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A definition of leadership
Any behaviour that has the effect of helping groups of people achieve something that the majority of the group are pleased with, and which we assess as significant and what they would not otherwise have achieved. Bendell & Little, 2015 Leadership. It may be a title, a position, a rank, an authority. The above definition,…
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The parapet
Shall I raise my head above the parapet? Careful of those dangers But we’re talking in metaphor, aren’t we? Metaphor doesn’t deny the existence of real danger Sometimes there’s a moral duty… maybe…? Choose your battles Perhaps I will stick with naming elephants instead.
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Reducing harm
Recently I have been re-reading some of the notes I’ve made over the last few years about the climate and ecological emergency. Having devoured various books, articles, courses and documentaries I am much better informed than I was in 2018 when I had a wake-up call to the true severity of our predicament. “This is…
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What does the Titanic have to do with the Climate Emergency?
I have recently started to watch the “Just In Case” lecture and interview series hosted by Mee Yan Cheung-Judge on her YouTube channel, Quality and Equality. This is a great resource for anyone interested in Organisation Development and I recommend if you haven’t come across it before. Recently I was watching an episode with Glenda…
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Blogging again
Yes. It’s happening. I am recommitting myself (once again) to the craft and discipline of writing an occasional blog. To be fair, the hiatus of activity on my blog is a familiar pattern that I have seen play out in my life with a few other things as well. I get into something. Then I…
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A mundane evening in Covid-times
Sipping mint-liquorice tea, I listen to Ghost Stories Cat and I gaze out of the front window onto a late evening throwing shades of dusk on a cloud-covered sunset that my imagination illuminates I close my eyes, swaying and singing along to True Love Cat looks down with disappointment in her eyes, licks her lips,…
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System Addict
The 80s pop group Five Star sang about systems in one of their most famous hits “System Addict”, where they warbled about their connection to electronic systems of music (keyboard, Walkman etc.). This blogpost is sadly nowhere near creative or catchy as their song, but its reference here is my vaguely clever/lazy and convenient segue…
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Reflections on our climate emergency #1
Whoever we are, whatever we do, and wherever we live, every single one of us will be increasingly affected by anthropogenic climate change and the world’s unfolding sixth mass extinction. My wake-up call I remember being concerned about the health and wellbeing of planet earth from a relatively young age. My first proper wake-up call…
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Cloud watching for positive mental health
Very occasionally I experience episodes of acute anxiety. I have developed some really helpful strategies which help me heal and recover. During a particularly challenging emotional period in my life this year, I discovered a new approach to soothing my mental wellbeing which had a remarkable healing effect on me. Clouds. I was not having…
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Have you got around to it?
When I was a young teenager, my parents – much to their delight and amusement – gave me a souvenir plate to hang in my room. The plate had printed words across it, duly explaining what the plate was: a Round Tuit. I inherited the Round Tuit from my Grandpa….one of a number of artefacts, heirlooms and nick-nacks…
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Abigail Hopewell 