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Place is the Space!
Exploring what we can learn from past and present place-based initiatives On 8th August 2024 the Leadership Centre launched its new online enquiry into place-based working and leadership. The event brought together colleagues from diverse sectors, disciplines, and...
What can the octopus teach us about devolution?
I’d like to talk to you about the octopus. Six years ago, I read Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith, a celebration of the unique intelligence of octopuses and other cephalopods. A key feature of cephalopods is their distributed nervous system; and in the case of...
Coaching Perspectives – It’s Lonely at the Top
Claudine Menashe-Jones is an executive coach and leadership team facilitator with more than two decades of global strategy and delivery experience, and particular expertise in public sector reform. Claudine has her own consultancy and is one of a number of highly...
Systems Leadership Approaches Tackling Obesity in Bradford
In 2023, the Leadership Centre ran a systems leadership development programme for public health professionals, commissioned by the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities in Yorkshire and the Humber. Collette Brauns, Senior Head of Living Well at NHS Bradford and...