Learning from history

Margaret MacMillan opens The Uses and Abuses of History (2009) with this warning, and it’s worth sitting with. History doesn’t offer clean lessons; it offers material, and material can be shaped to fit almost any conclusion someone has already reached. MacMillan is careful to distinguish between using history and abusing it. Using it means treating… Read More

Debriefing – Phase 1 DISCOVER

Debriefing – Phase 1 of DISCOVER: When recording your reflections think about your six top ideas (three “what went well” ideas and three “what went badly” ideas) in the context of how the organisation works (in terms of structure and function) – and of how well you SCANNED – ASSESSED – PLANNED – and REFINED,… Read More