […]
What does ‘Freedom Day’ say about leadership?
The government has dropped most of the measures which have reduced the spread of COVID-19 in England. This is happening despite a steep rise in the infection rate due to the Delta variant, particularly amongst the unvaccinated. The UK has rightly received global praise for its vaccination rollout, but is “freedom day” a masterstroke or […]
