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Improving a complex system

The situation An organisation converted blood, a variable and potentially hazardous material, into a variety of medical products. Rigorous, rapid and accurate testing of the raw material was essential to manage the production process and ensure the safety of the products. In practice, the testing system was slow and sometimes inaccurate. The solution I interviewed […]

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Improving a complex system

The situation An organisation converted blood, a variable and potentially hazardous material, into a variety of medical products. Rigorous, rapid and accurate testing of the raw material was essential to manage the production process and ensure the safety of the products. In practice, the testing system was slow and sometimes inaccurate. The solution I interviewed […]

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Case examples

These pages give stories about the work. They describe the present situation, what we did about it and the results. Consultancy To A Director A Director had less than a day to turn around an IT project that was going horribly wrong. We talked about it for an afternoon and decided what to do. He […]

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Index

All the contents of the site are in this Index in alphabetical order. A Gentle Introduction To Cocounselling This short event gives a gentle introduction to the profound theory and practice of cocounselling. A Gentle Introduction To Cocounselling Cocounselling is a simple and powerful way for people to give and receive help. It helps you […]

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Involving Employees

Involving Employees People who work for organisations often have ideas and thoughts that could make all the difference, but they don’t express them. This note gives some practical ways to unlock them. Why involve employees? A colleague once asked, “If you were a good idea, where would you hide?” This is an important question. People […]

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Practical Developmental Ideas #1 April 2003

When we think about team working or team building, we usually think about a work group of four to eight people working to a boss. Lots of organisations have invested heavily in improving the way these teams function with good results. However, there are other areas of team working that can also give good returns. […]

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Extending team working – Ezine April 2003

When we think about team working or team building, we usually think about a work group of four to eight people working to a boss. Lots of organisations have invested heavily in improving the way these teams function with good results. However, there are other areas of team working that can also give good returns. […]

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Extending Team Building

When we think about team working or team building, we usually think about a work group of four to eight people working to a boss. Lots of organisations have invested heavily in improving the way these teams function with good results. However, there are other areas of team working that can also give good returns. […]

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Building Effective Relationships that Work

Building Effective Relationships that Work This article was published in Training Journal, January 2001. It was their “Article of the Year” Relationships can often seem like fragile things – especially in the workplace where they are often built and destroyed by the actions we take. However,  by underpinning those relationships with a few simple principles, […]

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Building Effective Relationships that Work

This article was published in Training Journal, January 2001. It was their “Article of the Year” Relationships can often seem like fragile things – especially in the workplace where they are often built and destroyed by the actions we take. However,  by underpinning those relationships with a few simple principles, they can grown into something secure […]

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