Social Impact Strategy & Reporting || Stakeholder Engagement || LEGO Serious Play Facilitation
It was great to have a day away from the desk to enjoy Capacity’s Fundamentally Different event last week at the Bluecoat. There was so much food for thought… James Plunkett promoting the questions: How often do we change the problem to fix the machinery, rather than seeking a true solution? How do we work with a sense of urgency but not emergency to avoid burnout? How to do we embed new ways of problem solving for our modern world that are: ↔️ Relational, ♻️ Iterative, 📍 Place-based, ❤️ People-centric, and 🤖 More tech, more human? 💬The expert panel wonderfully hosted by Liz Cross, which included the vast array of experience from Naomi Hulston, Elizabeth Hartley, Kate Ardern and Phil Porter. ⚡️The lightning talks showcasing innovative ways of thinking and operating by Open Door , LCR Civic Data Cooperative, Yonder and Kindred LCR - all doing LCR proud! 💡And last, but not least, the We Are Juno CIC workshop I was able to join which demonstrated just how much grit and determination is required to challenge the status quo, including how critical it is to find funding partners that are aligned in vision and values. There was a lot to take in and it was energising to chat to numerous other people working in this space. It definitely feels like there’s some growing overlap in the mindsets re the approaches to strengthening the third sector vs private sector businesses operating as a ‘force for good’. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out over the coming years.
