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Pivot!
And so another year comes to a close and we look to the one that follows. I have made a decision this holiday time to introduce a ‘pivot’ in how I use my personal blog in the future. Now for some of you the word PIVOT! will recall memories of a very famous and funny…
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My routine for cultivating calm and reducing digital distraction
In uncertain times, establishing grounding routines is essential to counter the distractions of technology. The author shares their daily ritual of reading, enjoying hot drinks, and practicing silence, resulting in calmer mornings and evenings. This routine has enhanced their reading habits and connection with literature while reducing screen time.
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Do OD work is doing life work
I’ve been reading back over some notes I made from a talk I attended almost 12 years ago now. It was the first time I was introduced to the late, great, Dr Mee-Yan Cheung Judge. Mee-Yan was a globally respected Organisation Development (OD) Practitioner, who passed away in 2022. I was introduced to her through…
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How many books? I can’t even count them
What books do you want to read? The list is endless. Only today I read a couple of articles in the CIPD Work magazine and identified three new books I would like to read. Who knows when I will find the time actually read, digest and compost their offerings. The fiction book in my bag…
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The best dog in the world
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. I was turning 12 years old. He was an 8 week old West Highland White terrier puppy. A wonderful, beautiful, happy doggy; but, of course, I am happily biased in this regard. The most special birthday gift – a life that gave me and our family…
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Some of my favourite YouTube channels
I have cultivated a semi-regular habit in my evenings to watch a 10-20 minute YouTube video as I am winding down from the day. Having followed and then unfollowed a number of channels over the years, there remains a few which I have stuck with and they continue to impress, entertain, educate and inspire me.…
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Debunking the myths of leadership and management
On the days I worked from home over Winter 22/23 I pulled out one of the books from my reading pile and gradually made my way through a few pages each morning whilst waiting for my old, creaking laptop to load up. Accompany those otherwise fairly empty moments was the book Myths of Management by…
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Focus
There are endless opportunities for distraction in the human world; so many of them created by our species’ beautiful and bizarre creativity, storytelling, ingenuity and engineering. Things that typically distract me have entertained, informed, educated, comforted, soothed, accompanied, reassured, numbed, overwhelmed, irked and bored me to varying degrees. I find, however, that I have all…
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Deep Adaptation
I first became aware of the concept of Deep Adaptation in 2018 when I read Professor Jem Bendell’s self-published paper which, at the time, went viral. You can read more about my climate breakdown ‘awakening’ journey here. Then in 2021 Bendell edited a book in partnership with Rupert Read titled Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities…
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One year on: placing people at the heart of the climate emergency
Follow-up blog originally published on NHS Employers about the role of OD Practitioners in response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency
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Abigail Hopewell 