Al Ford

CAMHS Director. My - he/they - posts represent own personal views. RTs not always an endorsement and there maybe some other small print not mentioned 🤦🏻‍♂️ 😁

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

We are moving to new definitions of success for organisations & systems, says @indy_johar. It is less about prescribed “end-states” (targets & standards to be achieved) & more about creating the conditions for change - diverse people working well together, having a sense of agency, adapting quickly & creating shared futures.
He sets out key leadership shifts including:
1. Focusing on relationships, not just plans: Success comes from strong trust & communication between people & teams, making it easier to handle challenges & seize opportunities.
2. Treating goals as guides, not set-in-stone: Use goals to give direction but be ready to adjust them as circumstances change & new opportunities arise.
3. Strengthening the “agentic capacity” of diverse people: Enable people to sense, interpret, act & learn together across the system so coherence is built from the ground up—not imposed from above.
4. Pushing authority and accountability closer to where challenges & opportunities happen: So decisions can be made quickly & locally.
5. Measuring improvement in adaptability & collaboration: not just results: A healthy system is one that can handle diversity, make sense of new information & adjust quickly — not just one that delivers on a fixed plan.
6. Investing in trust & learning systems: Make time & space for teams to learn from what’s working & what’s not & share that knowledge openly.
7. Operating across different time horizons simultaneously: (i) current urgencies & institutional realities (e.g. targets, reporting cycles). (ii) transitional infrastructures for reflection & adaptation; (iii) long-term investments in trust, feedback & sensing new directions.
https://t.co/n4ym52oBdu. Via @karas01

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Nail watch 2025 has officially started

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@NCSTrust @UCL_SBB @simone42nd 🙄

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@emma_ash @AutieAndy @Vickidunham4 🙄

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Happy Sunday

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Red sky in morning… was that a good thing shepherds🤔 Regardless happy Friday 😃

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

This year’s nail watch comes from Crete - day 1 off to slow start with barely 0.5mm of growth. But stay tuned as last year we made a full 4mm and feeling confident the record up for grabs 🏖️

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@PennineCareNHS @timmcdougall69 Great stuff @timmcdougall69 - well done PCFT

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@AutieAndy 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@Jess_Deighton Shamazing 😍

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

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[The Horsfall @TheHorsfall]

⁠"Rod brings so much hope and enthusiasm to the young people he works with, advocating for their voice and participation in the arts, their lives and the community!" 📢⁠
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Vote for Rod in the Manchester People's Culture Awards 2023 here: https://t.co/ncakrEY3Nn

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Last day of nail growth watch - it’s been an exciting week. Little toe has done very little until a 3mm growth spurt at the end of a eventful watch. Early findings show nails grow faster in the sun ideally by a pool. Just need NIHR grant & a few years to prove my hypothesis 🇬🇷🏖️

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Kaliméra - last breakfast with a sea view for a while 🥲 Ps final nail growth watch update later

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@jamolichvegas Rhodes - Gennadion 🇬🇷 😁

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Nail growth watch day 2… pondering am I chillin to much 🤔

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

Today my out of office is on 😬

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@EmilyLMBan #🎤⬇️ 👏👏👏

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

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[Steph Jamieson 🐝 @sj1234sj]

Calling Band 7 Clinical Psychologists. If you’re looking to join a supportive creative team we’d love to hear from you. Please share #Trafford #CAMHS #newjob https://t.co/XsSPebD4At

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@HealeyVicki Errrrr vote for us

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@laurenlaverne @BBC6Music 😘

[Al Ford @alan_ford4]

@laurenlaverne @BBC6Music Feeling ice cream by New Young Pony Club