Some time ago, I articulated my frustration with people bandying about the word innovation with little or often zero understanding of what it actually means. Typically with Dunning Kruger levels of confidence, many of them attempted to argue their etymological and intellectual positions with the proficiency of a toddler, on a bouncy castle. Similarly shouty,... Continue Reading →
I've just been reading through the Welsh Government Report of the Independent Review in Neonatal Services at Prince Charles Hospital in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Much of it was sadly familiar, as I wrote an internal review of women and child health services in that region about 15 years ago. A few things... Continue Reading →
Stop! Just stop it! Now, right now! You know who you all are. I've just about had e-bloody-nough of you lot and your Tinkering with Thinkering. Design Thinking, Leadership Thinking, Coproduction Thinking, Nudge Thinking, Anthropocene Thinking, Humanistic Thinking, Innovation Thinking, Lean Thinking, Complexity Thinking, Ergonomic Thinking, Behavioural Thinking, Creative Thinking, Positive Thinking, Safety Thinking, bloody... Continue Reading →
Still in reflective mood, a pattern seems to be emerging within my writing therapy. You'll have to take my word for it, as I've only shared a very small proportion of my recent ramblings. I typically employ a free writing technique to stimulate the prescience necessary to rant meaningfully about something crap - like the... Continue Reading →
Three ways of thinking that it's definitely worth getting your head around. Not the best descriptions of each I've ever read, but conveniently, all three on one Wikipedia page: Deductive reasoning (deduction) allows deriving b from a only where b is a formal logical consequence of a. In other words, deduction derives the consequences of... Continue Reading →
An absolutely excellent resource for anyone with a penchant for mashing up some systems theory, healthcare and "how to work in a way that is more congruent with the people and communities you are actually a small part of". That last bit is mine. I certainly wouldn't put my own contributions in the same category... Continue Reading →
I'm just stretching the WordPress muscles a few times to get used to it, so I thought that it would be best for me to set the tone ... Philosophically Speaking! We are taught that to make a decision we must gather all of the available evidence and then rationally and objectively calculate the correct... Continue Reading →
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