Annual reviews
21st Jan 2021
For many employees, the annual review comes withacted on most tasks (not unusual!), much more time than ideal on admin, and also that I’ve NOT spent the time I’d like on learning. As a result of this, one of my
Welcome to Perry
19th Jan 2021
Perry Seymour formally joined Framework at the end of 2020. He has brought new energy and experience that we have already begun to benefit and learn from and we’re very glad to welcome him! Perry has deep experience of designing
More ideas for great virtual events
7th Apr 2020
And 6 more tips on virtual facilitation here this week, this time as a guest blog for ICA:UK, the facilitation and participation charity of which I am an associate. With thanks to bruce@legophotofy.com for the pics
Last Framework day for Bruce, first day of the next phase!
8th Jan 2019
We are currently visiting St. Andrews for our January 2019 Development Day. We’re based at Bruce’s house to celebrate his last day as a member of Framework. In addition to our normal work activities, we have been walking along the
Working with WhatsApp
10th Oct 2018
Several members of the FW collective will often be collaborating on a consultancy, and this means developing effective at-distance working methods. We’ve discovered the huge benefits that using WhatsApp can bring for real-time collaboration. When do we use it? Two
Retreat in Framework’s second home
5th Oct 2018
A retreat in the Lake District sounds like ‘just’ having fun – and it is! We’ve just finished our three day autumn retreat: our chance to reflect, re-connect, and recharge. It’s like making bread: after all the hard work of
Creating an inclusive training environment
5th Jun 2018
Some of the best training courses are those where you learn just as much as the participants! Recently, I was training a Group Facilitation Methods course for ICA:UK and a participant let us know (via the comments and requests section
Reflection and reviewing
27th Jul 2016
In Framework we place great emphasis on reviewing and learning from our work: this is particularly salient at the moment as each of us works with our Framework supervisor to amass feedback for our annual review. Some of our resources
Orla becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society
18th Apr 2016
I have just become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. It’s hard to know how significant this is. On the one hand, there’s an element of the old Groucho Marx quote “I wouldn’t want to be a member
Organisational Development Course
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
