31st Mar 2016
Metaphors are powerful ways of exploring ideas from interesting and apparently unconnected directions. During the course on organisational development that I teach each year, I introduce the idea that organisations can learn from how jazz musicians work together to perform
22nd Mar 2016
I’m really looking forward to facilitating INTRAC‘s annual five-day course on Organisational Development again in May of this year. I can hardly believe that this will be the fifteenth time I have facilitated this event! The course evolves every year
18th Mar 2016
It’s not often that we get to meet our heroes, but courtesy of Bond’s 2016 conference I got to meet one of mine and receive a free signed copy of his most recent book. I first came across Charles Handy
13th Mar 2016
The revolution in remote working and virtual meetings has taken hold, but our skills haven’t necessarily kept up. Learn to run excellent virtual meetings and workshops. ICA USA and ICA UK have been in existence for over 50 years, teaching
29th Feb 2016
We’re delighted to be exhibiting at the Bond Conference (Stand 12) today and tomorrow. It’s been an exciting morning so far, and we’re also partaking of the ‘virtual’ element: apparently #bondconf is trending number 3 in the UK, after #leapyear
28th Feb 2016
To celebrate our 30th birthday, we have trawled through our filing cabinets and uploaded some of our favourite tools and reports to the the resources page. Come and see us at Stand 12 at the Bond Conference on 29/2-1/3/2016 to discuss
6th Jan 2016
At this time of year the media are full of reflections on 2015 and articles looking forward to the New Year. Not to be outdone, I asked my Framework colleagues to share two of their highlights from 2015 and one
5th Jan 2016
One of my intentions this year is to pay much greater attention to “connection”, one of our Framework values. Part of that is taking part in conversations happening both in my areas of expertise, and in the broader world of
22nd Nov 2015
In Framework we have enjoyed a stimulating working relationship with colleagues in WWF UK over many years. A couple of weeks ago I was asked by them to think about what could be in an infographic explaining the nature of OD
18th Nov 2015
At 83 years old you’d think Robert Chambers might be taking it easy. But he was the key speaker at the re-launch of the Humanitarian Centre in Cambridge – now to be known as The Centre for Global Equality –
Wednesday 30 October 2019
Do you want to help groups to have constructive conversations? Would you like meetings to be more participatory, collaborative and creative? How can we ensure that groups define and meet their objectives, with no-one left behind? Come to the Group
