ChangeThinking with SmithMartin

Category: positive psychology

Saying it cannot be done…

I was given a book mark yesterday by one of my colleagues. It carried the following inscription. Those who say it cannot be done… Should not interrupt the person doing it.   (Ancient…

Social change or social stagnation?

This short film, in the masterly RSAnimate series, features the ideas of Renata Salecl, a Slovenian social and legal theoretician. Her key argument is that choice in current society suppresses social change. That…

A surfeit of information?

Below is a short film of a recent TED programme talk by a teacher – Diana Laufenberg. It has a number of different messages. A mapping of the transition from a knowledge poor…

Creating the right zone

We have been doing a lot of work recently on the creation of good governance structures for a variety of charitable and social enterprise organisations. Policies and process play a large part in…

Renegotiating Value; Bonus or Pro Bono

‘Bonus vs Pro Bono’ is the second in a series of Renegotiating ‘value’ seminars and seeks to explore the value of inspirational leadership in business. The seminar will be held in the St…

Time and the social entrepreneur

We are regular readers of Entrepreneur.com – a great source of inspiration, ideas and shared experience for start-ups. Although U.S. based, the site does often contain the stories of UK and European organisations and…

SMP elementals – an approach

Starting a new project? Starting a social business? Trying to get the enterprise element bootstrapped in your social enterprise? When you are starting energy and enthusiasm are great to get you going. Your…

How to lead?

We have been reading our positive psychology manuals this week. We have a number of projects undertaking governance change and developing a positive culture, flat organisations without ego driven collateral damage and still have…