More than the sum
The idea of creating regular time and space for a “Meadian” model of teamwork seems almost unconscionable. But without it, we’re never getting off the hamster-wheel.
The idea of creating regular time and space for a “Meadian” model of teamwork seems almost unconscionable. But without it, we’re never getting off the hamster-wheel.
The next time you manage to create some of that rare and invaluable free-discussion space with your executive or your Board, you might find it mind-expanding, to ask yourselves this…
As a sector, we desperately need better ways to play our game, and we will need to nurture our own Cruyffs and Guardiolas to envisage and exemplify them.
The most memorable compliment I have ever received from a client, was this: “The most valuable thing about you, Martyn, is that you know nothing.”
We all have our default self-talk, and our own ongoing narrative telling us who we are, and who we need to be for others. But it doesn’t have to be fixed. We can all rewrite the story.
Recorded in a live seminar from February 2023, Martyn examines the tensions between planned strategies and agile working, and the more enlightened approach to strategic thinking required to resolve them.
“Not all those who wander are lost.” In fact, they might just be about to create or discover something transformational…
Thursday January 26th 2023, 5pm GMT. Join Martyn at this free, 90 minute virtual conference exclusively for non-profit leaders, featuring some of the best nonprofit consultants from the UK, USA and Canada.
The government says it has no choice but to go cost-cutting once again, but we don’t have to follow suit, and if we want to see a different outcome, we have no choice but to chart a different course.
To bring most charity visions into reality requires us to fundamentally alter the outcomes of a complex and evolving system that will, quite probably, fight back, so simplistic interventions are unlikely to ever get us the outcomes we want.