Here are word clouds from the first and third presidential debates. They show the top hundred words spoken: I’ve deliberately made them small to focus, twitter-like, on the main words, and to show a change of tone. Crucially, while the words {think; know} reduce, the words {going; want} increase. Focus transfers from thinking and knowing, Read more about Donald Trump, Twitter, complexity and brevity[…]
“When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door”. Simone Weil 1970 My last two postings describe how when people work together, the phenomenon of vagueness generates contradictory views, and how leaders can help a group navigate these tensions. When a contradiction is “impossible Read more about Sorites III – Doing Things Differently[…]
The lovely thing about the Sorites paradox is that it tells a story that helps disagreements make sense ~ A group of people is likely to contain a variety of viewpoints. There is a fair chance that some will be in contradiction. The big question is whether these contradictions can be helpful. Let’s assume people Read more about Sorites II ~ Paradox or Polarisation[…]
The Sorites Paradox – Reflections on my first year working as a consultant in the human services. The Sorites paradox, or the paradox of the heap, has been puzzling us for nearly 2500 years. It describes a scenario in which a heap of grain is repeatedly diminished, one grain at a time. When there are Read more about The Sorites Paradox – Reflections on my first year working as a consultant in the human services.[…]
Leadership Coaching with Mark Waddington “The driving factor that makes change happen at a necessary pace is leadership….We have seen good leadership and management transform work with children……”p6 Ofsted Social Care Report July 2016 Mark has extensive leadership experience in the residential sector operationally and as a clinician leading therapeutic work with traumatised children and Read more about Leadership Coaching with Mark Waddington[…]
The review was published last week and can be read at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534560/Residential-Care-in-England-Sir-Martin-Narey-July-2016.pdf The report was prepared in response to PM’s request for a root and branch review of residential care. Published last week, the report contains 34 recommendations. Crucially Sir Martin’s report observes that: “the overwhelming majority of homes are already good or better and Read more about Report of Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care – some good news.[…]
My professional role promotes collaboration within organisations, my research role analyses processes of collaboration and the complexities that arise within them. I have a third collaboration as piano player in a jazz trio named Decanter. Here is a video we made this Christmas: Come Together This posting is in part to show the video, Read more about Some thoughts on Collaboration & a Video[…]
Sir Martin Narey’s Review of Residential Care: Children trapped as revolving door patients. There is a particular grouping of young people who can become “marooned” in tier 4 adolescent psychiatric provision, both within NHS adolescent psychiatric units and with private providers. Some children end up staying on these units for periods in excess of a Read more about Sir Martin Narey’s Review of Residential Care: Children trapped as revolving door patients.[…]
This submission has been prepared by Mark Waddington and Cliff Faulder on behalf of Motivations Care. Motivations Care provides three children’s homes and is located in Birmingham. We start this submission with a brief case history of a typical Motivations resident to help put our observations in context. John is fifteen, and has Read more about Sir Martin Narey’s Review of Residential Care: Contribution from MOTIVATIONS.[…]